Interesting: Trump vs Biden, Their Achilles Heel

President Joe Biden

• Biden has named CIA Director William Burns to his Cabinet.

• He has chosen Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy. If confirmed, she will be the first woman to be a Pentagon service chief and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

• Biden is building his 2024 reelection bid around the Democratic National Committee. He is staking his reelection bid on the political and financial muscle of the DNC.

• The Biden administration has announced plans for the first sale of offshore wind power leases in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana and Texas coasts.

• The Biden administration is proposing new rules for the nation’s oil and gas leasing program to raise costs for energy companies to drill on public lands and strengthen requirements to clean up old wells where drilling is completed or abandoned.

• President Joe Biden has paid a visit to Philadelphia’s shipyard to make a pitch that unions will be building America’s renewable energy future.

• The Biden administration is proposing new guidelines for corporate mergers, taking steps to disclose junk fees charged by landlords and launching a crackdown on price-gouging in the food industry.

Former President Donald Trump

• A man who worked as a politically appointed State Department official in Trump’s administration has been convicted of charges that he attacked police officers during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

• Already facing criminal cases in New York and Florida, Trump is in increasing legal peril as investigations into his efforts to cling to power after his election loss appear to be coming to a head.

• A target letter sent to Trump suggests that a sprawling Justice Department investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 elections is zeroing in on him.

• Trump joked about his legal challenges while campaigning in eastern Iowa on Tuesday night, just hours after announcing he’d received a target letter in the Justice Department’s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Thought-Provoking Questions:

• What impact will Biden's cabinet choices have on his administration and the upcoming 2024 election?

• How will the new rules proposed by the Biden administration for the nation’s oil and gas leasing program affect the energy industry?

• What are the potential implications of the increasing legal peril faced by Trump, especially in the context of the 2024 elections?

Analysis: Favorability Ratings Of Candidates

• Joe Biden: 42 percent favorable, 54 percent unfavorable, 2 percent haven't heard enough about him;

• Donald Trump: 37 percent favorable, 59 percent unfavorable, 3 percent haven't heard enough about him;

• Ron DeSantis: 33 percent favorable, 48 percent unfavorable, 18 percent haven't heard enough about him;