Months of tedious talks over a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza – negotiations that required officials from an outgoing and incoming presidential administration to put aside their fundamental differences – culminated in an intense late-night push for an agreement that finally came to fruition on Wednesday.

We’re in the final days of the Biden administration. In his farewell address to the nation last night Joe Biden warned that an “oligarchy is taking shape in America”. As we close out this era of aviator sunglasses,