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Federal investigators leading the probe into the January 6 Capitol riot briefed interim Biden administration leaders at the Justice Department on Wednesday -- their first day on the job -- as the sprawling nationwide hunt for suspects continues, an official briefed on the matter said.

The US Army has changed its account of a key phone call that took place on January 6 as rioters stormed the US Capitol. More than two weeks after the riot, the Army put forward two senior generals to speak with reporters Thursday to explain their roles on that afternoon after conflicting accounts of what took place circulated.

During a White House press briefing, Dr. Anthony Fauci told reporters that he feels liberated to speak freely and honestly about the coronavirus pandemic and the science behind it under the Biden administration.

The Defense Department will pause construction of the wall along the US-Mexico border as it reviews President Joe Biden's executive order calling for construction to grind to a halt.

It had once been a transatlantic art scandal -- or at least various actors of questionable intent would have you believe it was.

The Biden administration will seek a full five-year extension of a key arms control treaty between the US and Russia, according to a US official.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said that former President Donald Trump did not incite the riot at the Capitol earlier this month, contradicting previous comments he made that the President did bear some responsibility for the assault.

CNN's Brianna Keilar looks at how the decor President Biden chose for the Oval Office differs from Trump's.

While scrolling through the slew of photos of the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday morning, one jumped out to me as emblematic of the truly historic nature of what happened Wednesday in Washington.

It's just one small part of the sweeping immigration overhaul President Biden is pushing.

President Joe Biden intends to keep FBI Director Christopher Wray in his post, a senior administration official tells CNN, a sign of confidence for the bureau's leader who has more than six years remaining in his term.

Twin suicide bombs rocked a busy market in central Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing at least 13 people, a security official told CNN.

"The Terminator" actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger posted a video on Twitter of his experience getting the coronavirus vaccine at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

The moment of reckoning promised by the QAnon conspiracy theory never came. Now, many believers feel confused, duped, and uncertain of what comes next.

The culmination of Joe Biden's journey to the Oval Office was seen far beyond Washington DC on Thursday, with images of his inauguration splashed across the front pages of newspapers around the world.

When President Joe Biden walked into the White House on Wednesday holding hands with his wife, it all seemed so normal.

President Joe Biden said Wednesday that former President Donald Trump left him a "very generous letter" before departing the White House.

The Chinese government has announced sanctions against outgoing secretary of state Mike Pompeo and 27 other high-ranking officials under former United States President Donald Trump, accusing them of "prejudice and hatred against China."

President Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday looked a bit different from past ceremonies ushering in a new administration.

Big names like Bruce Springsteen, Justin Timberlake and Katy Perry were just a few of the famous artists singing songs dedicated to Americans during the inaugural special for President Joe Biden.

Amanda Gorman, the nation's first-ever youth poet laureate, challenged Americans Wednesday to unify and "leave behind a country better than the one we were left" as she delivered a stirring inauguration poem.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris delivered optimistic remarks during a primetime inaugural celebration.

Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton honored President Joe Biden Wednesday evening as America's new leader in a joint message that emphasized the new President's call for national unity.

Joe Biden was sworn in as the United States' 46th president on Wednesday, and he pledged to be a president for all Americans — even those who did not support his campaign.

Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) says George W. Bush told him that Joe Biden was the only candidate that could have beaten former President Donald Trump.

Vice President Kamala Harris swears in three new senators on the Senate floor.

President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden enter the White House for the first time following his inauguration.

Two weeks after a deadly insurrection put on display the White outrage that threatens the country's multiracial democracy, a dramatically different scene will unfold at the US Capitol.

Joe Biden is sworn in as president of the United States at Capitol Hill amid the coronavirus pandemic and just two weeks after a group of rioters stormed the halls of Congress.

Kamala Harris is sworn in as the 49th Vice President of the United States by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Harris makes history as the first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president.

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris arrive at the US Capitol with their families ahead of their inauguration.

First lady Melania Trump did not write her own "thank you" notes to the White House residence staff who have cared for her and her family for the last four years, according to two sources with knowledge of the notes and Trump's handling of them.

Outgoing President Donald Trump thanks his family and members of his administration during his farewell address at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.

Several people have been injured in an explosion in Madrid, Spain's capital, the city's emergency services said Wednesday.