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Members of the National Guard patrol near the US Capitol building ahead of Biden's inauguration Washington: Washington braced for a tense inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday, as more than 25,000 National Guard troops stood watch over a barricaded city, emptied of the spectators who usually throng to the quadrennial ritual. With much of downtown fenced off, security analysts expressed confidence the unprecedented precautions would protect Biden's noon EST (1700 GMT) oath of office from a major assault, like the attack on the U.S. Capitol two weeks ago to the day that left f...

Washington on edge as organizers rehearse Biden inauguration Washington has become a fortress city of roadblocks and barricades, and the FBI is vetting all 25,000 people providing security for President-elect Joe Biden's upcoming inauguration. Rehearsals of the ceremony are taking place in a city that now resembles a ghost town. Watch video 02:54

Capitol police officers arrested a man who attempted to pass through a security checkpoint in Washington, D.C. with fake inauguration credentials while armed with a handgun and 500 rounds of ammunition

Capitol police officers arrested a man who attempted to pass through a security checkpoint in Washington, D.C. with fake inauguration credentials while armed with a handgun and 500 rounds of ammunition

Capitol police officers arrested a man who attempted to pass through a security checkpoint in Washington, D.C. with fake inauguration credentials while armed with a handgun and 500 rounds of ammunition