Biden says Democrats don't have votes to convict Trump as impeachment trial goes to Senate
President Joe Biden said Trump's impeachment trial "has to happen," but acknowledged that Democrats likely won't get enough Republicans to vote to convict Trump.
Biden administration looks to 'speed up' efforts to put Harriet Tubman on $20 bill
The Biden administration is exploring ways to expedite getting Harriet Tubman’s image on the $20 bill, an Obama-era endeavor that stalled during the Trump administration.
Biden reverses Trump's ban on transgender people in military
President Joe Biden is set to issue an executive order to reverse a Pentagon policy that largely bars transgender individuals from joining the military, dumping a ban ordered by President Donald Trump in a tweet during his first year in office.
President Biden's dogs officially move in to White House
President Joe Biden officially has his furry friends with him at the White House, including the first rescue dog to ever live at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
US Attorney for SE Michigan explains why he resigned; talks Kilpatrick, Capitol riot
"(Kilpatrick's) sentence was 28 years," he said. "And I think reasonable minds can disagree about that. I can see a lot of people thinking that it is excessive. But what he eventually only served, was seven years."
Impeachment trial of former President Trump to begin week of Feb. 8
Under the timeline, the House will transmit the impeachment article against Trump late Monday, with initial proceedings Tuesday, but opening arguments will be pushed to February, which also allows the Senate time to confirm President Joe Biden's Cabinet nominations and consider the COVID relief bill.
Biden signs executive orders on $15 minimum wage for federal workers, food aid increases
President Joe Biden plans to take executive action to provide a stopgap measure of financial relief to millions of Americans.
Some claim safety concerns, others cheer Biden lifting travel ban from mostly Muslim countries
"Beyond not being able to get their family members here and having that burden, the burden that American-Muslims carried under the previous President, to feel as if their President didn’t view us as Muslims as equal citizens," said Walid.
Biden and Harris appeal for hope, ask Americans to 'see beyond crises' on Inauguration Day 2021
President Joe Biden called on Americans to overcome their divisions, declaring in his first address in office that “without unity, there is no peace.”
Biden signs 10 executive orders on pandemic, warns things will ‘get worse before they get better’
On his second day as commander in chief, President Joe Biden signed 10 executive orders aimed at getting the COVID-19 pandemic under control, but issued a stark warning to Americans: “Things are going to continue to get worse before they get better.”
Biden immigration bill changes 'alien' to 'noncitizen' as part of overhaul
Immigration activists and lawmakers have long battled over language related to immigration. Many now refer not to illegal immigrants but "undocumented" immigrants.
Under Biden, world leaders hope for renewed US cooperation
World leaders welcomed into their ranks the new U.S. President Joe Biden, noting their most pressing problems, including the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, require multilateral cooperation, an approach his predecessor Donald Trump ridiculed.
Oval Office decor gets makeover for new Biden administration
The Biden administration has removed the military flags that had been on display in the Oval Office during Donald Trump's term. Most presidents have only displayed two flags behind the Resolute Desk: the American flag and the presidential seal.
Biden revokes Trump report promoting 'patriotic education', disbands 1776 Commission
President Joe Biden revoked a recent Trump administration report that aimed to promote “patriotic education” in schools but that historians mocked and rejected as political propaganda.
Biden bets big on immigration, signing six executive orders dealing with travel bans, border walls
President Joe Biden signed 17 executive orders on his first day in office, with six of them relating to immigration. Orders dealing with DACA, the Muslim ban, Mexico's border wall, and reversing plans to exclude people from the 2020 census.
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.
Kamala Harris' purple coat, Lady Gaga's lavish costume: American designers reign on Inauguration Day 2021
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris showcased American designers at their inauguration Wednesday, and Harris gave a nod to women's suffrage and Shirley Chisholm in pearls and purple.
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.
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.
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.