US votes 2020
'Tough grader': being first lady is a second job for Dr Jill Biden
The latest first lady is an English professor with a reputation as a fierce defender of her family.
- by Katie Rogers
Latest
Prayer, pop and the ghosts of Presidencies past
Forced by the pandemic to mark the 46th presidency with a "virtual" celebration, Celebrating America invited everyone to the usually invitation-only after-party.
- by Michael Idato
Right-wing social app Parler shows sign of life thanks to Russian tech
The social network, popular with President Trump’s supporters, went offline last week after it was kicked off Amazon’s servers.
- by Jack Nicas
As the day unfolded: Joe Biden signs first executive orders to rejoin Paris climate accord and end Muslim travel ban
President Joe Biden is calling on Americans to overcome their divisions, declaring in his first address in office that “without unity, there is no peace”.
- by Megan Levy and Jenny Noyes
Sights, sounds, and a sob: highlights from Joe Biden's inauguration
A police officer hero, Bernie Sanders' mittens, history-making Kamala Harris, and the dramatic change in tone in Washington all contributed to the momentous event.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Who is Avril Haines, Joe Biden's new spy chief?
Between judo, erotica readings and drone strikes on terrorists, there's much to learn about the woman now confirmed as US Director of National Intelligence.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Analysis
Biden's White House
A poem of hope rescues this inauguration from America's carnage
Joe Biden did not mention Donald Trump by name. He did not need to do so.
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
Biden's White House
Joe Biden's inauguration mixed pop and politics in compelling ceremony
Pomp and circumstance met pop in America's first made-for-television Presidential inauguration day.
- by Michael Idato
Analysis
Biden's White House
Biden gives the world permission to exhale after four chaotic years
As Biden spoke for the first time as President, you could feel the resting heart rate of American politics returning to something resembling normal.
- by Matthew Knott
Subdued protests and no violence as Biden is sworn in as 46th US President
A key booster of the QAnon conspiracies resigned shortly after the inauguration, telling followers to 'respect the Constitution'.
'We must end this uncivil war': President Joe Biden's inauguration speech
President Joe Biden's 20-minute speech echoed Abraham Lincoln as he called for unity in this "winter of peril": "we're going to need each other".