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Watch highlights from President Biden's inauguration

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'Democracy has prevailed': Watch Biden's full inaugural address

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Youngest inaugural poet Amanda Gorman recites moving original work

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President Biden and VP Harris lay wreath at Tomb of Unknown Soldier

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Kamala Harris waves goodbye to Mike Pence in moment of unity

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Joe Biden is sworn in as President of the United States

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Kamala Harris escorted by Capitol police officer Eugene Goodman

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History made: Watch Kamala Harris take her oath of office

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Mitch McConnell: We just swore in ‘a son and daughter of the Senate’

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Biden addresses nation: 'Democracy has prevailed'

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Sen. Klobuchar delivers opening remarks for Biden's inauguration

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Pence arrives for Biden's inauguration as Trump lands in Florida

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The history and tradition behind U.S. presidential inaugurations

Trump's last acts

Ken Keagy

'I couldn't believe it'

A radio host was shocked to get a pardon, because he never asked Trump for one

Tom Brenner / Reuters file

'We just got played'

Some QAnon followers lose hope after prophecy of Inauguration coup fails to come to pass

Colin Ziemer/New York Stock Exchange / AP

economy

Trump inherited a booming economy — and handed Biden a nation 'in shambles'

Goodbye, 45

Trump departs Washington in final hours as president, travels to Florida

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How the Trump administration's '1776 Report' warps the history of racism and slavery

Goodbye, 45

Trump departs Washington in final hours as president, travels to Florida

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How the Trump administration's '1776 Report' warps the history of racism and slavery

Biden's appointments

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Biden picks Jessica Rosenworcel as acting FCC chief

Joshua Roberts / Reuters file

Biden to keep Christopher Wray on as FBI director

Joshua Roberts / Reuters file

Avril Haines, Biden's pick for top spy, to tell Senate she'll keep politics out of intel analysis

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Biden's pick to head SEC is tough regulator who 'can't be intimidated,' Wall Street experts say

Bonnie Jo Mount / The Washington Post via Getty Images file

Biden picks transgender physician as assistant health secretary

Richard Shiro / AP file

Jaime Harrison is Biden's pick for Democratic National Committee chair

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Biden to nominate Samantha Power to lead foreign aid agency

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Biden expected to nominate Raimondo as commerce secretary, Walsh as labor secretary

Andrew Harnik / AP file

Biden to nominate Merrick Garland as his attorney general

Michael Brochstein / Sipa USA via AP file

A voice never heard before: The historic significance behind Biden's interior secretary pick

Brendan Smialowski / AFP - Getty Images file

Biden tests Congress' desire for norms versus history-making with Pentagon nominee

Kirby Lee / AP file

Who will replace Kamala Harris in the Senate? California governor weighs a shortlist of firsts

Chandan Khanna / AFP - Getty Images file

Biden's Cabinet isn't shaping up to be progressives' dream, but it's far from their nightmare

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Biden meets, outpaces Trump and Obama's Cabinet nomination timelines

Alex Brandon / AP file

Biden pick to run Homeland Security, an immigrant, reveals a lot about his immigration agenda

Riot fallout

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Congress

Capitol Police investigate whether GOP Rep. Andy Harris tried to take gun on House floor

Andrew Harnik / AP file

Congress

Senate Democrats file ethics complaint against GOP Sens. Hawley, Cruz over roles in Capitol riot

Andrew Harnik / AP

Asian America

Behind viral photo of Rep. Andy Kim cleaning up at midnight after riots

National Security

Trump's DHS downplayed domestic extremism while pushing anti-immigration agenda, ex-officials say

Analysis

There were many Americans who predicted Trump's policies would lead to violence

National Security

Trump's DHS downplayed domestic extremism while pushing anti-immigration agenda, ex-officials say

Analysis

There were many Americans who predicted Trump's policies would lead to violence

Scenes from Washington riotFull story

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PHOTOS: Chaos as Trump supporters storm chambers of Congress

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Video shows moment gun is fired inside Capitol as rioters breach building

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Biden condemns 'assault' on liberty, calls chaos at the Capitol an 'insurrection'

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Why aren’t the police arresting Capitol protesters?

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Protesters walk around on Senate floor after breaking into Capitol building

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Rioters storm stairs of Capitol as Congress debates Electoral Congress objections

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Democracy 'death spiral': McConnell's stern rebuke of GOP objection to Electoral count

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Protesters demonstrate nationwide as Congress meets to count Electoral College vote

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Watch Senate abruptly called into recess as rioters storm Capitol

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Biden will instruct FEMA to establish ‘thousands’ of Covid vaccination centers

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