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Wednesday, Jan. 20
Inauguration Day 2021: Joe Biden takes helm as president, Kamala Harris now 1st female VP
Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, summoning American resilience to confront a historic confluence of crises and urging people to come together to end an uncivil war in a nation deeply divided after four tumultuous years. Declaring that democracy has prevailed, Biden took the oath at a U.S. Capitol that had been battered by an insurrectionist siege just two weeks earlier.
Three new senators were sworn into office Wednesday after President Joe Biden's inauguration, securing the majority for Democrats in the Senate and across a unified government.
Security efforts are ramping up in Washington D.C. and local areas ahead of next week's inauguration amid the FBI's warnings to prepare for violence from extremists.
Donald Trump is now the only president in U.S. history to be impeached twice following a House vote Wednesday. In a video message aimed at the Capitol rioters, the president did not acknowledge the impeachment.