Any incoming president has a laundry list of challenges to tackle and, certainly in recent history, no more than President-elect Joe Biden. In addition to addressing the long-neglected COVID-19 pandemic and stabilizing our economy, Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris must also work to repair the pervasive damage done by the Trump administration at all levels of government, specifically at the Department of the Interior (DOI). Taking on these complex challenges will require resilience, patience and intellect. Biden and Harris's charge won’t only be to undo the Trump administration's wreckage, but to “build back better” the department and agencies that oversee our nation’s treasured public lands, making them stronger and more safeguarded than ever before. In return, we’ll all benefit.

A wide-ranging group of national organizations is urging congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle to embrace and prioritize recommendations to overhaul big tech companies as laid out in a House Judiciary Committee report last month. Fifty groups signed onto a letter sent to top House and Senate leaders on Tuesday calling for them to “quickly act to enshrine the recommendations included in the report into law,” according to a copy shared with The Hill.

Regulation has long been seen as a dirty word in American politics. “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help,’” said Ronald Reagan during his time in office. Donald Trump made cutting regulations the centerpiece of his campaign, promising to overturn two regulations for every one he enacted. They are “a stealth tax on our people,” he recently claimed. The progressive think tank Data for Progress begs to differ. In a survey released in conjunction with the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards and made exclusively available to The Post, they found that regulation remains broadly popular with the public despite decades of right-wing claims.

While President Donald Trump continues to deny the results of the election, his administration is beginning to press forward to cement new regulations and other policy changes before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration — rules that will be challenging to undo once they are finalized. Three days after the election, the Department of Agriculture sent a proposal to the White House that would allow poultry plants to increase their line speeds — a move that the Obama administration had previously rejected for fear of endangering meatpacking workers. The proposal is among the 145 rules that the White House’s Office of Management and Budget is currently evaluating as a key step in the formal rule-making process for major regulations. Other significant regulations — defined as having a large impact on the economy, the environment, public health and safety, or state and local governments — could come under White House review in the coming days and could potentially be completed before Trump leaves office.