Mourner in Chief 500,000 Evan Vucci AP Published February 23, 2021 at 1380 × 920 in Morning Prayer 24.2.21, St. Matthias the Apostle; Ember Day Next → “America has a mourner-in-chief again,” writes columnist Jennifer Rubin, as President Biden and Vice-President Harris and their spouses observed a minute of prayer and silence as the U.S. marked its 500,000th death from Covid-19. (Evan Vucci/AP)