President Biden held his first bilateral meeting with a world leader, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, on Tuesday. In the virtual session, the two discussed the coronavirus pandemic, climate change and refugees. “Our nations share close geography and history that will forever bind us together. But our values are even more consequential,” Biden said in remarks after the session.
Trudeau welcomed the change in Washington with a tacit swipe at former president Donald Trump. “U.S. leadership has been sorely missed over the past years,” Trudeau said during the meeting.
Earlier in the day, the Senate held its first hearing examining breakdowns in intelligence gathering and security preparations surrounding the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by supporters of Trump. An FBI warning of potential violence reached the U.S. Capitol Police on the eve of the assault, but top leaders testified during a Senate hearing that they did not see it. Continue reading.