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The Latest: National Archives now has Trump records website

20 Jan 2021, 3:44 PM PST

Flags line the National Mall towards the Capitol Building as events get underway for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Biden puts U.S. back into fight to slow global warming

20 Jan 2021, 3:44 PM PST

President Joe Biden speaks during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

Biden repudiates white supremacy, calls for racial justice

20 Jan 2021, 3:44 PM PST

President Joe Biden speaks during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

Federal court strikes down major Trump climate rollback

20 Jan 2021, 3:44 PM PST

In this Jan. 9, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump listens as Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt delivers remarks on proposed changes to the National Environmental Policy Act, at the White House in Washington. In Trump's presidency, fact checking became a cottage industry unto itself. And “alternative facts" became …

The Latest: Trial of arthritis drug for COVID-19 is halted

20 Jan 2021, 3:44 PM PST

People sit and relax after receiving their Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination at Salisbury Cathedral in Salisbury, England, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Salisbury Cathedral opened its doors for the second time as a venue for the Sarum South Primary Care Network COVID-19 Local Vaccination Service. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman: ‘Even as we grieved, we grew.’

20 Jan 2021, 3:43 PM PST

American poet Amanda Gorman reads a poem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

Inauguration fashion: Purple, pearls, American designers

20 Jan 2021, 3:43 PM PST

Kamala Harris is sworn in as vice president by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor as her husband Doug Emhoff holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

Trump pardons in California extend to former congressman

20 Jan 2021, 3:34 PM PST

In this July 14, 2005, file photo, then-Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, flanked by his wife Nancy, announces he will not seek re-election, during a news conference in San Marcos, Calif. When Rep. Cunningham admitted in 2005 to accepting $2.4 million in illegal gifts from defense contractors in exchange for government …

Where Biden stood, reminders of a failed insurrection

20 Jan 2021, 3:34 PM PST

President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill, walk out for the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

New CDC director takes over beleaguered agency amid crisis

20 Jan 2021, 3:34 PM PST

In this Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 file photo, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, speaks during an event in Wilmington, Del., to announce President-elect Joe Biden's health care team. Walensky, 51, an infectious-diseases specialist at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, is expected to become CDC director after Biden is inaugurated. (AP …

Long shot? Capitol rioters hold out hope for a Trump pardon

20 Jan 2021, 3:34 PM PST

In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, supporters of President Donald Trump, including Jacob Chansley, center with fur hat, are confronted by Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol in Washington. Chansley’s lawyer says that he reached out White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows about …

Biden takes the helm as president: ‘Democracy has prevailed’

20 Jan 2021, 3:34 PM PST

President-elect Joe Biden speaks at the Major Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III National Guard/Reserve Center, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in New Castle, Del. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden’s inauguration goes off with no security issues

20 Jan 2021, 3:34 PM PST

An Amtrak K9 officer and his dog check passengers before they board an Amtrak train before its departure from Union Station as security is heightened ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

US Capitol buildings offer front-row seats to troubled time

20 Jan 2021, 3:34 PM PST

California National Guard members stand guard at an access point to the California state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. A temporary 6-foot high chain link fence surrounds the Capitol and California Gov. Gavin Newsom mobilized the National Guard last week over concerns that protests around Wednesday's inauguration …

On Day One, Biden targets Trump policies on climate, virus

20 Jan 2021, 3:34 PM PST

President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden participate in a COVID-19 memorial event at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

World hopes for renewed cooperation under new US president

20 Jan 2021, 3:34 PM PST

Joe Biden's cousin Joe Blewitt speaks to the media underneath his mural painted on a wall in Ballina, Ireland, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Joe Biden's great-great grandfather Patrick Blewitt was born in Ballina, County Mayo, in 1832. He left for the US in 1850, aged 18. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Trump’s pardon largesse a boon for well-connected fraudsters

20 Jan 2021, 3:34 PM PST

In this Aug. 20, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump's former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, speaks with reporters in New York after pleading not guilty to charges that he ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme to build a southern border wall. Trump is expected to pardon Bannon, Wednesday, …

Biden inaugural: Abrupt pivot to civility in post-Trump era

20 Jan 2021, 3:25 PM PST

Dorothy Colegrove of Anchorage, Alaska, tries to see President-elect Joe Biden as he leaves an early morning church service, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

AP PHOTOS: Pandemic, threat of violence taint Biden’s debut

20 Jan 2021, 3:15 PM PST

President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill, walk out for the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

Vice President Harris: A new chapter opens in US politics

20 Jan 2021, 3:14 PM PST

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks during a COVID-19 memorial, with lights placed around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Immigrants cheered by possible citizenship path under Biden

20 Jan 2021, 3:14 PM PST

Workers Justice Project Director Gonzalo Cruz, left, and organizer Juan Carlos Romero watch President Joe Biden's presidential inauguration on TV from the Workers Justice Center, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York. The Workers Justice Project is a Brooklyn based non-profit that helps …

Democrats gaining Senate control as new members take oath

20 Jan 2021, 2:44 PM PST

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris talks with Vice President Mike Pence during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump bids farewell to Washington, hints of comeback

20 Jan 2021, 2:43 PM PST

A security team patrols in front of the White House as preparations continue ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/David Phillip)

Wyoming GOP legislator launches long-shot run against Cheney

20 Jan 2021, 2:34 PM PST

In this Dec. 17, 2019 file photo, Republican Conference chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington. Sen. Anthony Bouchard, of Cheyenne, on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 accused Cheney of being "out of touch" with Wyoming for her vote to impeach President Donald Trump in …

Proud Boy organizer arrested in Florida for riot at Capitol

20 Jan 2021, 2:34 PM PST

In this Aug. 17, 2019, file photo, members of the Proud Boys and other right-wing demonstrators march across the Hawthorne Bridge during a rally in Portland, Ore. The group includes organizer Joe Biggs, in green hat, and Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio, holding megaphone. At least several thousand people are …

Trump frees former aides from ethics pledge, lobbying ban

20 Jan 2021, 2:33 PM PST

In this Sept. 29, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump holds up his face mask during the first presidential debate at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus has eclipsed 400,000 in the waning hours in office for Trump. (AP Photo/Julio …

Trump OKs prison release of Detroit’s disgraced former mayor

20 Jan 2021, 2:33 PM PST

In this May 25, 2010 file photo, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sits in a Detroit courtroom. Rev. Trump has commuted the prison sentence of Kilpatrick, who has served about seven years of a 28-year sentence for corruption. The announcement Wednesday morning, Jan. 20, 2021, was part of a flurry …

‘Defeat the lies’: Biden speaks of duty to defend the truth

20 Jan 2021, 2:13 PM PST

Joe Biden holds up his right hand as he is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

Clyburn: Bush called him a ‘savior’ for boosting Biden

20 Jan 2021, 1:44 PM PST

House Majority Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina, and former President George Bush, take a selfie before the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

California pins vaccine hopes on Biden administration

20 Jan 2021, 1:25 PM PST

People stand during a moment of silence to honor 400,000 US COVID-19 victims outside the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels in Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles joined cities and towns across the country in a special memorial to remember and honor those who …

Biden bets big on immigration reform in opening move

20 Jan 2021, 1:24 PM PST

President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden and family, walk in front of the White House during a Presidential Escort to the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Trump global broadcasting chief quits amid VOA staff revolt

20 Jan 2021, 1:24 PM PST

In this June 15, 2020, photo, The Voice of America building in Washington. Michael Pack, the head of U.S.-funded international broadcasting is pressing ahead with his shakeup of the Voice of America and sister outlets by naming new leaders for two of its main networks and moving to defund one …

Plunged into virus ‘dark winter,’ Biden must lead US out

20 Jan 2021, 1:14 PM PST

In this Jan. 8, 2021, file photo, President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. A coronavirus action plan fromBiden centers on a mass vaccination campaign and closer coordination among all levels of government. The Biden plan comes as a divided nation remains caught …

Yellen pushes GOP senators on $1.9 trillion relief package

20 Jan 2021, 1:05 PM PST

In this Aug. 14, 2019, file photo former Fed Chair Janet Yellen speaks with FOX Business Network guest anchor Jon Hilsenrath in the Fox Washington bureau in Washington. President-elect Joe Biden announced Yellen as his nominee for Treasury Secretary. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Biden marks nation’s Covid grief before inauguration pomp

20 Jan 2021, 1:04 PM PST

Flags are placed on the National Mall, looking towards the Washington Monument, and the Lincoln Memorial, ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s fiction in his goodbye to Washington

20 Jan 2021, 12:54 PM PST

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Analysis: Biden issues call to unity that comes with urgency

20 Jan 2021, 12:03 PM PST

President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden leave a COVID-19 memorial event at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Text of Biden’s inaugural address as the 46th president

20 Jan 2021, 11:43 AM PST

President Joe Biden speaks during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

AP PHOTOS: Biden takes oath, inherits confluence of crises

20 Jan 2021, 11:25 AM PST

President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill, walk out for the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

China hits Trump officials with sanctions on their way out

20 Jan 2021, 10:25 AM PST

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying speaks during the daily press briefing at the Foreign Ministry in Beijing on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. China's Foreign Ministry described outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday as a "doomsday clown" and said his designation of China as a perpetrator of …