Several National Guard members are pictured lying on the floor of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 13, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo credit: Joe Roetz) WASHINGTON - Hundreds of National Guard troops were pictured sleeping on the floor of the U.S.

Capitol, called in to help protect the area a week after President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the building in a deadly siege — leaving concerns for security in the days leading up to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.As many napped on the cold marble floor in the Congressional Visitor Center early Wednesday, the House moved toward impeaching Trump for a second time.

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Georgia congresswoman files Articles of Impeachment against Biden

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Newly-elected Georgia Rep.

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Masks, testing, distancing: Coronavirus measures now the rule in Biden’s White House

coronavirus public health guidlines.It’s a striking contrast to Donald Trump’s White House, which was the epicenter of no less than three separate outbreaks of COVID-19, their true scale not fully known because aides refused to discuss cases publicly.

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Coronavirus guidelines now the rule at White House

WASHINGTON – Testing wristbands are in. Mask-wearing is mandatory.

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National Guard troops forced out of Capitol, relocated to nearby parking garage

WASHINGTON (AP) - A day after President Joe Biden’s inauguration went off with only a handful of minor arrests and incidents, more than 15,000 National Guard members are preparing to leave Washington, D.C. and head home.The National Guard Bureau said Thursday that of the nearly 26,000 Guard troops deployed to D.C.

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Full on Fauci: Doctor says Biden administration is ‘liberating’

Anthony Fauci is back.In truth, the nation’s leading infectious-diseases expert never really went away. But after enduring nearly a year of darts and undermining comments from former U.S.

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Testing wristbands, masks signs of a new boss at White House

WASHINGTON – Testing wristbands are in. Mask-wearing is mandatory.

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Biden says 'help is on the way' with national COVID-19 strategy

"Help is on the way," said President Joe Biden today as he unveiled his 200-page national COVID-19 strategy and signed 10 executive actions aimed at tackling the pandemic, including ensuring the safe opening of schools, new guidance for foreign travel, and ensuring the National Guard in all 50 states is involved in the pandemic response.

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Fauci cites ‘liberating feeling’ in pandemic update during 2nd Biden White House press briefing

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Psaki relinquishes podium to Fauci for pandemic update during 2nd Biden White House press briefing

WASHINGTON - After President Joe Biden signed 10 executive orders Thursday aimed at getting the worsening coronavirus pandemic under control, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, who was scheduled to hold her second daily press conference, relinquished the podium in the White House press briefing room to Dr. Anthony Fauci.Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, summarized the status of the pandemic amid a devastating surge, which has pushed new case counts and death tolls higher than ever before in dozens of states across the U.S.Dr.

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Biden cleans house at VOA after revolt over Trump changes

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration has moved quickly to remove a number of senior officials aligned with former President Donald Trump from the Voice of America and the agency that oversees all U.S.-funded international broadcasting.The actions address fears that the U.S. Agency for Global Media was being turned into a pro-Trump propaganda outlet.

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With photo of late son Beau behind him, President Joe Biden begins work at White House

WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, as President Joe Biden began his duties as commander in chief, several touching photographs — including a photo with his late son Beau Biden — were featured prominently in the Oval Office behind the Resolute Desk.With Beau's photo behind him, Biden began his term signing 17 executive orders on Wednesday, including a mask mandate on federal property and the rejoining of the Paris climate agreement — and it is likely that Beau's legacy will continue to be an influence on the president's decisions over the next four years.A sculpted bust of Cesar Chavez oversees a collection of personal framed photos on a table seen during an early preview of the redesigned Oval Office awaiting President Joseph Biden at the White

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Most Pennsylvania GOP supported Trump to the end, and still do

HARRISBURG - With Donald Trump out of the White House, Pennsylvania’s Republican Party shows no sign of walking away from a president who lost control of Congress, carried out an unprecedented campaign to overturn an election and is blamed by some in his party for inciting a violent assault on the country’s democracy.Save for two notable exceptions, Pennsylvania’s top Republican politicians stayed loyal to Trump as he tried to undo his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state and refused blame for the siege of the U.S.

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Biden revokes Trump report promoting 'patriotic education'

President Joe Biden on Wednesday revoked a recent Trump administration report that aimed to promote “patriotic education” in schools but that historians mocked and rejected as political propaganda.In an executive order signed in his first day in office, Biden disband Donald Trump’s presidential 1776 Commission and withdrew a report it released Monday.

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‘It’s over’: QAnon believers left reeling after Biden replaces Trump

Joe Biden is President of the United States, Donald Trump has retreated to his golf resort in Florida, John F. Kennedy Jr.

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Senate confirms Biden nominee Avril Haines as director of national intelligence

WASHINGTON - The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Avril Haines as director of national intelligence, giving President Joe Biden the first member of his Cabinet and placing the first woman in charge of the nearly two-decade old agency.Haines, a former deputy director of the CIA and deputy national security adviser in the Obama administration, was confirmed with an overwhelming 84-10 vote, signaling a bipartisan desire for confirming Biden's national security nominees and installing strong leadership after four turbulent years for the intelligence community.Former President Donald Trump spent much of his presidency criticizing intelligence officials, doubting them and installing loyalist leaders — retribution for a probe into his ties to Russia

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'Don’t haste ye back': Scotland's leader says 'cheerio' to Trump, congratulates Biden, Harris

EDINBURGH, Scotland - As former President Donald Trump departed the White House Wednesday morning for his new home in Florida, Scotland’s first minister said many people in her country "will be very happy to say ‘cheerio’ to Donald Trump." Speaking ahead of President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan.

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Biden says Trump left 'very generous' letter for him before departing White House

WASHINGTON - President Trump left a note for incoming President Joe Biden before departing the White House, FOX News is told.A source told FOX News the contents of this note are just between Trump and Biden. It’s traditional for outgoing presidents to leave a note for their successor.On Wednesday, Biden confirmed receiving the letter, calling it 'generous.' "The president wrote a very generous letter," Biden told reporters.

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China sanctions 28 members of Trump administration including Pompeo, Bannon

China has announced sanctions against 28 members of the Trump administration, including former U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo and former chief strategist Steve Bannon.They, along with any companies and institutions associated with them, are “restricted from doing business with China,” and their immediate family members will be prohibited from entering China’s mainland, Hong Kong and Macau, the Chinese government said in a release.

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Biden to review Trump's downsizing of national monuments

SALT LAKE CITY - President Joe Biden said Wednesday he plans to review the Trump administration's downsizing of two sprawling national monuments in the American Southwest, including one on lands considered sacred to Native Americans who joined environmental groups in suing when the boundaries were redrawn in 2017.The new Democratic president also plans to ask the Department of the Interior to reassess a rule change that allowed commercial fishing at a marine conservation area off the New England coast.

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Florida could become home to President Donald J. Trump Highway

ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida could one day be home to the Trump Highway.Republican State Rep. Anthony Sabatini tweeted Wednesday that he will sponsor an amendment to rename U.S.

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Man arrested in Central Florida for role in deadly Capitol attack, documents show

ORLANDO, Fla. – A man was arrested in Central Florida Wednesday on federal charges in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., according to his charging documents.Joseph Randall Biggs was arrested Wednesday morning in the Middle District of Florida and being prosecuted in Orlando on federal charges.

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Man arrested in Ormond Beach for role in deadly Capitol attack, documents show

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A man was arrested in Ormond Beach Wednesday on federal charges in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., according to his charging documents.Joseph Randall Biggs was arrested Wednesday morning in the Middle District of Florida and being prosecuted in Orlando on federal charges.

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Trump leaves letter for Biden before departing White House

WASHINGTON - President Trump left a note for incoming President Joe Biden before departing the White House, Fox News is told.A source told Fox News the contents of this note are just between Trump and Biden. It’s traditional for outgoing presidents to leave a note for their successor.While Trump is breaking a century and a half tradition of every outgoing president attending the inauguration of their successor, he is keeping with the now 32-year tradition of the departing commander-in-chief writing a note to the incoming president.Photo credit: Getty Images As he left the White House in January 1989 after two terms in office, President Ronald Reagan started the tradition - leaving a note for his successor, George H.W.

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On Day One, Biden to undo Trump policies on climate, virus

WASHINGTON – In his first hours as president, Joe Biden will aim to strike at the heart of President Donald Trump’s policy legacy, signing a series of executive actions that reverse his predecessor’s orders on immigration, climate change and handling of the pandemic.Biden on Wednesday will end construction on Trump’s border wall, end the ban on travel from some Muslim-majority countries, rejoin the Paris Climate Accord and the World Health Organization, and revoke the approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, aides said Tuesday. The new president will sign the orders almost immediately after taking the oath of office at the Capitol, pivoting quickly from his pared-down inauguration ceremony to enacting his agenda.

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EU sighs with relief as Biden readies to enter White House

BRUSSELS – The European Union’s top officials breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday that Joe Biden will be taking over as president of the United States, but they warned that the world has changed after four years of Donald Trump and that trans-Atlantic ties will be different in the future.“This new dawn in America is the moment we’ve been awaiting for so long,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, hailing Biden’s arrival as “resounding proof that, once again after four long years, Europe has a friend in the White House.”“The United States are back, and Europe stands ready to reconnect with an old and trusted partner to breathe new life into our cherished alliance,” she told EU lawmakers, hours before Biden was to be

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Fact check: A look at the claims Trump made in his farewell address

Donald Trump claimed credit for things he didn’t do and twisted his record on jobs, taxes, the pandemic and much more. Falsehoods suffused his farewell remarks to the country.As well, in noting Americans were “horrified” by the storming of the Capitol this month, he brushed past the encouragement he had given to the mob in advance and his praise of the attackers as “very special” people while they were still ransacking the seat of power.

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US Capitol buildings offer front-row seats to troubled time

SALEM, Ore. – Normally quiet streets around U.S. state capitol buildings have looked more like battlegrounds recently, putting those who live and work there on edge and instilling a sense of forebodingMore than most people, these Americans will have front-row seats on whether the change of leadership Wednesday in the White House will lead to a lessening of tension that has been afflicting the nation.

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How Donald Trump plans to spend his final hours as U.S. president

Donald Trump will spend his final hours in office escaping Washington, D.C.Instead of attending President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration Wednesday afternoon and leading the peaceful transition of power, Trump will hold his own send-off event at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland early in the morning.By the time Biden is sworn in as the 46th president, Trump will be permanently moving into his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., his regular home away from home while he served in the White House. Trump touts administration’s accomplishments, wishes Biden ‘luck’ in farewell address Trump is the fourth president in U.S.

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Trump touts administration’s accomplishments, wishes Biden ‘luck’ in farewell address

Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump touted his administration’s accomplishments and wished incoming President-elect Joe Biden “luck” in a farewell address released Tuesday.

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U.S. Capitol rioters hoping for last-minute Trump pardons ahead of Biden’s inauguration

U.S. Capitol are holding out hope that President Donald Trump will use some of his last hours in office to grant the rioters a full pardon.Longtime advisers to Trump are urging him against such a move but the rioters contend their argument is compelling: They went to the Capitol to support Trump, and now that they are facing charges carrying up to 20 years in prison, it’s time for Trump to support them.

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Trump pardons Steve Bannon, reversing course hours before presidency ends: reports

Donald Trump has pardoned his former strategist and far-right figurehead Steve Bannon, according to multiple reports.Trump’s decision to grant clemency to Bannon, reported earlier Tuesday night by CNN, Bloomberg and Reuters, came after earlier reports that he had been talked out of it by his aides. Yet even those reports admitted the question was still open throughout the day, with Trump continuing to bring up the possibility.Reports of Trump’s decision warned it wasn’t final until Trump signed the paperwork, which the New York Times, the Washington Post and Reuters confirmed happened just before midnight Tuesday.

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Biden charts new US direction, promises many Trump reversals

WASHINGTON – Stop. Stabilize.

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Vice President Mike Pence will not attend Trump's sendoff event, will attend Biden's inauguration

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence is among those who will not be attending President Donald Trump’s sendoff event at Joint Base Andrews.A person familiar with Pence’s schedule cited "logistical challenges" in getting from the air base to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremonies on Wednesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss scheduling decisions.Much of Washington, D.C., is under lockdown, with thousands of National Guard troops on patrol and other security precautions in place.

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Philadelphia and cities around the world illuminate for national memorial for victims of COVID-19

PHILADELPHIA - SkyFOX all around the Philadelphia area Tuesday captured a show of solidarity for the hundreds of thousands of lives lost to COVID-19.First,, the PECO building switches from its usual ticker to solid color lighting. Next to Wells Fargo which is lit in orange and on to Boathouse Row which officials say is lit tonight specifically for the memorial.

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Trump departs, trailed by pandemic and joblessness

Donald Trump departs Washington on Wednesday with Americans more politically divided and more likely to be out of work than when he arrived, while awaiting trial for his second impeachment—an ignominious end to one of the most turbulent presidencies in American history.Trump intends to leave in the morning for his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, arriving before President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated. There, the ex-president will begin his post-presidency life attended at least temporarily by a handful of former White House staffers.The last president who chose not to attend his successor’s inauguration was Andrew Johnson in 1869, another impeached leader.

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Trump’s presidency ends with turmoil and apprehension

After four years of lies, divisive rhetoric, controversial policies, and the COVID-19 crisis, President Donald Trump is just hours away from leaving the Oval Office.

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'American leadership still matters': Biden's national security nominees pledge new approach in hearings

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden’s nominees to lead his national security team promised a turnabout from the Trump administration’s approach on the world stage, saying Tuesday they would keep partisan politics out of intelligence agencies, restore an emphasis on cooperating with international allies, and push for a stronger American leadership role.Antony Blinken, Biden's choice to be secretary of state, pledged to repair damage done to the State Department and America's image abroad over the past four years while continuing a tougher approach to China.

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EXPLAINER: Can Trump be impeached after leaving office?

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump might argue the calendar is his friend when it comes to a second impeachment trial.Trump's impeachment last week by the House of Representatives for his role in inciting the riot at the U.S. Capitol set up his trial in the Senate.

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‘The mob was fed lies’: McConnell says Trump ‘provoked’ U.S. Capitol rioters

Mitch McConnell opened the Senate on Tuesday saying the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol was “fed lies” by the president and others in the deadly riot to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s election.McConnell’s remarks are his most severe and public rebuke of outgoing President Donald Trump. The Republican leader vowed a “safe and successful” inauguration of Biden on Wednesday at the Capitol, which is under extremely tight security.“The mob was fed lies,” McConnell said.

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Texas' Abbott rips vetting of National Guard: 'This is the most offensive thing I've ever heard'

AUSTIN, Texas - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday said he finds it "offensive" that the FBI is vetting National Guard members, including those from his own state, ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday."This is the most offensive thing I've ever heard," Abbott, a Republican, wrote on Twitter.

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Crowds flow into Magic Kingdom’s Hall of Presidents on final days of Trump’s presidency

ORLANDO, Fla. – As President-elect Joe Biden awaits his swearing-in, Walt Disney World fans wait for word on when he’ll join the POTUS parade at Magic Kingdom’s Hall of Presidents.There’s no date, yet, on when Biden will take the stage with his 44 animatronic predecessors, News 6 partner Florida Today reported.[TRENDING: Fla. leads nation in cases with new COVID variant | 12-year-old Orlando girl still missing | Biden inauguration will be different]As of Sunday, Disney had not offered official word on adding Biden to the presidential lineup at the soon-to-be 50-year-old Liberty Square icon — which normally closes around the time of the inauguration of the incoming president to prepare the new addition — or if any changes will be made at

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Trump's trial, Biden's Cabinet picks await Senate post-siege

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's last full day in office Tuesday is also senators’ first day back since the deadly Capitol siege, an unparalleled time of transition as the Senate presses ahead to his impeachment trial and starts confirmation hearings on President-elect Joe Biden's Cabinet.Three new Democratic senators-elect are set to be sworn into office Wednesday shortly after Biden's inauguration at the Capitol, which is under extreme security since the bloody pro-Trump riot.

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2 National Guard members removed from Biden inauguration security after ties found to militia group

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: National Guard troops ascend the stairs from the Capitol Visitors Center onto the East front as security is tight around the Capitol as the country prepares for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice Presi WASHINGTON (AP) - Two U.S. Army National Guard members are being removed from the security mission to secure Joe Biden's presidential inauguration.

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Biden plans to roll back a lengthy list of Trump policies. Here’s what may happen

Joe Biden plans to sign dozens of executive orders and send sweeping bills to Congress in his first days in office, aiming to roll back some of Donald Trump’s signature policies on immigration and climate change while taking action to ramp up the government’s response to the coronavirus crisis.Here is a list of what to expect, according to interviews with several of Biden’s advisers, a review of campaign promises and a recent memo by the president-elect’s incoming chief of staff Ron Klain.

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Biden's national security Cabinet nominees face Senate confirmation hearings

WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden’s national security Cabinet may be bare on Day One of his presidency, but an inauguration eve spurt of Senate confirmation hearings suggests that won’t be the case for long.While the nominees to head the State Department, the Pentagon, Homeland Security and the intelligence community are unlikely to be confirmed by the time Biden takes the oath of office at noon Wednesday, some could be in place within days.The Senate typically confirms some nominees, particularly the secretaries of defense, on Inauguration Day, though raw feelings about President Donald Trump four years ago led to Democratic-caused delays, except for James Mattis at the Pentagon.

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Kamala Harris prepares for central role in Biden's White House

US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks after US President-elect Joe Biden nominated their science team on January 16, 2021, at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware. - Biden is nominating Francis Collins to continue as Director of the Natio WASHINGTON - 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.

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Biden's national security Cabinet nominees face Senate tests

WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden’s national security Cabinet may be bare on Day One of his presidency, but an inauguration-eve spurt of Senate confirmation hearings suggests that won’t be the case for long.While the nominees to head the State Department, the Pentagon, Homeland Security and the intelligence community are unlikely to be confirmed by the time Biden takes the oath of office at noon Wednesday, some could be in place within days.The Senate typically confirms some nominees, particularly the secretaries of defense, on Inauguration Day, though raw feelings about President Donald Trump four years ago led to Democratic-caused delays, except for James Mattis at the Pentagon.

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Moving trucks spotted at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort

PALM BEACH, Fla. - Moving trucks were spotted Monday outside of President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in South Florida as he is expected to move in on the day of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.A person familiar with President Donald Trump's planning said that he will leave Washington D.C. on the morning of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. President Trump previously said that he would not be attending Biden’s inauguration, breaking tradition.

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