.@mikeallen: Do you consider getting the vaccine to be a pro-life decision?
@Franklin_Graham: Of course. And I’m pro-life. I believe saving the life of the unborn as much as those that are born. And medicine is pro-life. #AxiosOnHBO
@mikeallen@Franklin_Graham Graham on Trump: “I think he did some great things in his presidency. I think the vaccine that we're talking about right now, I'm not sure we would have that if we'd had another president in there. Now, he made plenty of mistakes. We all do.” #AxiosOnHBO
💥 NEW — Off the rails: Inside Trump’s final-weeks campaign to withdraw the U.S. military from engagements around the world axios.com/off-the-rails-…
A week after the election, acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller received a stunning order, signed by Trump, seemingly out of nowhere:
All U.S. military forces were to be withdrawn from Somalia by Dec. 31 and from Afghanistan by Jan. 15. axios.com/off-the-rails-…
Top military brass, including Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, were appalled.
This was not the way to conduct policy — with no consultation, no input, no process for gaming out consequences or offering alternatives. axios.com/off-the-rails-…
🗓 Biden spent his first 100 days trying to engineer the end of the coronavirus and start of a job boom.
The next 100 are more audacious and risky: Try to re-engineer the very fundamentals of America. axios.com/biden-100-days…
People who talk regularly to Biden tell Axios he's brimming with FDR-like aspirations after early wins.
"He wants to take an even bigger bite at the apple," said one confidant. "He has full confidence in himself." axios.com/biden-100-days…
Look for Biden to court Republicans, but not yield to them, as he pushes a $2.3T infrastructure package, to be followed by $1.5T for his American Families Plan — including child care, paid family leave, universal pre-K and free community college. axios.com/biden-100-days…
Mitch McConnell on Biden's plans to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11:
“Precipitously withdrawing U.S. forces from Afghanistan is a grave mistake. It is retreat in the face of an enemy...and abdication of American leadership." axios.com/lawmakers-bide…
Lindsey Graham:
"A full withdrawal from Afghanistan is so irresponsible it makes the Biden administration policies at the border look sound." axios.com/lawmakers-bide…
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D): "It undermines our commitment to the Afghan people, particularly Afghan women." axios.com/lawmakers-bide…
Potter resigned from her position "effectively immediately" today, Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott said in a statement. She had been with the Brooklyn Center Police Department for 26 years. axios.com/daunte-wright-…
UPDATE: Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon also submitted his resignation letter today. axios.com/daunte-wright-…
👇A look at the growing role of the U.S. Federal Reserve — one of the most important economic stories in the world. axios.com/axios-am-deep-…
We're not in the throes of a "Greater Depression," and we're not facing a tsunami of bankruptcies. The stock market is hitting record highs and employment is rising.
For all of these things, thank one institution above all others: the Federal Reserve. axios.com/the-federal-re…
Historically untouchable issues — like climate change and race — are now on the table for the Federal Reserve, as it wades further into uncharted territory. axios.com/federal-reserv…