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Watch Live: Inauguration Day Ceremony And Events

6:57am January 20, 2021

by Alana Wise

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be sworn in as president and vice president of the United States on Wednesday. Follow live special coverage throughout the day, beginning at 11 a.m. ET.

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Trump Baby Blimp Will Be On Display At British Museum

6:24am January 20, 2021

The Museum of London has acquired the famous Trump Baby Balloon, portraying the 45th president as a diaper wearing baby. Matthew Bonner made it ahead of Trump's first visit to London as president.

Shortly after launching her own presidential bid in 2019, Kamala Harris joined her sorors at the Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc., Annual Pink Ice Gala in Columbia, S.C. Members of the sorority across the nation are celebrating one of their own making history as v

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Watching History From Afar, Some Harris Supporters Feel 'Robbed' Of A Big Moment

6:24am January 20, 2021

by Juana Summers

For so many people, Vice President-elect Harris' inauguration is a momentous occasion. But it is also a moment that has been stripped of much of the traditional pomp and circumstance.

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Crowds outside steps of U.S. Capitol for President Theodore Roosevelt Inauguration.

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Photos: Historic Inauguration Will Not Look Like The Past

6:15am January 20, 2021

by Chloee Weiner

Large crowds and parades have become hallmarks of presidential inaugurations but will be absent this year because of the pandemic and security concerns. Here's a look back at earlier inaugural events.

Climate Change Concerns Prompt Americans To Consider Relocating

6:10am January 20, 2021

by Annie Ropeik

As climate impacts worsen, some people are moving to other parts of the country that they hope won't suffer as much. Town planners in New Hampshire are already preparing for a possible influx.

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President-elect Joe Biden, seen here speaking about national security last month, plans to make good on an election promise to send Congress an immigration bill on Day 1.

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On Immigration, Biden Goes Big In Opening Bid To Congress

5:00am January 20, 2021

by Franco Ordoñez

Biden will send Congress a proposal that that would protect millions people from deportation, marking a dramatic turn from President Trump's hardline immigration tack.

Biden gives his inaugural address on Wednesday.

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Biden's Inaugural Address, Annotated

5:00am January 20, 2021

by NPR Staff

Joe Biden gives his first address to the nation as president. NPR reporters from across the newsroom are providing live fact checks and analysis of the remarks.

President-elect Joe Biden; his wife, Jill Biden; Vice President-elect Kamala Harris; and her husband, Doug Emhoff, listen as Yolanda Adams sings "Hallelujah" during a COVID-19 memorial, with lights placed around the Lincoln Memorial's reflecting pool, on

400 Lights, For 400,000 Dead, Illuminate Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

10:19pm January 19, 2021

by Mary Louise Kelly

"Sharing grief brings people together," says historian Micki McElya. The ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday was the most prominent memorial so far to the victims of COVID-19.

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Lights surround the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, placed as a memorial to COVID-19 victims on Tuesday.

'We Must Remember': Biden, Harris Memorialize COVID-19 Victims

10:17pm January 19, 2021

by Alana Wise

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, who will be sworn in as president and vice president on Wednesday, called on Americans to unite through their mourning of lost loved ones.

Sen. Richard Burr was chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee but stepped aside during a Justice Department probe of his stock sales.

DOJ Drops Insider Trading Investigation Into Sen. Richard Burr

9:12pm January 19, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

Officials launched a probe into Burr's business dealings after the senator warned a group of constituents in February to prepare for the coronavirus then sold off $1.7 million in stocks.