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Inauguration preparations have shifted at the U.S. Capitol following the announcement that the ceremony will be moved indoors.

President-elect Donald Trump moves inauguration indoors, citing frigid temperatures

President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he will move the inauguration ceremony indoors as Washington, DC prepares for record low temperatures. The ceremony will now take place inside the Capitol rotunda.

Joan Plowright has died at the age of 95. She's pictured above in 1975.

Joan Plowright, acclaimed British actress and wife of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95

Plowright brought stage and screen characters to vibrant life for more than six decades in such works as A Taste of Honey, Tea with Mussolini and Enchanted April.

Side-by-side photos of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial and Trump's 2017 inauguration, both in Washington, D.C. Almost a decade later, Trump will be sworn in for his second term on MLK Day.

Trump's inauguration falls on MLK Day. That overlap is pretty rare

Trump is only the third president to be sworn in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Due to the particulars of the calendar and the Constitution, the two events won't overlap again until 2053.

Daniel Tsai is the director of Medicaid and CHIP Services under the Biden administration.

Biden's Medicaid director shares lessons learned and concerns for the program's future

Dan Tsai discusses how he ran Medicaid under Biden, and his fears for how Republicans might try to change the program.

Marianne Jean-Baptiste, left, and Michele Austin play sisters in Hard Truths.

Film offers 'Hard Truths' about why some people are happy — and others are miserable

Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives a phenomenal performance as a profoundly unhappy woman. There isn't a lot of plot, but director Mike Leigh builds his stories from the details and detritus of daily life.

A Border Patrol agent is shown using a headset and computer at a facility in San Diego to conduct a long-distance interview by video with a person arrested crossing the border in Texas, June 5, 2014.

Measuring the potential impact of mass deportations in San Diego

Approximately 300,000 people could be directly impacted by deportations, according to research from a UC San Diego researcher.

A front loader moves sand near the Imperial Beach pier while the water is off-limits to swimming and surfing on Jun. 21, 2023

Cross-border pollution could flood San Diego's federal court with lawsuits

A local environmental group is preparing to take the International Boundary and Water Commission to court over repeated failures to corral the San Diego region's cross-border sewage problem. The situation may lead to the revival of other lawsuits settled a year ago.

Callie Goodwin, of Columbia, S.C., holds a sign in support of TikTok outside the Supreme Court, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. Goodwin, a small business owner who sells personalized greeting cards, says 80% of her sales come from people who found her on TikTok.

Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, threatening app's existence in the U.S.

The decision resolves a long-running legal dispute between the Department of Justice and TikTok. But experts say President-elect Donald Trump will now have considerable sway over the platform's future in the U.S.

Demonstrators urge ratification of the equal rights amendment during a Sept. 28, 2022 rally in Washington, D.C.

Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is law. What happens next is unclear

To come into effect, the constitutional amendment would need to be formally published or certified by the national archivist, who has declined to do so in the past. What happens now is unclear.

At the No Limits food pantry in Landover, Md., the line of people waiting to get in on Dec. 6, 2024, stretches to the street and down the block.

Food pantries are bracing for more demand if the Trump administration cuts food aid

The first Trump administration tried to scale back who gets food benefits, and allies aim to try again. Food pantries say they're already busier than ever.

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