Ben Roback: After Biden’s stumble on the steps, Harris’ stroll to the White House?

The President’s age and fall together shines an spotlight onto the woman who would assume the presidency were he to vacate it.

Ben Roback: Vaccination in America – a research and manufacturing triumph. Now for the next challenge: getting needles into arms

Some of this success was crafted under Trump’s presidency, and he now holds the key to better protecting his country.

The Duchess’ race claims. Starmer goes to court with a brief he hasn’t read.

And done so without increasing the likelihood of instruction for what will be the most important case of his life – the next general election.

Ben Roback: Biden’s new administration. Are you not entertained? (No: and don’t expect to be.)

After the gladiatorial theatre of the Trump years, American politics is returning, at least in terms of government, to something more like normal.

Ben Roback: What do Biden’s appointments tell us about his presidency?

The President wants to lower the political temperature and win Republican support – and that risks disappointing the Democratic left wing.

We wish the new President all the best as he starts but fear that his term won’t end well

It would take a political genius of Mount Rushmore proportions to restore civic peace to America and Biden, for all his good qualities, isn’t one.

Garvan Walshe: Conservatives need to choose. Are they with democracy or with the Capitol terrorists?

The main issue is not that the latter’s actions are extreme, but that they’re anti-constitutional.

Ben Roback: Will Trump explode America’s two-party system?

Seventeen Republican senators would be needed for the two thirds majority required to impeach him. This seems a high bar.

You’re either for Trump or against him. The Republicans can’t avoid a choice. And it’s best made now.

If an unpleasant medical procedure becomes unavoidable, it’s nearly always best not to put it off.  Pence should seek to move the 25th amendment.

Iain Dale: The social media companies claim that they aren’t publishers. But their ban on the President proves that they are.

Plus: Biden won fair and square, Trump’s allegations of fraud have been dismissed by the courts – and one can be a conservative and say so.

Auto-rant, bullshit and self-pity. The conspiracists who stormed the senate. And their right-wing equivalents here.

We feel the power of American culture in Britain – and the shock-jockery, coat-trailing, and oppositional mindset that comes with it. 

Daniel Hamilton: The Republicans must now decisively reject Trump

Recent elections show that the party can thrive in the emerging, more diverse America. But not if it can’t shake off this toxic President.

WATCH: McConnell – “The voters, the courts and the states have all spoken. If we over-rule them, it could damage our republic forever.”

The Senate Republican leader warns his colleagues that the President’s refusal to accept the election result threatens democracy itself.

Ben Roback: Who would bet on Trump turning up at Biden’s inauguration?

Intriguingly, he has retweeted an article which said: ‘May God bless him, Melania, and their family, as God leads him to the next chapter in his life.’

Biden’s top team takes shape. Diversity is required in principle though not always in practice.

The President-elect’s closest circle of advisers seem to be selected on the basis of trust and experience.