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Biden and Harris sworn in during historic inauguration

January 20, 2021 10:09 AM CNN Newsource

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris took their oaths of office Wednesday in a historic inauguration. Harris will be the…

Biden says duty of all Americans, especially elected leaders, is ‘to defend the truth and defeat the lies’

January 20, 2021 10:08 AM Associated Press

"I will be president for every single American"President Biden has just wrapped up his inaugural address but live coverage continues on-air…

Biden calls on Americans to overcome divisions, declaring that ‘without unity, there is no peace’

January 20, 2021 10:02 AM Associated Press

Now President Biden continues to call for unity in his opening address to the country.https://t.co/zGB9Qq55MT pic.twitter.com/VHw0JWanax— KVIA…

Biden in first remarks as president says ‘This is America’s day’ and ‘Democracy has prevailed’

January 20, 2021 9:57 AM Associated Press

"I will be president for every single American"President Biden has just wrapped up his inaugural address but live coverage continues on-air…

Joe Biden sworn in as 46th president of the United States, takes office amid pandemic, economic woes, deep divisions

January 20, 2021 9:48 AM Associated Press

The moment Joe Biden was sworn in after taking the oath of office. pic.twitter.com/owmqmgrM70— KVIA ABC-7 News (@abc7breaking) January 20, 2021…

Kamala Harris sworn in as vice president, breaking historic gender and racial barriers in American politics

January 20, 2021 9:42 AM Associated Press

Kamala Harris is now the Vice President of The United States.https://t.co/zGB9Qq55MT pic.twitter.com/WsKq6sadbl— KVIA ABC-7 News…

Biden to be inaugurated as 46th president as Trump has left Washington

January 20, 2021 9:38 AM CNN Newsource

After campaigning on a promise to heal a fractured nation, President-elect Joe Biden will begin the work of uniting the country Wednesday when he is…

Trump’s last-minute pardons include Bannon, Lil Wayne and scores of others

January 20, 2021 9:22 AM CNN Newsource

President Donald Trump issued a raft of 11th-hour pardons and commutations early Wednesday that included his onetime political strategist, a former…

Inauguration ceremony for Joe Biden gets underway at US Capitol, 2 weeks after violent siege

January 20, 2021 9:18 AM Associated Press

Lady Gaga has just finished singing the national anthem. Kamala Harris is now being sworn in. watch live now https://t.co/zGB9Qq55MT…

How to watch the inauguration

January 20, 2021 9:07 AM CNN Newsource

President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in on Wednesday as the next president of the United States on an Inauguration Day that will look like no…

Donald Trump lands in Florida in final hour of presidency, rejecting tradition by skipping Joe Biden’s swearing-in

January 20, 2021 8:54 AM Associated Press

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — President Donald Trump has arrived in Florida after leaving the White House for the final time as president. Trump said…

Trump departs Washington a pariah as his era in power ends

January 20, 2021 8:47 AM CNN Newsource

Donald Trump’s era in Washington is over. The all-consuming, camera-hungry, truth-starved era that fixated the nation and exposed its darkest…

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris arrive at US Capitol for inaugural ceremony and swearing-in

January 20, 2021 8:37 AM Associated Press

President-Elect Biden has arrived at the capitol. @ABC Live coverage here: https://t.co/zGB9Qq55MT pic.twitter.com/fiMK8jUxsA— KVIA ABC-7 News…

Trump’s acting attorney general leaves without creating controversial special counsels

January 20, 2021 8:37 AM CNN Newsource

Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen is resigning Wednesday at noon, ending a tenure marked by the things that didn’t happen, including no…

Melania Trump outsourced writing her own ‘thank you’ notes to the White House residence staff

January 20, 2021 8:23 AM CNN Newsource

First lady Melania Trump did not write her own “thank you” notes to the White House residence staff who have cared for her and her family…

Biden to be inaugurated as 46th president as Trump leaves Washington

January 20, 2021 8:08 AM CNN Newsource

After campaigning on a promise to heal a fractured nation, President-elect Joe Biden will begin the work of uniting the country Wednesday when he is…

How to watch Inauguration Day

January 20, 2021 8:08 AM CNN Newsource

President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in on Wednesday as the next president of the United States on an Inauguration Day that will look like no…

The worst of Trump’s pardons

January 20, 2021 8:05 AM CNN

In his final full day in office, President Donald Trump refrained from the most outrageous possible abuses of the pardon power. Perhaps wary of…

How a US presidential inauguration works

January 20, 2021 7:49 AM CNN Newsource

The invitations have been scaled back by the pandemic and the security has been heightened by the insurrection, but Joe Biden’s inauguration as…

Justice Sonia Sotomayor to administer vice presidential oath to Kamala Harris

January 20, 2021 7:28 AM CNN

On Wednesday, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, a daughter of immigrants, and Sonia Sotomayor, the nation’s first Latina Supreme Court…

Biden puts Trump’s climate and environmental rollbacks in his crosshairs

January 20, 2021 7:22 AM CNN Newsource

Among incoming President Joe Biden’s Day One priorities: Begin rolling back climate and environmental policies of the Trump administration,…

Biden to rescind 1776 commission via executive order

January 20, 2021 7:20 AM CNN Newsource

President-elect Joe Biden will issue an executive order to dissolve the 1776 commission, a panel stood up by President Donald Trump as a rebuttal to…

Here are the executive actions Biden is expected to take on Inauguration Day

January 20, 2021 7:00 AM CNN

President-elect Joe Biden plans to take 17 executive actions in the first hours of his presidency Wednesday, signing a flurry of executive orders,…

Trump departs White House for final time as president, travels to Florida instead of inauguration

January 20, 2021 6:18 AM Associated Press, CNN

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Donald Trump left the White House for the final time as president Wednesday morning. Trump emerged from the building and…

How the narrow Senate majority will shape Biden’s presidency

January 20, 2021 6:09 AM CNN Newsource

In a matter of hours, President Joe Biden will inherit a Democratic-controlled House of Representatives and Senate. But the narrow majorities in both…

Trump pardons Steve Bannon as one of his final acts in office

January 20, 2021 5:08 AM CNN Newsource

President Donald Trump pardoned his former chief strategist Steve Bannon in a last-minute decision made only hours before he is scheduled to depart…

Biden prepares to conjure hope and bear pain for a grieving nation

January 20, 2021 4:56 AM CNN

Joe Biden’s life of resilience in the face of unbearable loss will take on new meaning when he steps up to deliver his inaugural address…

Washington Post: Biden to ask for US Surgeon General Jerome Adams’ resignation and name acting official

January 20, 2021 4:49 AM CNN Newsource

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to ask for US Surgeon General Jerome Adams’ resignation soon after he is sworn-in on Wednesday, and…

Biden transition team denies outgoing acting defense secretary transitional office space

January 20, 2021 4:48 AM CNN

The Biden transition team has declined to give outgoing acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller office space and resources for his transition out…

‘A vote of conscience’: GOP senators signal that Trump’s fate is in their hands

January 20, 2021 4:03 AM CNN Newsource

A wide range of Senate Republicans are noncommittal about whether they are considering convicting Donald Trump of committing high crimes and…