The day after pro-Trump supporters stormed the U.S Capitol, President-elect Joe Biden called the violent protests an “unprecedented assault on our democracy.”
Following their final farewell from the White House, Melania and Donald Trump departed to reside at their estate in South Florida. Upon arrival, Melania was seen wearing a dress that was very different from what she wore while leaving the White House. As she stepped off the plane, she wore a Long G hexagon print wool silk dress by Gucci.
When former first lady Michelle Obama arrived at Wednesday's inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, her magenta monochorome jumpsuit designed by Sergio Hudson captured the spotlight as did her bouncy-curl hairstyle. Descriptions of Obama's hairstyle as "laid" -- a slang word referring to a sleek style -- landed at the top of Twitter's trending list during the inauguration. Michelle Obama came to slay, yass!
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday told reporters that the House and Senate are "ready" to proceed with former President Trump's second impeachment trial, but she said transmission of the articles is being held up by questions about how the trial would work. Pelosi dismissed Republicans' concerns that impeachment could divide lawmakers so soon after the inauguration. "It's not really unifying to say, let's just forget it, and move on," Pelosi said.
As Vice President Kamala Harris took the oath of office Wednesday, becoming the first woman and first woman of color to hold the office, children across the country watched with a new understanding of what is possible. In Washington, D.C., where Harris was inaugurated alongside President Joe Biden, 1-year-old Regan Kennedy Adams watched at her home with her parents and three older siblings, who helped explain to Regan the significance of what was happening. You see Kamala Harris.
Clare Crawley has broken her silence on her split from Dale Moss. The former "Bachelorette" took to social media on Thursday to claim a previously released statement on her broken engagement with Moss was just as much a surprise to her as it was to fans. "I was made aware of a 'mutual' statement at the same time you all were, so I've needed some time to really digest this," Crawley shared in an Instagram post.
Sarah Trott's abrupt exit from "The Bachelor" on Monday was something nobody saw coming, and now the 24-year-old journalist is explaining her decision. Trott, who appeared to be one of the frontrunners for Matt James' heart, said several factors drove her decision -- including her inability to stay in touch with her father, who suffers from ALS. Another factor was her rapidly deteriorating relationship with the other women, who thought her fainting spell at a recent rose ceremony, interrupting a group date to speak to James and isolating herself from the group was a ploy to get the Bachelor's attention.
Congratulations are in order for actor Michael Douglas. After patiently waiting for almost a month, the 76-year-old "Ant-Man" star was finally able to meet his second grandchild -- a little boy named Ryder. Ryder, who was born in late December, is the son of the Douglas' eldest son, Cameron, and his partner, Viviane Thibes.
After rumors and speculation swirled that Jack Ma was allegedly missing, the Alibaba founder and Chinese billionaire has resurfaced in an online video. After Ma's reappearance video was shared online Wednesday, Alibaba stock soared by more than 7%. Ma was last seen in public in late October.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas is opening up about the racism she endured while enrolled at an American high school. The actress revealed that the abuse and harassment was so severe, she returned to India when she was 15-years-old. Speaking to People about her upcoming tell-all memoir "Unfinished," which arrives next month, Chopra Jonas revealed it was nearly impossible to ignore her bullies.
Sarah Michelle Gellar, who came to fame playing the fearless titular heroine on "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" for seven seasons, hasn't forgotten Buffy Summers. In fact, the 43-year-old actress wished the character a happy 40th birthday earlier this week. "I just realized that today is Buffy Summers 40 bday," Gellar wrote Tuesday on Instagram.
As part of Variety's ongoing "Actors on Actors" series, Oscar-nominated "Get Out" star Daniel Kaluuya sat down -- virtually -- with his fellow Marvel movie star Tom Holland and discussed the cultural impact "Black Panther" had. Brit actor Kaluuya played W'Kabi, the friend who betrays the peaceful ideals of the late Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa, after Michael B. Jordan's Killmonger appears to take the Wakandan throne. "Spider-Man" star Holland asked, "You must have been aware that you guys were sitting on one of the biggest, most cultural enriching blockbuster movies of all time."
Amanda Gorman said she feels "amazing" after making history Wednesday as the youngest poet in recent history to perform at a presidential inauguration. "It’s not often that you wake up on a morning feeling like this," Gorman, 22, said Thursday on "Good Morning America" in her first live TV interview since President Joe Biden's inauguration. Gorman, a Los Angeles native, became the breakout star of the inauguration with her poem, "The Hill We Climb," which she finished writing on the night of Jan. 6, hours after rioters took siege on Capitol Hill.
Appointments are being canceled, sites are temporarily closing, county waitlists are in the thousands and states are adjusting eligibility timelines as vaccines supplies dwindle nationwide. With shipments coming weekly, officials say they don't have much visibility on their supplies as they simultaneously schedule first and second doses, and plan to expand vaccination sites. "There's a lot of uncertainty right now," Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar with Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, told ABC News.
There are strong parallels between the COVID-19 pandemic and the 1918 flu pandemic, considered to be the deadliest of the 20th century. The 1918 flu pandemic killed an estimated 50 million worldwide, including nearly 675,000 Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 2 million have died, including at least 400,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
At least eight people were arrested in Portland on Wednesday after rioters damaged both federal and private property, police said. Dozens of protesters took to the streets of Oregon's largest city following the inauguration of President Joe Biden. Although the demonstrations were largely peaceful, two protest events resulted in property damage and arrests, according to the Portland Police Bureau.
A major weather pattern change is expected in the United States as stormy weather moves from west to east with heavy snow, severe thunderstorms and Arctic cold. A new storm will move into the West Thursday and Friday and will bring much-needed rain to California, where dry winds helped spread another brush fire Wednesday. On Wednesday, winds gusted up to 85 mph in Southern California, helping fuel the fire in Carlsbad, near San Diego.
Erika Rischko is an 81-year-old mother of two, grandmother of one and, surprising to even herself, a fitness influencer. Rischko, of Langenfeld, Germany, describes herself as a "late bloomer" when it comes to fitness, but she now is inspiring people decades her junior with the workouts she shares on TikTok and Instagram. Rischko, a homemaker, said she did not start regularly exercising until her mid-50s when her daughter signed her up at a local gym.
Christina Meredith, a resident of Kyle, Texas, told "Good Morning America" that her 15-year-old daughter Katelynn Ramirez, is still showing symptoms of the coronavirus after being hospitalized late last month. Meredith said Katelynn is an active cheerleader, volleyball player and runner with no pre-existing health conditions. "Katelynn wants to tell people to wear their mask and let them know that kids get sick," Meredith told "Good Morning America."
For many members of the country's South Asian population, Kamala Harris' historic inauguration was a major turning point in their community's place in America's story. Harris, the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, has never been shy speaking about her Asian heritage throughout her career. As she took the oath of office Wednesday, South Asian Americans young and old celebrated this occasion with eager anticipation for the possibilities for future generations.
The ceremony that made Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States was an inauguration like never before. Also absent were the morning traditions involving the outgoing and incoming presidents and their spouses meeting on the North Portico of the White House and sharing a limousine to the ceremony. Two weeks after an angry mob of pro-Trump rioters stormed Capitol Hill, some attendees even wore body armor.
