Beijing has imposed a lockdown of 1.7 million people in part of the Chinese capital as officials race to prevent a Covid-19 resurgence in the country’s northern region from seeping into its most important city.

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

There was never a doubt that the absolute hysteria of the national press would go away the minute President Biden was sworn into office, but good God was Inauguration Day humiliating for Washington journalists.

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

It was a jarring contrast with the Trump years.