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Rogers is a Black American designer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who lives in Brooklyn, New York. He has dressed Lizzo, Rihanna and Cardi B and notably, Michelle Obama, when the former first lady wore ...

WASHINGTON (NewsNation Now) — Joe Biden took the oath of office Wednesday to become the 46th president of the United States, declaring that “democracy has prevailed.” Also Wednesday, Vice President ...

If kids were actually going to school, they'd have spent the day watching Wednesday's inauguration of President Joe Biden on television -- and getting a civics lesson or two. But in the pandemic, most ...

Someone in VP Kamala Harris' camp wore sneakers to Wednesday's inauguration — but they weren't just any old pair of sneakers. Nikolas Ajagu — the husband of Harris' neice, Meena, and the father of the ...

WASHINGTON -- As Kamala Harris became the 49th vice president of the United States on Wednesday morning, the bells at her alma mater -- Howard University in Washington, D.C., -- tolled 49 times to ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Family and lifelong friends of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris brought one priceless item from the Bay Area to Washington, D.C. for Wednesday's historic Inauguration Day ceremony.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – All of the former U.S. presidents attending Joe Biden’s inauguration arrived at the U.S. Capitol shortly before the soon-to-be commander in chief. George W. Bush and his wife, Laura ...

Harris posted a video on Twitter, captioned: “I’m here today because of the women who came before me.” In the video, Harris could be heard repeating her opening remarks after she and Joe Biden were ...

Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States and Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first Black, first Asian-American, and first woman to take the oath of vice president. And ...