When will Biden hold a press conference?

After a Tuesday appearance on his administration’s response to covid-19, President Biden took a couple of questions from the assembled media. When would things get back to normal? “My hope is by this time next year,” responded the president, noting that the timeline depends on people acting responsibly. Then he confirmed that he’d just received a briefing on the southern border. What did he learn? “A lot,” responded Biden.

That’s what you call a “short question-and-answer" session. Martha Joynt Kumar, director of the White House Transition Project, uses that very...