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<p>The <a href="https://apple.news/A1oQHIkXJTjycdiGTYWWn2Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> reports on President Trump’s final pardons, which include ones for his former political adviser Steve Bannon and rapper Lil Wayne.</p> <p>Ahead of President-elect Biden’s inauguration, <a href="https://apple.news/Ak1RsH81lQou3vOiPCPmYBw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> looks at inaugural addresses of past presidents who have taken office during challenging moments in history.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AVsElwp5vRv6zA9zR3dK88g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> discusses Biden’s Catholic faith and how he might use it to bring Americans together.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AbwUou0sWSRmRPRG8XeTj1Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> looks at Biden’s long history of riding Amtrak trains and what it says about his family, politics, past, and future.</p> <p>In the <a href="https://apple.news/AvTwY2-zKRtWVpc-5FEgAfA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a>, Amy Davidson Sorkin says Vice President-elect Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff, embodies multiple firsts. And, in <a href="https://apple.news/AadqNNClNTAWqBSbKQl-tbg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">GQ</a>, Emhoff writes about fostering a society where men supporting women at high levels of power is normal and expected.</p>
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