It's hard to believe, but we're finally here. Four years after all the Sturm und Drang that followed Donald Trump's 2020 electoral loss to Joe Biden, the maestro of Mar-a-Lago is set to be inaugurated once more on Monday as president of the United States.

And what an absolutely wild ride it has been. In the interim four years, Trump has completed nothing less than the single most remarkable comeback—political or otherwise—in American history.

Wednesday night, President Joe Biden offered an eloquent explanation of what makes America so great that it doesn’t need much making it great again. Told in vivid brush strokes of how the Statue of Liberty was built one steel beam at a time, Biden made a strong case for all that America has achieved and all that we must preserve at a time when American values are threatened by the new guy who must not be named.

President-elect Trump is expected to launch his second term with a slew of executive orders — 100 in 100 days.

The big picture: As Monday's Inauguration Day approaches, Trump has made clear he is ready to roll with orders on Day 1 of his presidency — and he has expressed every intention of using executive power to address the border and immigration.

State of play: Trump issued more than 220 executive orders during his first term — the most in a single term since former President Carter.

As the ripple effects from the war between Israel and Hamas are felt around the world, Palestinian and Jewish Americans describe a growing sense of fear due to a rise in threats and harassment.

As hundreds of people gathered for a peaceful rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on 13 October, a man wielding a gun started yelling racial slurs.

People scattered, running for their lives, said Omar Mussa, who had helped organise the pro-Palestinian event on the steps of the state Capitol.