Guardian Weekly cover 22 January 2021 Photograph: GNM/Scott Olson/Getty
Wed 20 Jan 2021 07.00 EST
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Welcome to the first edition of the post-Trump era. Itâs certainly going to be ⦠different. This week, as Joe Biden moves to restore normality to the US presidency, Fintan OâToole looks at the 46th presidentâs life and wonders if it is Bidenâs private persona â one shadowed by loss â that will help to restore his country. We also look at the moves Bidenâs team has committed to making in the administrationâs early days. To say farewell to the outgoing president â who last week became the first to be impeached twice â Richard Wolffe looks at the ragged state of the Republican party. The GOP has been pronounced dead before and always fought its way back. But could the pro/anti Trump rupture in the party prove fatal?