Dr. Anthony Fauci has returned to the White House. After being largely sidelined during the final months of the Trump administration, the nation’s top expert on infectious diseases was back in the White House Briefing Room on Thursday, delivering an update on the coronavirus and answering questions from reporters. The briefing came shortly after Fauci met with President Biden. Fauci also stood by the president’s side as Biden signed a number of executive orders on the pandemic. Advertisement In his first full day in office Thursday, President Biden moved swiftly to try to assert control over the nation’s pandemic response.