Live updates: Biden s tone, flurry of orders underscore new day for U.S.
Jan. 21, 2021
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In this May 9, 2019, file photo, state Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove, of Bakersfield, talks with reporters at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Grove, who drew criticism after she promoted a conspiracy theory that Antifa activists attacked the U.S. Capitol, will be replaced as the Republican leader in the California Senate.Rich Pedroncelli / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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In this image from video, Vice President Kamala Harris swears in Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., on the floor of the Senate Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Padilla was appointed to replace Harris as one of California s Senators upon her election as Vice-president of the United States.Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
There was no threat to President-elect Joe Biden, according to reports.
The Associated Press news agency reported that officials, a senior intelligence official and an army official briefed on the matter, did not say which fringe group the Guard members belonged to or what unit they served in. The officials, according to the AP news agency were not authorised to speak publicly and had spoken on condition of anonymity.
National Guard troops reinforce the security zone on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president on Wednesday [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]Their removal from the enormous security presence at the nation’s capital comes as the FBI worked to vet all of the 25,000 National Guard troops headed to the area for Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) The Latest on Joe Biden's presidential inauguration (all times local): 7:35 p.m. In his final full day in office, President Donald Trump says he has declassified information related to the FBI’s investigation into ties between Russia and his 2016 presidential campaign. He did not reveal what that information was Tuesday, except to say that it was included in a binder of materials that the Justice Department had provided to the White House at his request late last month. The material being declassified relates to Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI’s code name for the