Thu, Jan 21 2021

About two weeks ago, the poet Amanda Gorman was struggling to finish a new work titled “The Hill We Climb.” She was feeling exhausted, and she worried she wasn't up to the monumental task she faced: composing a poem about national…

The Washington Post – Dan Lamothe, Paul Sonne, Carol D. Leonnig, Aaron Davis – Jan 20, 5:24 PM

Flynn left the room before the meeting was over, anticipating that then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, who was in another meeting, would soon take action to deploy more guard members, he said. “I entered the room after the call began and…

The Washington Post – Olivier Knox – Jan 20, 8:31 AM

On his first day in office, President Biden will end Donald Trump's “ emergency” border-wall funding, scrap his travel ban on people from seven majority-Muslim countries, roll back his order to exclude undocumented immigrants from the…

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Policy. Equal opportunity is the bedrock of American democracy, and our diversity is one of our country's…

When Joe Biden, the former two-term vice president under Barack Obama and 36-year Senate veteran, took the oath of office on January 20, he became the chief executive with the most experience in public service in US history. His running mate…