Tamara Keith

Trump took advantage of powers of his office for a final time. He issued clemency to scores of people, including ex-adviser Steve Bannon, and ordered documents around the Russia probe declassified.

President-elect Joe Biden arrived in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday ahead of Wednesday's inauguration. He will attend a memorial service for those who have died of COVID-19.

With the backdrop of the U.S. Capitol, where anger and fear are raw after the Jan. 6 riot, President-elect Biden will give his address on Inauguration Day. Biden has vowed to bring Americans together.

With the country reeling from the pandemic, racial injustice and the Capitol riot, President-elect Joe Biden must transcend the "typical gauzy appeals to national unity" of past inaugural addresses.

Democratic lawmakers want President Trump gone from office as soon as possible, but they may not have the time, or the support, to oust him before the inauguration.

Twitter announced Friday that President Trump's account would be permanently suspended, citing recent Tweets as violations of its Glorification of Violence policy.

Twitter has permanently blocked the @realDonaldTrump account after President Trump posted messages that violated the company's rules.

As Washington and the world continued to reel from the violent storming of the Capitol by pro-Trump supporters, the president honors three golfers with the nation's highest civilian award.

The president's badgering sets up his wingman to take the blame when Trump's quixotic quest to overturn election results fails and Congress certifies President-elect Joe Biden's win.

The vice president was presiding as the Electoral College vote count is tallied. As violence broke out at the Capitol, President Trump rebuked Pence for following the law.

Republicans on Capitol Hill rebuked President Trump over a defense bill this week, and they're poised to clash with him again over the results of the 2020 election.

The fate of the coronavirus relief bill that Congress passed this week remains unclear. President Trump wants Congress to increase aid payments, which Democrats support. Republicans, though, do not.

On Tuesday, President Trump has tweeted a video, criticizing the latest pandemic relief bill. He called the bill, which has already been passed by Congress, "a disgrace."

Most outgoing presidents spend their last weeks in office celebrating their record, but not President Trump. Instead, President-elect Joe Biden held his own kind of year-end press conference.

McCarthy has an ambitious assignment: coordinating efforts across the entire federal government aimed at drastically — and quickly — lowering U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

Electors from all 50 states and the District of Columbia will meet Monday to cast their ballots for the president and vice president — formalizing Joe Biden as the next president.

As President-elect Joe Biden announces who he wants in his administration, many names are very familiar.

President-elect Joe Biden announced Monday key members of his team that will advise him on the coronavirus crisis — the biggest challenge he will face when he enters the White House.

President-elect Joe Biden has said that addressing the coronavirus pandemic is his top priority. Here are some of the people he is putting in charge of that big task.

The state official and former congressman would enter the job with a historic public health crisis raging. In his current role, Becerra has fought Trump efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act.