The White House partially blamed “inherited” problems from the Trump administration on Monday for the 100,000 coronavirus deaths after President Joe Biden took office. SOURCE

Judge Merrick Garland told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday that Antifa’s attacks on the U.S. courthouse in Portland last year may not have been “domestic terrorism,” because unlike the Capitol riot, they took place when “democratic processes” were not taking place. SOURCE

Judge Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. Attorney General, declined to say on Monday whether he would retain Special Counsel John Durham in his role investigating the origins of the “Russia collusion” investigation. SOURCE

Speaking at the Virtual Munich Security Conference on Friday, Joe Biden said he was “grateful for Europe’s continued leadership on climate issues over the last four years”, and that the U.S. had officially completed the process to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement. SOURCE