President Biden made a surprise visit to the White House briefing room Friday to hail positive economic news on multiple fronts, including the end of a dockworkers’ strike and positive job numbers.

The White House chief of staff recalled how Biden came into office with what he described as “a once-in-a-generation pandemic and an unprecedented shutdown in the economy” for which the outgoing administration had left “no plan or path forward.”

President Biden on Friday made his first appearance in the press briefing room since taking office to tout strong jobs data and the resolution of a strike at East and Gulf coast ports that