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FILE - In this file photo taken Tuesday, July 10, 2018, a six-meter high cartoon baby blimp depicting U.S. President Donald Trump in north London. The President Trump blimp will become part of the Museum of London's protest collection exhibition, which includes artifacts from the women’s suffrage movement, peace activists who opposed the war in Iraq during the early 2000s, and more recent protests against public spending cuts, the museum has announced Monday Jan. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, FILE)
Trump Baby Protest Blimp Enters Museum of London Collection
  • 18 January 2021
The Trump Baby Blimp will live on long after its namesake has left the White...
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People evacuate from the West Front of the U.S. Capitol during a rehearsal the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Inauguration Rehearsal Evacuated after Fire in Homeless Camp
  • 18 January 2021
The U.S. Capitol complex temporarily locked down during a rehearsal for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration...
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The bronze Statue of Freedom, by Thomas Crawford, is the crowning feature of the dome of the U.S. Capitol, shown ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
FBI Vetting Guard Troops in DC Amid Fears of Insider Attack
  • 17 January 2021
U.S. defense officials say they are worried about an insider attack or other threat from...
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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, Trump supporters participate in a rally in Washington. An AP review of records finds that members of President Donald Trump’s failed campaign were key players in the Washington rally that spawned a deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol last week. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Records: Trump Allies Behind Rally That Ignited US Capitol Riot
  • 17 January 2021
Since the siege, several of them have scrambled to distance themselves from the rally.
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FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump listens as Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt delivers remarks on proposed changes to the National Environmental Policy Act, at the White House in Washington. In Trump's presidency, fact checking became a cottage industry unto itself. And “alternative facts" became a buzzphrase, coined by one of his admiring aides. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)
Deceptions in the Time of the ‘Alternative Facts’ President
  • 17 January 2021
Truth has caught up with Donald Trump after years of giving chase.
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President-elect Joe Biden listens during an event at The Queen theater, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
In Inaugural Address, Biden Will Appeal to National Unity
  • 17 January 2021
Joe Biden also intends a series of executive actions in the first hours after his...
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A National Guard Soldier stands outside the Capitol building in Frankfort, Ky., Sunday, Jan 17, 2021. The Capitol, the Capitol complex, and surrounding grounds have been closed. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
Statehouses, US Capitol Brace for Potentially Violent Week
  • 17 January 2021
Fencing, boarded-up windows and extra police and National Guard troops transformed some statehouses.
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020 file photo, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks as she and President-elect Joe Biden introduce their nominees and appointees to key national security and foreign policy posts at The Queen theater, in Wilmington, Del. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be sworn in by Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, a history-making event in which the first Black, South Asian and female vice president will take her oath of office from the first Latina justice. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Vice President-Elect Harris to Resign Her Senate Seat Monday
  • 17 January 2021
California Gov. Gavin Newsom reportedly will appoint Alex Padilla, now California's secretary of state, to...
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FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump arrives to address the nation from the White House on the ballistic missile strike that Iran launched against Iraqi air bases housing U.S. troops in Washington. The public won’t see President Donald Trump’s White House records for years, but there’s growing concern that they won’t be complete, leaving a hole in the history of one of America’s most tumultuous presidencies. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)
Will Trump’s Mishandling of Records Leave a Hole in History?
  • 16 January 2021
The public won’t see President Donald Trump’s White House records for years, but there’s growing...
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FILE In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, supporters listen as President Donald Trump speaks as a Confederate-themed and other flags flutter in the wind during a rally in Washington. War-like imagery has begun to take hold in mainstream Republican political circles in the wake of the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, with some elected officials and party leaders rejecting calls to tone down their rhetoric contemplating a second civil war. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Some in the GOP Parrot Far-Right Talk of a Coming Civil War
  • 16 January 2021
The heightened rhetoric mimics language far-right extremists and white supremacists have used for years.
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A member of the Pennsylvania Capitol Police stands guard at the entrance to the Pennsylvania Capitol Complex in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. State capitols across the country are under heightened security after the siege of the U.S. Capitol last week. (Jose F. Moreno/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Journalists Prepare for Protests Where They Could Be Targets
  • 16 January 2021
No one wants to see repeats of the siege at the U.S. Capitol, and no...
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A van arrives to pick up boxes that were moved out of the Eisenhower Executive Office building, inside the White House complex, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Washington. Inauguration Day is also moving day at the White House. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Inauguration Day Also Is Move In/Out Day at the White House
  • 16 January 2021
The coronavirus pandemic could be a complicating factor as the executive mansion gets ready for...
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