Inauguration Day is on the way, and amid a pandemic and security concerns, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will still be sworn into office in an outdoor ceremony with some changes to accommodate today’s health and safety needs.
One thing is certain: This year’s inauguration will be like none other.
“Usually, in addition to the swearing in on the west front of the Capitol, there’s a big parade, and that evening there are any number of balls. And usually, the inaugural activities start over a number of days,” said Tony Allen, Ph.D. who leads the Biden-Harris Presidential Inauguration Committee. Allen is also the president of Delaware State University in Dover, Delaware.
WASHINGTON Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris will be sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday, a history-making event in which the first Black, South Asian and female vice-president will take her oath of office from the first Latina justice. Harris chose Sotomayor for the task, according to a person familiar with the decision. […]
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are scheduled to be inaugurated on Wednesday. The Biden administration will officially begin at 12:01 p.m. eastern time.As the Trump administration winds
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaking in Wilmington, Del., on Saturday.Credit.Amr Alfiky/The New York Times
Jan. 17, 2021
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, who remains a United States senator from California, plans to resign from her seat on Monday ahead of her inauguration two days later, a Harris aide said.
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a fellow Democrat, will appoint a successor to Ms. Harris, who was elected in 2016. Mr. Newsom said last month that he intended to tap Alex Padilla, California’s secretary of state, for the seat. Mr. Padilla’s Senate term will expire in 2022, when he can seek re-election.
By LIBBY CATHEY, KENNEDEY BELL, LAUREN KING and ADIA ROBINSON, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is slated to hand over control of the White House to President-elect Joe Biden in three days. The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to impeach Trump on an article for “incitement of insurrection” for his role in [.]