Inauguration

The Brazilian national newspaper O Globo reported on Monday that socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva rejected a request from Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to meet with him during a stopover in Brasilia this week.

Supporters of President Javier Milei cleaned the streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Sunday evening following his inauguration.

William Ruto was sworn in as the fifth president of independent Kenya on Tuesday. Among the guests was his friend Yoweri Museveni, president of Uganda, whose immense convoy of vehicles included his own personal armored mobile toilet.

Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin will be sworn in as the 74th governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia beginning at 12:05 p.m. Eastern.

A committee in the House of Representatives is looking for ways to force the White House into revealing the virtual visitor logs that have kept the public in the dark since President Joe Biden took the oath of office in January.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The Jesuit priest who presided over an inaugural Mass for President Joe Biden is under investigation for unspecified allegations and is on leave from his position as president of Santa Clara University in Northern California, according to a statement from the college’s board of trustees.

Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) announced Wednesday he has requested a briefing from the Army on why thousands of National Guard troops will remain in Washington, DC, through mid-March.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said Thursday on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time” that she did not attend Wednesday’s inauguration of President Joe Biden out of fear of her colleagues in Congress.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry gushed over President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Thursday, although its river of praise read more like a backhanded parting shot at the departing Trump administration than any deep appreciation for the new one.

Tom Hanks, who stumped for Joe Biden during last year’s presidential race, presided over Wednesday’s primetime Biden-Harris inauguration broadcast special, “Celebrating America,” featuring a slew of Hollywood elites who demonized Americans and shamed them for not supporting the politician that the elites wanted to win.

Jen Psaki broke President Biden’s Inaugural promise, just hours earlier, to fight “lies” with “truth” when she falsely claimed the travel ban was a “Muslim ban.”

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor committed an error some have previously called racist when she mispronounced “Kamala” Harris during the inauguration Wednesday.

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace on Wednesday praised President Joe Biden’s inaugural address.

Big tech, digital media, automakers, and home builders rise while financials decline on inauguration day.

Democrats and attendees of Joe Biden’s inauguration ignored social distancing guidelines during the ceremony Wednesday.

The nation’s capital is a militarized zone with barriers erected, roads closed, businesses shuttered and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has ordered people to watch the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on Wednesday from home while she is at the Capitol to celebrate in person.

President Joe Biden delivered his inaugural speech Wednesday, repeatedly calling for unity while demonizing some of his fellow Americans as domestic terrorists.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) is traveling to Washington, DC to attend Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday despite urging residents not to leave the state.

President Donald Trump continued a presidential tradition by leaving a letter for incoming President Joe Biden at the Oval Office on Wednesday.

The SF Chronicle is praising Kamala Harris’ inauguration as Vice President, including claiming she is the “counterpoint to insurrection.”

The ceremony will be attended by former presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush but not by President Donald Trump, who will be the first modern president to boycott the event.

CNN’s political director David Chalian said Tuesday during of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden that the lights set up around the Reflecting Pool at the National Mall to remember the 400,000 Americans who have died of COVID-19 are like “extensions of Joe Biden’s arms embracing America.”

At least two members of the National Guard have been removed after the FBI’s vetting of the troops deployed in Washington, DC.

President Donald Trump delivered his farewell address on Tuesday, urging Americans to carry on the principles he fought for during his presidency.

Typically, a president-elect travels to Washington, DC, for the inauguration aboard a plane in the fleet used for Air Force One. 

Some school districts in Texas will not livestream Joe Biden’s inauguration in the name of “protecting students from potential unforeseen disruption.”

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday ripped the decision to vet the National Guard troops heading to Washington, DC, for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, deeming it “offensive” and vowing he will never authorize more troops to head to D.C. if they are “disrespected” in such a manner again.

Some 200000 flags now cover part of the National Mall and will represent those unable to travel to Washington, DC, for Wednesday’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.

Miller said in a statement that there was “no intelligence indicating an insider threat” from the National Guard.

President Donald Trump will not invite President-elect Joe Biden to the White House ahead of the inauguration Wednesday, according to reports.

Cohen suggested that white male service members could be a threat, based on his claim that most white men did not vote for Joe Biden.

Joining the likes of Lady Gaga, Bruce Springsteen, and John Legend is country mega star Garth Brooks, who has announced that he will be performing at Joe Biden’s inaugural events this week, claiming that his decision isn’t “political statement.”

Oh, man, what a relief! The far-left Associated Press (AP) is reporting there is “no evidence of any threats” for His Fraudulency Joe Biden’s inauguration” tomorrow, and that “vetting hadn’t flagged any issues they were aware of.”

Washington, D.C., is locking down in the days ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, with street and bridge closures dominating the city and “core areas” of the National Mall shutting down.

Facebook is prohibiting ads for firearm accessories and will be removing content containing “Stop the Steal” verbiage as part of the platform’s pre-Biden inauguration policies.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) revealed on Friday it is “processing hundreds of names with law enforcement agencies for a thorough risk assessment” to determine if they should be barred from flying as agencies scramble to ramp up security ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s (D) inauguration.