President-elect Joe Biden arrives in Washington Tuesday for the start of his inaugural ceremonies at a dark and solemn moment in American history, preparing to take his oath of office as the US approaches 400,000 coronavirus deaths and is more divided than at any time since the Civil War.
They moved in an "organized and practiced fashion" as they pushed through crowds toward entrances to the US Capitol. On the inside, several maintained formation, putting their hands on each other's shoulders to keep in lockstep. Some communicated over radios, while others gave directions with hand signals and voice calls.
Prosecutors have levied the first significant conspiracy charge against an apparent leader in the extremist Oath Keepers movement, alleging the Virginia man was involved in "planning and coordinating" the breach of the Capitol earlier this month, according to court documents.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that the mob that attacked the Capitol was "provoked" by President Donald Trump.
President-elect Joe Biden's daughter, Ashley Biden, did her first network television interview with another member of the small club of presidential children, Jenna Bush Hager of NBC.
President-elect Joe Biden's pick to lead the State Department will tell Congress Wednesday of his plans to emphatically redirect the trajectory of US foreign policy after four years of the Trump administration, rebuilding and reengaging alliances to confront transnational threats ranging from Russia and North Korea to climate change.
President-elect Joe Biden plans to impose a slew of new ethics restrictions on his incoming administration, a source familiar with the plan tells CNN, including barring his appointees from accepting "golden parachute" bonuses from their former employees when they join the government.
President-elect Joe Biden will unveil a comprehensive immigration plan on his first day in office, a source familiar with the proposal tells CNN, describing an agenda that provides a multi-year pathway to citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrants currently in the United States.
A president's most valuable commodity is time and Donald Trump is out of it.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said New York City hit an inoculation record last week when more than 220,000 were vaccinated, but the Big Apple is on track to run out of COVID-19 vaccines by Friday.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., placed blame on President Trump for the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6 that left five people dead, including a Capitol police officer.
Alejandro Mayorkas, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, said Tuesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should not be defunded -- while punting on whether parts of the border wall should be dismantled.
Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove is cautioning President Donald Trump to be “very careful” when deciding who to pardon before leaving office.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., blasted Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., on Monday for suggesting she took rioters on a tour of the U.S. Capitol shortly before Jan. 6, something Boebert has denied.
President Trump's youngest daughter Tiffany Trump and her beau Michael Boulos announced their engagement with a photo taken at the White House on the president's last day in office.
Former Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf called Tuesday for members of Congress to demand an apology from Democrat Steve Cohen, who suggested that National Guard members could pose a threat to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
Democrats have blasted Republican lawmakers who objected to electoral votes for President-elect Joe Biden, accusing them of trying to overturn the 2020 election, but several of these critics objected to electoral votes when President Trump was elected.
A West Point graduate and Army veteran ripped Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., for floating the conspiracy theory that National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C., for the inauguration pose a threat to President-elect Joe Biden.
As Democrats prepare to take control of the Senate, an impeachment trial looms over hopes of quickly advancing nominations and economic relief.
An eviction moratorium only works if it is well-enforced, tenant advocates say, and evictions are still happening, according to legal aid practitioners.
The bridge named after a Confederate general and the site of "Bloody Sunday" could be renamed after the late Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga.
Election experts have uniformly declared that the 2020 election was conducted fairly.
The theme is "America United," but Covid-19 and the specter of domestic terrorism are casting shadows over the event.
GOP fundraising apparatus faces new uncertainty amid backlash from pro-Trump riot at the Capitol.
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A new report says Democrats need to aggressively change their messaging for Florida Latinos if they want to remain competitive in the state.
Their remarks Tuesday evening come on the eve of their inauguration as president and vice president.
"We have multiple crises we are facing," says Biden administration official Julie Chávez Rodríguez. "People been traumatized the last four years."
The president-elect is expected to deliver remarks before making the trip to Washington.
McConnell said that the rioters who overran the Capitol were "provoked by the president and other powerful people."
Confirmation hearings begin Tuesday for some key members of President-elect Joe Biden's Cabinet.
Democrats will soon have a slim majority in the Senate, allowing them to bring forward their own legislation.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the determination just 24 hours before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
The United States' constitution is a 233-year-old rule book for American life and governance, that's especially relevant right now.
In speeches, interviews, and in at least 49 published plans released during his presidential campaign, Biden talked about the actions he'd take in the earliest days of his administration.
Couy Griffin, a New Mexico county official, vowed to return with firearms to the Capitol for the inauguration.
Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin says President-Elect Biden's inauguration may be unlike any other, but past presidents offer lessons on how to address the nation at a time of crisis. Chip Reid reports.
The president-elect will hold an event in Wilmington, Del., where he has been conducting his transition, before arriving in Washington for a somber inaugural ceremony honoring Americans who have lost their lives to covid-19.
Janet Yellen, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for treasury secretary, will urge lawmakers to “act big" on economic relief for the coronavirus pandemic as she appears before a Senate committee Tuesday morning for her confirmation hearing.
Newly inaugurated vice president Kamala D. Harris is expected to swear in the new senators Wednesday, along with her successor.
Follow the president-elect’s progress filling nearly 800 positions, among the 1,250 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.
Perhaps more than any behind-the-scenes player in the White House, Ellis's name has repeatedly surfaced in questionable actions with political overtones.
Perhaps more than any behind-the-scenes player in the White House, Ellis's name has repeatedly surfaced in questionable actions with political overtones.
“She is a historic and deeply qualified choice to help lead our administration’s health efforts,” Joe Biden said of Rachel Levine.
This is where Democrats and Republicans in the Senate stand on convicting President Trump. He was impeached by the House on Jan. 13, making him the first president in history to have been impeached twice.
Here are the people Joe Biden chose to fill his Cabinet. Among his picks: White House veterans, but many historical firsts.
The Blackstone chief executive stuck with President Trump despite the occasional slight, and stopped short of criticizing Mr. Trump even after the Capitol attack.
The report charges that Americans are being indoctrinated with a false narrative of the nation’s founding and identity, including the role of slavery in its history.
A few heads of state have refused to celebrate their successors. “It’s usually a sign that American society is in the midst of major political feud,” the presidential historian Douglas Brinkley said.
The finding by the Trump administration is the strongest denunciation by any government of China’s actions and follows a Biden campaign statement with the same declaration.
The official is President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to take over while his attorney general nominee, Merrick Garland, seeks Senate confirmation.
The transition of official White House social media handles is more complicated now than four years ago.
“The mob was fed lies,” the Kentucky senator said.
Now that they've charged most of the "low-hanging fruit," the tougher work begins.
The "Fox & Friends" co-host tries to describe Trump's alleged industriousness, and Twitter just can't.
Nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants reside in the U.S., and hundreds of thousands of them work in essential services.
The inaugural committee has encouraged all Americans to participate Tuesday by lighting a candle in their windows.
The two service members are connected to right-wing militia groups, according to officials. No plot against the president-elect was found.
Former House Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving said he believed congressional leadership would be wary of military at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Democrat Todd Gloria is eager to blaze a trail for a new generation of LGBTQ lawmakers as well as scale up how California views its second-largest city.
Levine is poised to become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
"It will be scorpions in a bottle," Pulitzer Prize-winning Thomas Friedman warned.
During his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, President-Elect Joe Biden's nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Alejandro Mayorkas, would not commit to not tearing down existing border wall built by President Trump's administration.
Black Lives Matter shared a music video focused on a twerking woman as part of its Martin Luther King Day messaging campaign on Monday.
Tech giant Google has denied recent allegations that it made a secret deal with social media giant Facebook in order to dominate the online advertising market. The two companies control the online advertising market in a duopoly that Amazon is just beginning to take market share from.
Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) joined far-left members of the "Squad" in demanding $2,000 direct checks for the American people, but took the request a step further, calling for the checks to be "monthly."
Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen is once again using his celebrity platform to try and silence conservatives, telling Facebook and YouTube that they must not lift their suspensions of President Donald Trump because he represents a threat to democracy. His
The Central Committee of the Carbon County Republican Party in Wyoming announced Sunday it had formally censured Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) for voting in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump last week.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) declared January 19 a "Day of Racial Healing" in the state.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) appeared to conclude that President Trump and his allies "don't believe in governance" — her explanation as to why they reject sweeping mask mandates — during a guest appearance on a bonus episode of Hillary Clinton's podcast You and Me Both released Monday.
Representative Rashida Talib (D-MI) said Tuesday on the left-wing program "Democracy Now!" given that Israel has not yet included the roughly 4.5 million Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip in its coronavirus vaccines program showed it is a "racist state."
Alec Baldwin is quitting Twitter in the wake of his own "noose" scandal and his wife's "Hilaria" scandal.