Joe Biden plans to take 17 executive actions in the first hours of his presidency Wednesday, signing a flurry of executive orders, memoranda and directives to agencies implementing his first moves to address the coronavirus pandemic and undo some of Donald...

The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden's first Cabinet nominee Wednesday evening, voting to approve his pick for director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, on his first day in office

The new White House press secretary said she would share information “even when it is hard to hear.”

“He apparently didn’t consider, or didn’t care, how this might impact the Senate Republicans who will now be asked to ignore his actions and save ‘his reputation’ in the impeachment trial,” said one top Republican.

President Biden was inaugurated Wednesday under the cover of unprecedented levels of security, just two weeks after a deadly siege on the Capitol.

The Biden administration would prefer to negotiate a bipartisan COVID-19 aid bill but is prepared for congressional Democrats to act unilaterally to economic stimulus legislation enacted, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday.