Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruthβs home run record and gracefully left his mark as one of baseballβs greatest all-around players, died Friday. He was 86.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to send the article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, launching the start of the former presidentβs trial on a charge of incitement of insurrection over the deadly Capitol riot.
President Joe Biden plans to take executive action Friday to provide a stopgap measure of financial relief to millions of Americans while Congress begins to consider his much larger $1.9 trillion package to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
A new administration is hard at work after a dramatic day of change in the United States.
Three new senators were sworn into office Wednesday after President Joe Bidenβs inauguration, securing the majority for Democrats in the Senate and across a unified government to tackle the new presidentβs agenda at a time of unprecedented national challenges.
Garth Brooks performed "Amazing Grace" a capella at the inauguration ceremony for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on January 20th.
A former North Carolina congressman and state Republican Party leader who lied to FBI agents about a bribery scandal received a pardon on Wednesday from outgoing President Donald Trump.
Jennifer Lopez performed a patriotic medley of "This Land is your Land" and "America the Beautiful" at the inauguration ceremony swearing in Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States.
In one of the inaugurationβs most talked about moments, poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant Wednesday as she called out to the world βeven as we grieved, we grew.β
Two rappers were among the entertainment figures included in a list of 140 people who were pardoned or had their sentences commuted by President Donald Trump in a last-minute clemency flurry early Wednesday. But the news was not as good for one hopeful celebrity.
A full-throated, supremely confident Lady Gaga belted out the national anthem Wednesday in a very Gaga way β with flamboyance, fashion and passion.
Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that βdemocracy has prevailedβ as he took the helm of a deeply divided nation and inherited a confluence of crises arguably greater than any faced by his predecessors.
Vice President Kamala Harris broke the barrier Wednesday that has kept men at the top ranks of American power for more than two centuries when she took the oath to hold the nationβs second-highest office.
His term at an end, President Donald Trump said farewell to Washington on Wednesday but also hinted about a comeback despite a legacy of chaos, tumult and bitter divisions in the country he led for four years.
Watch full coverage of the inauguration for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
Joe Biden swears the oath of office Wednesday to become the 46th president of the United States, taking the helm of a deeply divided nation.
President Donald Trump pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon as part of a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of his White House term that benefited more than 140 people, including rap performers, ex-members of Congress and other allies of him and his family.
In a farewell video address, President Trump says he will pray for the success of the next administration, while highlighting what he sees as his top achievements. "We did what we came here to do β and so much more," he says.
More than 125 people have been arrested so far on charges related to the violent insurrection led by supporters of President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol, where a Capitol police officer and four others were killed.
Two U.S. Army National Guard members are being removed from the security mission to secure Joe Bidenβs presidential inauguration. A U.S. Army official and a senior U.S. intelligence official say the two National Guard members have been found to have ties to fringe right group militias.
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