In This Episode
- New York City is opening up elementary schools next week after city officials faced criticism for appearing to prioritize restaurants and bars over the well-being of children. Across the country, public school closures have led to enrollment declines.
- Trump still hasn’t conceded yet, but he has ramped up predictable lame-duck behavior like pushing through a battery of new rules and policy changes. Some policies might not pass legal muster or will be easy for the Biden administration to reverse, but others will have a lasting impact.
- And in headlines: Biden announces the first all-female senior White House communications team, Iran’s foremost nuclear scientist assassinated, and the Utah monolith is gone in a cloud of dirt.
