Local pastor and Biden friend to lead inauguration benediction

The benediction is how Pastor Silvester Beaman typically sends the congregation back into the world after Sunday service. Wednesday, he’ll do it for the country, one last blessing to wrap up the inauguration in a wild political climate.

Kamala Harris prepares for central role in Biden's White House

Kamala Harris will make history on Wednesday when she becomes the nation’s first female vice president — and the first Black woman and the first woman of South Asian descent to hold that office. But that’s only where her boundary-breaking role begins.

Biden will appeal to national unity in inaugural address

President-elect Joe Biden will deliver an appeal to national unity when he is sworn in and plans immediate moves to combat the pandemic and undo some of President Trump’s most controversial policies.

FBI worries of insider attack at Biden's inauguration, vets Guard troops

U.S. defense officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from service members involved in securing President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, prompting the FBI to vet all of the 25,000 National Guard troops coming into Washington for the event.

New Jersey state employees ordered to work from home Inauguration Day

The order comes as authorities say they’re preparing for the possibility of violent demonstrations on Sunday by supporters of President Donald Trump in state capitals across the country. National Guard troops are also converging on Washington, including nearly 600 from New Jersey.