Top Republican and Democrat luminaries will be skipping some or all of President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural events following a bruising election that was marked by political attacks, insults and low blows.

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Obama-era DACA program that protects hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant "Dreamers" violates the law -- but the judges allowed the program to remain in effect pending Supreme Court action.

President-elect Donald Trump's plans to pardon Jan. 6 protesters have done little to slow the FBI and federal prosecutors, who four years after the fateful day continue to make arrests and pursue hefty sentences against those who breached the Capitol grounds.

Kristi Noem, the nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, called the U.S. southern border a 'war zone' and said her chief mission at the helm of the department would be to get a handle on the immigration crisis.

While all eyes are on outgoing President Biden and incoming President Trump, there's a whole world of work being done at the White House between residence staff setting up the home for the incoming family and other workers finding their offices for the first time.

The Senate will begin voting on President-elect Donald Trump's top nominees in the coming week, with Republicans hoping Democrats will cooperate to confirm at least one on Inauguration Day.

The vast majority of Americans are about to get an extended taste of frigid Siberian weather. Another polar vortex disruption will stretch Arctic air across the top of the globe, with expected frigid conditions in the nation's capital severe enough to force Donald Trump's second inauguration indoors on Monday.