{"id":217389,"date":"2021-01-20T10:55:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T16:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=217389"},"modified":"2021-01-22T16:12:37","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T22:12:37","slug":"joseph-r-biden-sworn-in-as-46th-u-s-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=217389","title":{"rendered":"Joseph R. Biden Sworn In As 46th U.S. President"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Joe Biden has sworn the oath of office<\/a> at noon to become the 46th president of the United States. He takes the helm of a deeply divided nation and inherit a confluence of crises arguably greater than any faced by his predecessors. But there were comforting signs of tradition for the hallowed American democratic rite now underway at a U.S. Capitol battered by an insurrectionist siege just two weeks ago. On a chilly Washington day dotted with snow flurries, a bipartisan trio of ex-presidents along with the elite of nation\u2019s government gathered for the ceremony.<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 It’s President Joe Biden’s moment, and Washington is pivoting to life after Donald Trump. Centuries-old rituals marking the peaceful transfer of power played out in the capital as the Democrat ascended to the presidency. Biden took office after an intense effort by Trump to upend the election results, and violence at the Capitol by his supporters. Biden nodded to that when he declared \u201cDemocracy has prevailed.\u201d Trump left Washington after refusing to concede, attend the inauguration or follow most of the other traditions of inauguration day. But the rituals went on without him, with crowds sparse by design in a time of security worries and a pandemic.<\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Joe Biden was safely sworn in as president in a Washington on edge. There were a few scattered arrests but no major protests or serious disruptions in the city during the inauguration ceremony, which took place just two weeks after rioters loyal to former President Donald Trump besieged the U.S. Capitol. Law enforcement officials contended not only with the potential for outside threats but also with rising concerns about an insider attack. Authorities monitored members of far-right extremist and militia groups, increasingly concerned about the risk they could stream into Washington and spark violent confrontations.<\/p>\n

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant Wednesday as she called out to the world \u201ceven as we grieved, we grew\u201d in her poem \u201cThe Hill We Climb.\u201d In language referencing Biblical scripture and at times echoing the oratory of John F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the 22-year-old Gorman began by asking \u201cWhere can we find light\/In this never-ending shade?\u201d and used her own poetry and life story as an answer. The poem\u2019s very title suggested both labor and transcendence. Gorman is the youngest by far of the poets who have read at presidential inaugurations.<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The highest-ranking Black member of Congress says former President George W. Bush lauded his role as a \u201csavior\u201d in helping get President Joe Biden elected to the White House. U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn said Wednesday on a call with reporters that the former president told him ahead of the inaugural ceremony that, if he had not given Biden the boost he did ahead of South Carolina\u2019s primary, \u201cwe would not be having this transfer of power today.” Clyburn says Bush also said Biden was \u201cthe only one who could have defeated the incumbent president.\u201d Clyburn\u2019s pivotal endorsement ahead of South Carolina\u2019s Democratic primary helped propel Biden to the nomination.<\/p>\n

\"\"Joe Biden and Kamala Harris showcased American designers at their inauguration Wednesday. Harris made a nod to women\u2019s suffrage and Shirley Chisholm in pearls and purple. Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush also wore hues of purple. Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to Congress and the first Black major-party candidate to run for president. Harris has cited her as an inspiration. Jill Biden wore an ocean-blue wool tweed coat over a dress by American designer Alexandra O\u2019Neill of the Markarian label. Joe Biden wore a navy blue suit and overcoat by Ralph Lauren. Singer Garth Brooks wore jeans and a cowboy hat. And a relative of Harris wore designer sneakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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