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National Mall closed for Inauguration Day Updated January 14, 2021, 5:44 p.m. Email to a Friend The entire National Mall will be closed for Inauguration Day, accessible only by media and security personnel, according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive security issues. The extraordinary closure is the latest in a series of security measures to harden the city against the type of violence that rocked the Capitol on Jan. 6. Local and federal officials had already established a downtown security zone and called up more than 20,000 N...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: 9 Ways to Honor His Legacy Marches and parades are on pause this year. But streamed events and exhibitions are still commemorating King’s achievements. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington in 1963.Credit...Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Published Jan. 14, 2021Updated Jan. 20, 2021 The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, observed this year on Jan. 18, became a national holiday in 1983, 15 years after the death of the civil rights leader. Because the arc of history has a few kinks in it, some states declined to celebrate it until 2000 or a...

The representative from Colorado, first elected in 1996, spent 14 years as the Democrats’ chief deputy whip and often holds the gavel in the House.

Updated: January 11, 2021 11:45 IST If Mike Pence does not invoke the 25th Amendment, the House will consider impeaching Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says in a letter to fellow House Democrats. Share Article AAA Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., read the final certification of Electoral College votes cast in November's presidential election during a joint session of Congress after working through the night, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021.   | Photo Credit: AP If Mike Pence does not invoke the 25th Amendment, the Hou...

Democrats suggested they could charge President Trump with “high crimes and misdemeanors” by midweek for inciting a mob that attacked the Capitol. But top leaders want to avoid hamstringing the first days of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s presidency with an all-consuming Senate trial.