With the hours dwindling until Joe Biden is sworn in -- officially taking the helm of the US government during its worst health crisis in 100 years -- a sense of nervousness has set in among those advising the incoming President on the pandemic.

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy is faulting Pentagon bureaucracy in the wake of deadly rioting at the U.S. Capitol and criticism of the military's response to the siege."There's too many people that are involved with the decision, and ultimately no one,...

Five of President-elect Joe Biden's national security Cabinet nominees will face Senate panels on Tuesday in the first step of the confirmation process.

Avril Haines will appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday to be considered for director of national intelligence.

Alejandro Mayorkas will appear before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday to be considered for secretary of Homeland Security.

China and the World Health Organization (WHO) could have acted quicker and more forcefully to contain the start of the Covid-19 outbreak, an independent review panel said on Monday.