President Biden got right to work this week. While Mr. Trump came to rely on executive action for many of his achievements, Mr. Biden seems to understand that it is best used to repeal someone else’s legacy, not build his own, our White House reporter writes. Among Mr. Biden’s actions was a reversal of Mr. Trump’s so-called Muslim ban. Few foreigners welcomed Mr. Biden’s victory as much as the tens of thousands of Muslims who had been barred from the U.S. In his first days in office, Mr. Biden devoted more attention to issues of racial equity than any new president since Lyndon Johnson.

Source: New York Times January 24, 2021 11:03 UTC