Joe Biden arriving in Washington with big plans, big problems

Joe Biden is arriving in the nation's capital Tuesday -- ready to assume power as the nation reels from the coronavirus pandemic, soaring unemployment and grave concerns about more violence as he prepares to take the oath of office.

Biden will be oldest US president to take oath on Inauguration Day 2021

When president-elect Joe Biden takes the oath of office Wednesday, he’ll become the nation’s oldest president in history. Here’s a look back at other notable ages of former U.S. presidents.

Biden promises on Day One to reinstate rule protecting transgender student use of bathrooms

The Trump administration revoked an Obama-era federal rule that extended protections to transgender students, allowing them to use bathrooms and locker rooms according to their gender identities.

Local pastor and Biden friend to lead inauguration benediction

The benediction is how Pastor Silvester Beaman typically sends the congregation back into the world after Sunday service. Wednesday, he’ll do it for the country, one last blessing to wrap up the inauguration in a wild political climate.

Inauguration Day 2021 will be like no other: What exactly is different?

The inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is sure to be among the most unique in American history.

Moving trucks spotted at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort

President Trump previously said that he would not be attending Biden’s inauguration. He is expected to go to Florida and live at Mar-a-Lago resort.

Auction to push button imploding former Trump casino in Atlantic City called off

A fundraising auction that would have granted someone the opportunity to press the button that will bring down one of President Donald Trump's former Atlantic City casinos has been scrapped.

‘You will be in my heart forever’: First lady Melania Trump says farewell to the nation in Twitter video

First lady Melania Trump reflected on the COVID-19 pandemic, her “Be Best” initiative and also the “unforgettable” stories she’s heard from people across the country in a farewell video posted to Twitter Monday.

'We Are One': Biden-Harris inaugural event will celebrate Black resiliency in America

The resiliency, culture and heroism of Black Americans and the African diaspora will be the central theme of a virtual event Tuesday evening that will celebrate the nation’s diversity ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.

US Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham resigns

U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham is resigning after a watchdog agency alleged he had set a deadline that pressured statisticians to produce a report on the number of people in the U.S. illegally.

Kamala Harris to be sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor at inauguration

It will be a history-making event in which the first Black, South Asian and female vice president will take her oath of office from the first Latina justice.

Man in Bucks County arrested, charged with making terroristic threats, officials announce

Pennsylvania State Police in the Dublin Barracks stated 61-year-old Kris John Kinsey, of Durham Township, was arrested Friday, on the 700 block of Sunday Road, in a wooded area.

Kamala Harris resigns Senate seat ahead of Inauguration Day

Kamala Harris, who was just the second Black woman senator representing California, confirmed the news on Monday.

Biden spends MLK Day of Service assembling food boxes at Philabundance

President-Elect Joe Biden was volunteering as part of MLK Day of Service at Philabundance, in South Philadelphia, assembling boxes of food for those in need.

Phoenix woman receives note demanding she take down Trump flag

"All I did was hang a Trump flag during the election," Hill said. "I was going to take it down, but now I’m kind of mad and might leave it up for a while."

Trump may issue as many as 100 commutations, pardons before term ends

President Trump is expected to issue between 50 and 100 commutations and pardons before he leaves office this week; rapper Lil Wayne is expected to be on the list.

Kamala Harris prepares for central role in Biden's White House

Kamala Harris will make history on Wednesday when she becomes the nation’s first female vice president — and the first Black woman and the first woman of South Asian descent to hold that office. But that’s only where her boundary-breaking role begins.

Pelosi praises National Guard presence in DC after resisting troops during BLM riots

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told a group of guardsmen "that the Capitol, our Democracy, our Constitution are safe because of your patriotism" less than a year after she scolded President Trump for deploying troops to D.C. to quell the violent riots sparked by the death of George Floyd.