The former congressman was the focus of a House Ethics panel report accusing him of “regularly” paying for sex and using drugs, which helped doom his short-lived nomination for attorney general.

At first glance, the recent presidential election appears to have afforded President-Elect Donald Trump an iron grasp on power. He won the popular vote, the first Republican to do so since George W. Bush in 2004;

Undaunted, the weekend before Christmas, Trump throws a fresh stunner into the headlines. He declares he wants the US to retake the Panama Canal, which President Jimmy Carter put under the control of Panama in a 1977 deal that guaranteed neutral, international access to the waterway.

On Sunday, he will lay a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery and then hold a "Make America Great Again Victory Rally" in Washington ahead of Monday's swearing-in ceremony, which has now been moved inside to the Capitol Rotunda because of frigid temperatures in the nation's capital.

President-elect Trump will be inaugurated on Monday as the 47th president of the United States in Washington, D.C. The big picture: Inauguration Day — with Vice President-elect JD Vance also slated to be inaugurated as the third-youngest vice president and first millennial VP — will coincide with Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Photographer Mark Peterson captures the first formal D.C. events celebrating Trump’s return to the White House.

Donald Trump is returning to Washington to kick off days of pageantry to herald his second inauguration as president.

Here's what to know about Inauguration Day 2025: The inauguration ceremony is on Monday, Jan. 20. The ceremony is on Jan. 20 every four years unless that date falls on a Sunday. In that case, Inauguration Day would be on Jan. 21. The inauguration is scheduled to take place at noon ET.

The president-elect will host a party at his golf club in Virginia on Saturday, kicking off four days of celebrations.

For the first time in 40 years, the swearing-in of an American president won’t take place on the Capitol steps.

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the Oval Office on Monday, several groups are working to ensure that Monday's inauguration is safe.