Joe Biden was sworn in just before noon on Wednesday as the 46th president of the United States, in an inauguration ceremony unlike any other.

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Joe Biden sworn in as 46th president of the United States

Kamala Harris was sworn in as U.S. vice president on Wednesday, becoming the first woman, the first Black person and the first Asian American to hold the office.

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Breaking barriers, Kamala Harris is sworn in as U.S. vice president

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.

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Trump pardons ex-strategist Steve Bannon, dozens of others

Joe Biden will be sworn in Wednesday as the 46th president of the United States, during a day steeped in tradition and ceremony that nonetheless has been altered due to the pandemic and tight security after the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
Outgoing President Donald Trump entered the White House four years ago as a brash billionaire outsider, but he is being ousted by a polar opposite whose devotion to service, deep knowled

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At 78, Joe Biden to become the oldest US president to take oath

Moving trucks were seen arriving at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach as he embraces his final day in the White House, The New York Post reported.

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President Trump to make Mar-a-Lago estate his permanent home after leaving White House

Two top news executives who were involved in the Fox News Channel’s election night decision to call Arizona for Democrat Joe Biden are out at the network.

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Two Fox News executives depart in wake of Arizona election night call

Testimony by Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend about her sexual experiences with consenting adults can remain secret when a transcript is released next week, a judge said Tuesday.

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The appearance was his first since regulators began clamping down on his business empire

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Alibaba’s Jack Ma Resurfaces After Months of Laying Low

President Trump on his last night in office ordered the declassification of more documents related to the FBI’s investigation of his campaign in 2016, saying he wants to release the information “to the maximum extent possible.”



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Trump orders further declassification of FBI's 'Crossfire Hurricane' documents

One of the great tragedies of the past year, as some 400,000 Americans lost their lives to Covid-19, was not only that many victims died alone -- their loved ones robbed of the chance to say goodbye -- but that the pain of that loss was whitewashed by a President who chose to minimize and deny it.

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Joe Biden grieves Covid victims on eve of his inauguration: 'To heal, we must remember'

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