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Secret Service under scrutiny after potential second attempt on Trump’s life

Biden urges Congress to increase Secret Service funding and staffing after a potential second assassination attempt on Trump raises security concerns.

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Harris and Biden warn that Trump would roll back Black progress

September 14

Biden and U.K.’s Starmer meet amid storm over Ukraine weapons

September 13

White House officials signal delay in U.S. Steel takeover decision

September 13

Poll: Americans favor Supreme Court term limits, oppose more justices

September 13

Harris, Trump in tense battle over Puerto Rican voters in Pennsylvania

September 13

Nippon Steel’s doomed effort to court union detailed in emails, letters

Updated September 11

House GOP maneuvers to portray Democrats as weak on China

September 11

Fact-checking GOP Trump fliers flooding swing-state mailboxes

September 9

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The Inauguration

Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president, pleads for unity in inaugural address to a divided nation

Kamala Harris sworn into history with vice-presidential oath

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Scenes from Joe Biden’s inauguration

Who was at Biden’s inauguration

New presidential families, past commanders in chief and government members of both parties were in attendance as a new era was marked in American democracy.

An ever-changing tradition

New presidential families, past commanders in chief and government members of both parties were in attendance as a new era was marked in American democracy.

On his first day, Biden signs executive orders to reverse Trump’s policies

Biden signed executive actions to require masks on all federal grounds and ask agencies to extend eviction moratoriums.

Joe Biden’s inauguration speech transcript, annotated

Joe Biden pleaded for national unity in his inaugural address Wednesday after he was sworn in as the 46th president. Here's our analysis and the full speech.

‘Virus’, ‘Riotous’, ‘Folks’: The historic words in Biden’s inauguration speech

Several of the new words in Biden’s speech reflected pandemic deaths, economic fallout and recent far-right violence. He was the first new president to say “white supremacy.”

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Unions scorn Biden’s 2 percent raise for feds as ‘mystifying’ setback

September 6

Blinken visits Haiti in show of U.S. support for struggling government

Updated September 5

Blinken indicates he would decline any offer to stay on under Harris

September 5

Hunter Biden pleads guilty in tax case, avoiding second criminal trial

Updated September 5

With his 1776 Commission on patriotism, Trump helped spark a culture war

September 2

Trump aims to drag down Harris as he scrambles to keep up in tight race

September 2

American family’s quest to save son held captive in Gaza ends in heartbreak

September 1

Trump and Harris campaigns ready for final sprint to Nov. 5

Updated September 1

With boost from grieving families, Trump sharpens attacks on Harris

September 1

U.S. plans to present ‘take it or leave it’ Israel-Gaza cease-fire deal soon

September 1

You asked: Will Harris appoint a new Cabinet if elected president?

August 30

Fight over pay for people with disabilities may erupt next month

August 30

3 takeaways from Kamala Harris and Tim Walz’s first major interview

August 29

In their ‘voting era,’ Swifties for Kamala organize to register voters for Harris

August 28

Vance repeats a bogus Trump claim on ‘factories’ debunked years ago

August 28

Harris is underperforming Clinton at this point — but there’s a catch

August 28

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