US President Biden arrives safely at White House, protected by thousands of troops, barricades

Marine One flies by the Washington Monument on its way to the White House in Washington, DC, US. [Reuters]

After taking the oath of office and a brief dash to shake some hands, Joe Biden made it safely to the White House in a barricaded city guarded by more than 25,000 troops and devoid of the hundreds of thousands of spectators who normally throng to the quadrennial ritual.