Wake up with the Wash­ing­ton Exam­in­er: Biden’s ‘Trump-proof­ing’ plan and GOP’s war with Walz’s ser­vice record

Reg­u­la­tion check
Pres­i­dents don’t like to see their lega­cies go up in smoke days after they leave office. And a recent trend in rely­ing heav­i­ly on their “pen and phone” pre­rog­a­tives has made that a more com­mon occur­rence.  
Pres­i­dent Joe Biden is wor­ried about more than his achieve­ments, though. He and his admin­is­tra­tion have eyes on how a sec­ond Don­ald Trump term could affect not only the things Biden has done in office but also how the gov­ern­ment as a whole oper­ates. 
In the sec­ond part of our series exam­in­ing how Biden and Democ­rats are seek­ing to “Trump-proof” the gov­ern­ment, White House Reporter Hais­ten Willis explored three pri­ma­ry ways the Biden admin­is­tra­tion has put up bar­ri­ers around the president’s lega­cy — and how Repub­li­cans can chip away at each of them. 
One of the largest con­cerns f …