The nation’s capital is now a fortress of fences, checkpoints and barricades forming a ring from the White House to Capitol Hill.

Officials aim to quell any potential violence in the run-up to inauguration.

Following the attack on the U.S. Capitol last week, officials are warning that next week's presidential inauguration could inspire an array of threats to the homeland.

The pandemic and civil unrest across the country will have an impact on presidential inaugural traditions.

What you need to know about one of the biggest economic relief proposals in U.S. history, and its impact on workers, families, businesses and the overall economy.

The country's next inaugural poet is an old pro at ceremonial occasions, and she's only 22

Joe Biden is preparing an ambitious rescue mission for the Affordable Care Act that Donald Trump spent four years trying to tear down.

With less than a week until the Inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, security around the nation's Capitol has ramped up.

Who is Tony Blinken? Biden taps close confidante, longtime aide for secretary of state

President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday announced his vaccination plan and economic rescue package in an evening address.

The president-elect's massive proposal calls for an additional $1,400 in direct payments to Americans, $130 billion to help schools reopen safely and $160 billion to build a national vaccine program.

ABC News Political Director Rick Klein, ABC News economic correspondent Deirdre Bolton and infectious disease specialist Dr. John Brownstein analyze Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan.

The historic Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Kamala D. Harris. Beginning Wednesday on ABC and streaming on ABC News Live.

Ahead of the inauguration, government contracts reveal a White House deep clean amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Authorities have issued a bulletin about “armed protests at all 50 state capitols” through at least Jan. 20, especially in states where election controversies have occurred in recent months.

Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez will lend their voices to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week.

Tom Hanks will host a 90-minute primetime TV special celebrating the inauguration of Joe Biden as president of the United States, with performances by Justin Timberlake, Jon Bon Jovi, Demi Lovato and Ant Clemons

The number of Guardsmen providing security for the presidential Inauguration has grown to 20,000.

Authorities are fortifying the nation's capital ahead of Biden’s big day, including having up to 15,000 armed National Guard members on the Capitol grounds as potential threats of violence grow.

Former FBI agent and contributor Brad Garrett discusses the difficulty of policing the Capitol and other government sites following last week's attacks and ahead of Biden's inauguration next week.

ABC News’ Devin Dwyer examines the need for health care reform as President-elect Joe Biden pushes to shore up the Affordable Care Act once he takes office.

Biden himself hasn't expressed concern about his own security.

This time, they’ll be ready

President-elect Joe Biden has announced his Cabinet picks ahead of Senate confirmations hearings along with top-level appointees that will join his White House.

President-elect Joe Biden received his second dose of the coronavirus vaccine, three weeks after getting his first one.

Biden seems content to leave decisions about Trump's fate to Congress.

President-elect Joe Biden called President Donald Trump an “embarrassment” and said his supporters who stormed the Capitol were “domestic terrorists.”

President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20 was already going to be scaled back because of the coronavirus pandemic

President-elect Joe Biden says the second impeachment of President Donald Trump is “a decision for the Congress to make. I’m focused on my job.”

President-elect Joe Biden formally announced nominees for Commerce, Labor, Small Business Administrator and Deputy Secretary of Commerce.

President-elect Joe Biden said that after the assault on the Capitol, Garland has a lot of work to do, including restoring faith in the Department of Justice.

Plus, how pro-Trump rioters breached security in the Capitol and calls for Trump’s removal coming from both sides.

President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday nominated Judge Merrick Garland for attorney general and accused President Trump of "inciting" the Capitol attack.

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.”

Garland, 68, had been nominated to the Supreme Court by President Barack Obama.

President-elect Joe Biden has selected a federal appeals court judge, Merrick Garland, as his attorney general

The president elect said the scene at the U.S. Capitol “borders on sedition.”

The vice president will preside over the joint session of Congress at which he'll be required to announce Joe Biden as president-elect, despite President Trump's objections.

A coalition of nearly 200 chief executives have signed a letter urging Congress to accept President-elect Joe Biden's win.

A “virtual parade across America” consistent with crowd limits in the pandemic.

President-elect Joe Biden is going all-in to help Democrats win two Senate runoffs in Georgia that will determine which party controls the Senate in the critical early years of his administration

2020 was an eventful year in politics with the impeachment trial of President Trump, a hard fought primary campaign and a national election amid a pandemic, but here’s what to expect this year.

The federal government has fallen short of its goals for the number of people to be vaccinated by the end of the year.

The Trump administration says there’s a lag in reporting after it promised 20 million doses would be distributed by year’s end. Only 2.1 million of the 11 million doses distributed have been given.

Members of Joe Biden’s transition team set up a meeting with senior members of the Anti-Defamation League to discuss fighting domestic terrorism and right-wing extremism.

President-elect Joe Biden is warning of massive damage done to the national security apparatus by the Trump administration and “roadblocks” in communication between agency officials and his transition team that could undermine Americans’ security

President-elect Joe Biden said that President Trump’s administration has put national security at risk in its continued fight to overturn the election.

President-elect Joe Biden is warning of massive damage done to the national security apparatus by the Trump administration and “roadblocks” in communication between agency officials and his transition team that could undermine Americans’ security

Cardona is a former public school teacher and the current commissioner of education in Connecticut.

“This has been one of the toughest years we've faced as a nation,” Biden said.