President Biden is mapping out his exit as Trump prepares for a second term.
Biden will address the State Department this afternoon, as he seeks to burnish his foreign policy legacy.
The administration is newly optimistic it could reach a Gaza ceasefire deal before Biden leaves, although they’ve talked about being close to a deal for months.
The jury is out over how history will judge the Biden administration’s handling of the war between Israel and Hamas. And the calamitous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan ranks high among the darkest days of the Biden administration.
Biden will give his official farewell address from the Oval Office on Wednesday.