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In one of the first signs of a potential policy shift at the Justice Department, a civil rights group that has been challenging Texas' controversial voter ID law received a courtesy call Friday afternoon that the department would seek to delay a hearing in the case scheduled for Monday.

An ethics watchdog welcomed President Donald Trump to Washington by lodging a formal complaint with the federal government.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Friday that pet rats are the source of an outbreak of Seoul virus infections in Illinois and Wisconsin. The virus has been confirmed in eight patients in an ongoing investigation.

A pastor with a long history of inflammatory remarks about Muslims, Mormons, Catholics and gays is scheduled to preach at a private service for President-elect Trump and his family on Friday, shortly before Trump takes the oath of office.

During the Inauguration Day parade, President Donald Trump and his family exit their vehicle to greet the crowds lining the streets.

Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th President of the United States.

The Cambridges are on the move again.

President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 45th President of the United States.

Former President Barack Obama speaks to staff and supporters at Joint Base Andrews after President Donald Trump's inauguration.

Former President George H. W. Bush has been extubated and is now breathing on his own "with minimal supplemental oxygen," Bush family spokesman Jim McGrath said in a statement Friday. Former first lady Barbara Bush also continues to improve, he added.

During his remarks at the Inauguration Day luncheon, President Donald Trump said he was honored that former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton were in attendance.

President Donald Trump, in his first address as the 45th US president, struck a protectionist, isolationist chord as he vowed to upend the way America relates to and does business with the rest of the world.

The first petition on the White House's page for citizens to petition has its first entry mere hours after President Donald Trump was sworn in. And it's a request for him "immediately" release his full tax returns.

ISIS fighters have destroyed part of a Roman amphitheater in the ancient city of Palmyra, according to Syrian state news.

The Super Bowl is so close you can almost SMELL it (but luckily you can't, because it would smell like man sweat and fryer grease).

Former President Barack Obama bid farewell to members of his staff Friday at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland before departing with his family for a vacation in California:

Hundreds of thousands of people will be in Washington for Trump's Inauguration on January 20, 2017. Security around the events is expected to cost over $100 million.