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Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president earlier today, but the Biden administration rammed through a number of last minute decisions before that took place. One of them was the finalization of a loan to Rivian worth up to $6.6 billion. The Department of Energy said the money will be used to finance the development and construction of a new manufacturing plant near Social Circle, Georgia. The facility will span approximately nine million square feet and have the capability to build up to 400,000 crossovers and SUVs annually. The plant will build models based on Rivian’s new midsize...

Donald Trump is not only causing heartburn within the halls of the White House but throughout many of the well appointed offices of the Republican hierarchy in Washington D.C. For the first time since Ronald Reagan nearly hijacked the Republican convention in 1976, the Republican establishment is being challenged. (A personal disclosure: I have met Donald Trump on a number of occasions. During the late 1980's my consulting company worked for his casino operations in Atlantic City, N.J.) The conventional attitude along Connecticut Avenue and K Street has been, and still remains to this day, that the most important attribute...