The surprising reason why the Park Service won't count folks at Trump's inauguration The National Park Service stays out of the debates about crowd sizes — including for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. Tamara Keith
What's next for Kamala Harris Inauguration Day marks the first time in more than 20 years that Kamala Harris will not be in public office. "It is not my nature to go quietly into the night," she told allies on Thursday. Deepa Shivaram
Biden shortens sentences for nearly 2,500 people, setting a record Democratic lawmakers had urged President Biden to use his clemency powers to address disparities in sentences for offenses involving crack cocaine. Lexie Schapitl
A look back at Deb Haaland's time as the first Indigenous cabinet secretary The nation's first indigenous cabinet secretary is wrapping up at the Department of Interior. It's unclear how many of Deb Haaland's reforms will remain intact under Trump. Kirk Siegler
Trump's promise of mass deportations has Nebraska worried amid labor shortage Nebraska, one of the top beef producers, has one of the worst labor shortages in the nation. The incoming Trump administration has vowed to carry out mass deportations: how will Nebraska be affected? Jasmine Garsd
Speaker Johnson removes House Intel chair Mike Turner House Speaker Mike Johnson fired the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, Ohio congressman Mike Turner. Turner has been a critic at times of President-elect Donald Trump. Susan Davis
Biden's Guantanamo Bay legacy Joe Biden vowed to close the U.S. military court and prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but -- like several presidents before him -- did not succeed. What did he accomplish, and what's next under Trump? Sacha Pfeiffer
Elon Musk turns his attention to schools in Texas The billionaire is expected to take a prominent, unofficial role in the second Trump administration.
Biden removes Cuba from designation as state sponsor of terrorism. Will Trump reverse it? The Biden administration has announced that it is lifting the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, but it's only a matter of days before the new Trump administration takes over.