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.

Who is Kamala Harris? Answers to your questions about the vice president-elect

As Vice President-elect Kamala Harris reaches the culmination of her historic path to the White House, here are some of the most-asked questions about the former California senator.

Arkansas man photographed sitting at Pelosi's desk during Capitol riot put on house arrest

An Arkansas man photographed sitting at a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the riot at the U.S. Capitol last week has been put under House arrest as he awaits trial.

Vice President Mike Pence offers congratulations in call to VP-elect Kamala Harris

Vice President Mike Pence has called his soon-to-be successor Kamala Harris to offer his congratulations, according to two people familiar with the conversation.

New GOP House Speaker resumes party's tough questions of Whitmer as state legislature reconvenes

Meanwhile the House Democratic leader Donna Lasinski wanted to punish 18 House Republicans for their alleged indirect role in spawning the Capitol riot last week. One Republican told her to take her criticism and "shove it."