JANUARY 24, 2021
Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Florida is mighty chilly these days… if you're former president Donald Trump, that is.
Hours before Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president, Donald Trump left the White House and headed down to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, which he plans to make his primary residence. But his welcome...
JANUARY 24, 2021
The emergence of new variants of the virus that causes Covid-19—including one in the U.K. that British officials say could be more deadly than earlier versions—signals a future in which health authorities are locked in a cat-and-mouse battle with a shape-shifting pathogen.
Faster-spreading coronavirus strains that researchers fear could also make people sicker or render vaccines less effective...
JANUARY 24, 2021
Dr. Fauci delivered remarks on the coronavirus last April during a daily White House briefing, as President Donald Trump looked on. - Doug Mills/NY Times
For almost 40 years, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci has held two jobs. As director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, he has run one of the country’s premier research...
JANUARY 23, 2021
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has said Australia will be a world leader in tech regulation by putting in place a code forcing Google and Facebook to pay news publishers. - Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP
Josh Frydenberg has warned the internet giants it is “inevitable” they will pay for news content and their threats to shut down core functions in Australia...
JANUARY 23, 2021
Joe and Jill Biden outside the White House. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Biden reportedly wasn't greeted by White House staff on Inauguration Day because Trump sent them home.
Trump reportedly sent the butlers home so "there would be no-one to help the Bidens when they arrived."
Chief usher Timothy Harleth left his role before the...
JANUARY 23, 2021
FILE - This April 5, 2020, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. The Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Trump administration to end the 2020 census was another case of whiplash for the census, which has faced stops from the pandemic, natural disasters and court rulings....
JANUARY 22, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) has told him the article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump will be delivered to the Senate Monday, triggering a second impeachment trial.
Mr. Schumer gave no details on how the trial will be conducted. “It will be a full...
JANUARY 21, 2021
FILE PHOTO: A worker cleans up the West Front of the U.S. Capitol and dismantles the inaugural platform and seating area the day after President Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States on Capitol Hill in Washington. - Reuters/JIM BOURG
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives is planning to bring a...
JANUARY 20, 2021
Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman recited her poem "The Hill We Climb" during President Joe Biden's inauguration. Her jewelry, gifted by Oprah Winfrey, carried special significance. - Alex Wong/Getty Images North America/Getty Images
Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez may have been the headline acts of President Joe Biden's inauguration, but it was 22-year-old Amanda Gorman, the first...
JANUARY 20, 2021
US President Joe Biden gestures to stage members before delivering his inaugural address during the 2021 Presidential Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S. Capitol. - William Bretzger, USA TODAY
Biden, 78, takes the helm at a precarious moment in U.S. history, as the nation continues its struggle with a virus that...
