Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump will order a “national energy emergency” and issue a “presidential memorandum on inflation” as part of a slew of executive actions on his first day in office, incoming White House officials told reporters Monday morning. Among the actions described byRead More →

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The coldest air of the season is moving into the Northeast and a huge part of the U.S., including the Gulf Coast, after a snowstorm. At least 40 states, from Oregon to Florida and up to Maine, are on cold alerts on Monday morning. TheRead More →

Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — At noon today, Donald Trump takes the presidential oath for a second time, capping a historic political comeback to the White House. The ceremony has been moved inside to the U.S. Capitol Rotunda because of frigid weather for only the first time since Ronald Reagan’sRead More →

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Monday issued preemptive pardons to potential targets of the incoming Trump administration, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and lawmakers who served on the House Jan. 6 Committee. “Our nation relies on dedicated, selfless public servants every day. TheyRead More →

ABC News Former Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said in an exclusive interview on ABC News’ “This Week” Sunday that tech billionaires’ planned attendance at Monday’s inauguration is a sign of their “official surrender” to President-elect Donald Trump. “As soon as [Mark] Zuckerberg said, ‘I’ve been invited. I’mRead More →

ABC News California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla said he will attend the 47th presidential inauguration on Monday in which President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office for his second term. “I do plan to be there. Of course,” he told ABC “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl. When asked aboutRead More →

ABC News President-elect Donald Trump is on the cusp of returning to the White House, with his inauguration ceremony on Monday. During his third campaign for the presidency, he laid out what he would do on his first day back in office, even referring to himself as a “dictator” butRead More →

ABC News As Joe Biden’s presidency draws to a close, the reviews are being written — what will become the first draft of history. And the reviews from most Americans are not good. Surveys show they have mixed views on his four years at the pinnacle of power, the culminationRead More →

ABC News White House deputy national security adviser Jon Finer acknowledged “significant support” from President-elect Donald Trump’s team to secure the ceasefire and hostage exchange deal between Israel and Hamas in an interview Sunday on ABC News’ “This Week.” The bulk of implementing the deal is expected after Trump takesRead More →

ABC News President-elect Donald Trump is marking his historic political comeback to the White House with a signature “Make America Great Again Victory Rally” in Washington on Sunday, bringing together more than 20,000 supporters to the nation’s capital ahead of Inauguration Day. The rally is set to be held atRead More →