- Press secretary Jen Psaki addresses pool
- Biden marks start of presidency with flurry of executive orders
- Avril Haines confirmed as first female director of national intelligence
- Historic day as Biden sworn in as America’s 46th president
- Democrats take Senate majority after three senators sworn in
- Kamala Harris becomes first female, Black and south Asian VP
- Amanda Gorman: young poet steals the inauguration show
Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet who transfixed the inauguration crowd this morning, has given an interview to a visibly smitten Anderson Cooper on CNN.
Anderson Cooper to Amanda Gorman is all of us: “Wow. You’re awesome.”
This interview by @andersoncooper with @TheAmandaGorman was wonderful and hopeful and revealing. Anderson said he was “transfixed” by her. We all were. Amazing talent. pic.twitter.com/y61vCfgQGK
Related: ‘An inspiration to us all’: Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem stirs hope and awe
It’s been an inauguration day like no other. The photographer Jordan Gale recorded the preparations for the day for the Guardian US, with the results gathered in this remarkable essay.
Related: The preparation for an inauguration like no other – a photo essay
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