Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in on Inauguration Day 2021 without Trump in attendance. Watch the inaugural performances, full speeches and highlights.
JOE BIDEN SWORN IN AS 46TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took their oaths of office Wednesday in an inauguration ceremony unlike any other.

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Inauguration Day
Trump has left Washington aboard Air Force One for the last time, headed to Florida. President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn-in as the 46th president of the United States Wednesday at noon, amid a devastating...
Analysis: A weakened Republican Party might find something to grasp in Biden's plea to end the partisanship that stalled so much progress. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden heralded the restoration of republican...
Harris, whose political career has included many barrier-breaking moments, was surrounded by firsts as she took the oath of office Wednesday. Kamala Harris, the daughter of an Indian mother and a Jamaican...
Many of the memes Wednesday were biting and snarky, but one heartfelt genre showed just how far many of those attending the inauguration had come. As Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in as president...
Nothing about the new president's swearing-in can be how he's imagined it for years, but it was the product of necessity, not dreams. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden was elected on a promise to restore...
The outgoing president is skipping the inauguration, opting to leave the White House ahead of the noon transfer of power. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump arrived in Florida just before 11 a.m. on with...
The "Field of flags" in Washington The "Field of flags" is seen on the National Mall in front of the Capitol ahead of inauguration ceremonies for President-elect Joe Biden on Jan. 20, 2021. Donald Trump...
TRANSITION OF POWER
“If you're the average person, do you care if GDP was 3.2 or 3.4 percent? No, you care if you have a job,” said one economist. More so than other presidents, and to the endless frustration of economists,...
Michael Pack’s actions during his brief tenure had prompted a rebuke by a federal judge and multiple whistleblower complaints. WASHINGTON — The Trump appointee overseeing the Voice of America and other...
VOICES FROM AMERICA AND BEYOND
"We thought Trump was a bad joke, but five years later we realized he jeopardized nothing less than the world's most powerful democracy," Spain's prime minister said. LONDON — It was a sigh heard round...