United States presidential election

Biden says Russia's Putin will pay a price for election interference

President Joe Biden said on March 17 that Russian President Vladimir Putin will face consequences for directing efforts to swing the 2020 U.S. presidential election to Donald Trump, and that they would come soon.

"He will pay a price," Biden told ABC News in an interview that aired on Wednesday. Asked what the consequences would be, he said, "You'll see shortly."

Joe Biden Sworn in as US President in Washington

Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president on Wednesday, bringing to an end one of the most unorthodox, turbulent presidencies in U.S. history.

"Today, we celebrate triumph not of a candidate but of a cause: the cause of democracy," Biden said moments after taking the oath of office. "The people, the will of the people has been heard."

Biden sworn in as 46th US President, stresses need for unity, healing in inaugural address

Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States today, offering a message of unity and restoration to a deeply divided country reeling from a battered economy and a raging coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 Americans.

Trump to leave town early Wednesday before Biden inauguration

By the time Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th U.S. president Wednesday, his scandal-tainted predecessor Donald Trump will already be far away, having helicoptered out of the White House a last time earlier that morning, an official said on Jan. 15. 

Trump will be the first president in a century and a half to snub the inauguration of his successor.

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