President Biden makes first tweet from @POTUS: Here's what it said

Shortly after speaking at the inauguration ceremony in Washington, D.C., President Biden made his first tweet from the @POTUS account.

'Trump got this right,' Detroit community, justice officials react to Kwame Kilpatrick's commutation

The commutation knocks about 20 years off his 28-year sentence. Kilpatrick served seven years for corruption and racketeering in office. He served as mayor of Detroit from 2001 to 2008. He was sentenced in 2013 and has since lost his appeals.

Biden, Harris lay wreath at Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attended a wreath-laying ceremony after the inauguration Wednesday at Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a tradition among incoming administrations.

National Archives launches Trump Presidential Library website

The National Archives and Records Administration officially launched the Trump Presidential Library (https://www.trumplibrary.gov/) website on Jan. 20, which contains records from President Donald Trump’s administration.

'It's been a great honor': Trump departs White House in final hours of presidency

In the waning hours of his presidency, Donald Trump left the nation’s capital Wednesday morning ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.

Joe Biden attends service at St. Matthews

President-Elect Joe Biden - who is making history as the nation's second Catholic president - attended services at St. Matthew the Apostle Cathedral in DC ahead of the Inauguration on Wednesday.

Lil Wayne, Steve Bannon among 143 more pardons Trump issues on final day in office

President Donald Trump pardoned 143 more people Tuesday, his final full day in office. The latest round of pardons includes rapper Lil Wayne and former Trump associate Steve Bannon.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to attend Joe Biden inauguration

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced she will attend the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in person on Wednesday, Jan. 20.

Livonia nurse whose singing went viral, to perform at COVID-19 Memorial for Biden

Her chilling rendition brought everyone to tears. Lori Key's angelic voice went viral giving hope to hospital workers and patients at her hospital and across the country.

Peter Spadafore talks preparation for potential Capitol protest in Lansing

Police authorities, including the FBI, Lansing Police and Fire, Michigan State Police, and more, prepare for a potential protest at the Capitol on Sunday.

Janet Yellen, Biden's Treasury secretary pick, pushes for quick passage of $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan

Janet Yellen, President-elect Joe Biden's choice as Treasury secretary, said Tuesday that the incoming administration would focus on winning quick passage of its $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan, rejecting Republican arguments that the measure is too big given the size of U.S. budget deficits.

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.

'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.

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.

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.

HHS Sec. Alex Azar resigns, condemns Capitol riots

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is condemning the assault on the U.S. Capitol in his formal letter of resignation.