Biden to take presidential oath outside Capitol amid COVID-19 restrictions

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will take their oaths of office outside the U.S. Capitol building, but it probably won't look like other inaugurations.

Biden picks Buttigieg as transportation chief

As one of Biden's rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination, he was a breakout star of the primaries, sharing victory in the nation's first caucus with Bernie Sanders. He suspended his campaign before Super Tuesday and endorsed Biden.

Biden, Harris, Trump, Pence should get coronavirus vaccine as soon as possible, Fauci says

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, suggested that both President-elect Joe Biden and current President Donald Trump should get vaccinated for the coronavirus as soon as possible.

Biden to take oath outside Capitol amid COVID-19 restrictions

The president-elect's team is proceeding with plans without any assurances that outgoing President Donald Trump will participate.

Michigan Gov. Whitmer joins governors across the Midwest urging everyone to stay safe this holiday season

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is holding a COVID-19 news conference at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, just hours after the first Pfizer vaccine doses were administered in the state.

Joe Biden speaks to nation after clearing 270 vote mark for presidential victory

Biden spoke to the nation urging unity and attempting to debunk the suspicions over his election win. He also discussed some of his battleground state wins including here in Michigan

Michigan's electoral college officially and unanimously cast votes for Biden, Harris

The Michigan capitol has been closed due to threats of violence and only the slate of electors nominated to cast the state's 16 votes will be permitted to enter the building.

Trump says he's nixing plan for early coronavirus vaccine at White House

President Donald Trump says he's reversing an administration directive to vaccinate top government officials against COVID-19 while public distribution of the shot is limited to front-line health workers and people in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.

Trump to meet state attorneys general joining in suit to overturn election results

President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to let him join a lawsuit from 17 states, including Florida, that seeks to overturn election results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Trump holds White House COVID-19 vaccine summit as Biden introduces health team

President Donald Trump held a coronavirus vaccine summit Tuesday at the White House as President-elect Joe Biden, who was not invited to the event, formally introduced his health team.

Does Trump have the power to pardon himself?

Legal experts are divided on an inherently ambiguous question that was left vague by the Founding Fathers and has never had to be definitively resolved in court.

Schumer renews push for Biden to bypass Congress and cancel $50,000 in student loan debt

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer reiterated his call for President-elect Joe Biden to bypass Congress and cancel billions of dollars in student loan debt during his first day in office.

Restaurant owners hit hard by Whitmer's extension of indoor dining ban to slow Covid spike

"Even if we have to change the rules a little bit, we'll reduce hours, or reduce 50 percent (occupancy) to 40 percent," he said. "Forty miles south in Toledo you can do to dinner. They are open, we are not - and it doesn't make sense."

Michigan Gov. Whitmer says not to gather with others this Christmas

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says no matter what progress happens in the partial shutdown, people should virtually celebrate Christmas with others,