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Joe Biden and Kamala D. Harris were sworn in during an inauguration unlike any other. Follow along for the latest news.
Posted: 20 January 2021 | 9:31 pm
Joe Biden pleaded for national unity in his inaugural address Wednesday after he was sworn in as the 46th president. Here's our analysis and the full speech.
Posted: 20 January 2021 | 9:18 pm
Joe Biden pleaded for national unity in his inaugural address Wednesday after he was sworn in as the 46th president. Here's our analysis and the full speech.
Posted: 20 January 2021 | 9:18 pm
According to three people briefed on the plan, Trump issued a directive to extend post-presidency Secret Service protection for six months to his adult children and their families, who were not automatically entitled to receive it.
Posted: 20 January 2021 | 9:01 pm
Although the 46th president held his hand on a Bible at 11:48 a.m., it is not the oath that determines when the previous term ends.
Posted: 20 January 2021 | 8:55 pm
Although the 46th president held his hand on a Bible at 11:48 a.m., it is not the oath that determines when the previous term ends.
Posted: 20 January 2021 | 8:55 pm
A president's pardon needs very little to take effect.
Posted: 20 January 2021 | 7:48 pm
It was his first stop of the day before being sworn in.
Posted: 20 January 2021 | 7:45 pm
In his last full day in office, President Trump pardoned former adviser Stephen K. Bannon, GOP donor Elliott Broidy and a raft of well-connected celebrities, politicians and nonviolent drug offenders, but he did not preemptively pardon himself or his family members.
Posted: 20 January 2021 | 7:42 pm
The new administration is fulfilling a pledge to extend the moratorium on federal student loans as the pandemic continues to cripple the economy, but the pause still will not extend to all federal borrowers.
Posted: 20 January 2021 | 7:37 pm