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Over the course of his long political career, two presidents have shaped the way Joe Biden thinks about a conundrum every commander in chief must face: How do you get credit for your successes? His conclusion is simple: You need to claim your victories, and not just quietly or occasionally. You have to talk about what you’ve done and how it’s helped people, over and over again, in every public situation imaginable.

In the month since President Joe Biden entered the US presidential palace, gas prices have risen to an extent previously unseen since before the advent of the coronavirus pandemic. Gas prices are up more than 10 cents a gallon nationwide in the last week alone. Some have pointed out increases in price that are even greater, with gas prices rising sixty cents a gallon in some areas of Texas since December. Trump In Office 1,99 Per Gallon 👏 Biden In Office 2,59 Per Gallon 😡 🤔🤔🤔 Can't Imagine What's Gonna Be In 3-3/4 Years 😱😱😱 pic.twitter.com/q9sEqA6TaL — Sam Ghannoum (@Sam2323_43433)...

Former President Jimmy Carter said Friday he believes Donald Trump would have lost the 2016 election without Russian help. “There’s no doubt that the Russians did interfere in the election and I think the interference, although not yet quantified, if fully investigated, would show that Trump didn’t actually win the election in 2016,” said Carter. “He lost the election and he was put in office because the Russians interfered on his behalf.” Carter was speaking in Leesburg, Va. at a panel discussion on human rights hosted by the Carter Center. Carter was then asked by moderator Jon Meacham, a historian,...