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As Washington prepares for over 250,000 protestors at Friday’s presidential inauguration, the city will undergo tighter security than it has seen in recent memory. Law enforcement officials are projecting roughly 900,000 to attend the event, both detractors and supporters, as President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in as Commander […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — With fireworks heralding his big moment, Donald Trump swept into Washington Thursday on the eve of his presidential inauguration and pledged to unify a nation sorely divided and clamoring for change. The capital braced for an onslaught of crowds and demonstrators — […]

JUDY WOODRUFF: With just a couple days left until the inauguration, much of the nation’s attention is on president-elect Trump’s move into the White House. But Midtown Manhattan residents are still focusing on the gold skyscraper of Trump Tower, which will continue to be a […]

WASHINGTON — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley pledged her support for moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a shift firmly endorsed by Donald Trump but one that could trigger more violence in the Middle East. Haley, Trump’s pick to be […]

The confirmation hearing for Rep. Tom Price, Trump’s nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, will begin Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET. PBS NewsHour will live stream the hearing. After a first week of confirmation hearings drew considerable attention to some of President-elect Donald Trump’s […]

The Lincoln Bible is part of the collection at the Library of Congress. Lauren Victoria Burke/AP For all their differences, when Donald Trump takes the oath of office to succeed Barack Obama on Friday, one small but symbolic similarity will be on display. Trump will […]

JUDY WOODRUFF: Beyond his social media statements over the weekend, the president-elect had much more to say in an interview with two European publications. He opined on the usefulness of NATO and the European Union, on the stability of Germany under Chancellor Angela Merkel, and […]

Chelsea Manning had been sentenced to 35 years for leaking military secrets to WikiLeaks. Civil liberties groups have praised President Obama’s decision to commute the sentence, but some Republican leaders are outraged. AP In one of his last moves in office, President Obama has commuted […]

As the upcoming US Presidential inauguration approaches, the Secret Service is preparing itself for a new kind of violent attack, as concerns over the event are said to be “different” than usual. “I think people today are willing to do things they may not have […]