NEW YORK – Joe Biden's first presidential news conference was notable for what was missing after predecessor Donald Trump: no contentious exchanges with reporters, no Fox News and no questions about COVID-19.
The last omission was probably the least expected, considering the pandemic has killed more than half a million Americans and kept much of the country home for the past year.
Many in the news media had been impatient since Biden had not submitted to a formal question-and-answer session with reporters until his 65th day in the office.
When he finally did Thursday, it was carried live on the major broadcast and cable news networks. Before taking a question, Biden announced he was setting a new goal of having 200 million vaccine doses for