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But that support, as important as it was, didn't end the economic crisis. Even with millions of those on temporary layoffs being called back to work, there remain 10.7 million people looking for jobs who can't find them, 2.2 million more who want jobs but have stopped looking and 6.2 million who are working only part-time even though they want a full-time job. Getting them back to work will take time, even with the stimulus, according to experts. … [Read more...] about Joe Biden doesn’t have a magic wand to fix the economy

A 50-50 Democratic Senate and bare control of the House grant virtually any individual Democrat the ability to gum up the works. That means impossible-to-pass ideas like “Medicare for All” and a Green New Deal aren't going to be the focus of Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. That could, over time, frustrate liberals and cause them to issue demands related to bills that actually can pass like infrastructure spending and budget reconciliation proposals. … [Read more...] about What Biden can and can’t get from an evenly divided Senate

Edward Frantz, a presidential historian at the University of Indianapolis, said Biden’s daunting moment has parallels to what Roosevelt faced in 1933 as he sought to rally support for his agenda, as well as to Rutherford B. Hayes, who delivered his inaugural address in 1877 after winning by a single Electoral College vote in an election in which he and his allies alleged fraud in several states. … [Read more...] about Biden aims for unifying speech at daunting moment for US

The Singapore Declaration, signed in June 2018, committed Trump and Kim to “establish new U.S. — DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of the population of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity.” It also required the parties to “join their efforts” to build a “peace regime” in Korea and required North Korea to “work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.” … [Read more...] about Leftist South Korean President Urges Biden to Follow Trump’s Lead on North Korea

Sanctions by Trump, who pulled the U.S. out of the accord in 2018, mean that Iran’s leaders are under heavier economic and political pressure at home, just as Biden is. The United States' European allies will be eager to help Biden wrack up a win on the new Iran talks if possible, Nasr said. Even among many non-U.S. allies, “they don’t want the return of Trump or Trumpism." … [Read more...] about Trouble at home may change Biden’s hand in Iran nuke talks