Joe Biden Is President: Everything You Missed at the Inauguration

Poet Amanda Gorman Makes History With Her Inauguration Speech View in your browser | Update your preferences     A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks January 20, 2021   In Stirring Inaugural Address, Joe Biden Calls for an End to America's "Uncivil War" The 46th president urged unity amid deep division, as Vice President Kamala Harris made history in a moving ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. "Let's start afresh," Biden said. R E A D  M O R E »   With His First Wave of Executive Orders, Biden Will Start Mopping Up Trump's Mess The president plans to urgently address the COVID crisis that Trump downplayed, along with issuing more than a dozen orders that repudiate some of his predecessor's most toxic policies. R E A D  M O R E »   Biden's Democracy-Affirming Inaugural Rang Out in a Heavily Fortified Washington The orderly transfer of power at the Capitol was a striking departure from the chaos two weeks earlier, yet the fallout from the MAGA insurrection was still evident. R E A D  M O R E »   Fashion Diplomacy Returns at Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's Inauguration The scaled-down, heavily protected event still brought together most of Washington's leaders, many of whom dressed symbolically for the occasion. R E A D  M O R E »   As Joe Biden Takes Office, Allies Urge Him to Act Decisively A year ago today, Joe Biden was losing in Iowa, and COVID-19 was a blip on the radar. Now he takes the reins of a nation in multiple crises. "Every time I talk to him," says Rep. James Clyburn, who sealed the deal for Biden in South Carolina, "I remind him that the end of slavery started with an executive order." R E A D  M O R E »   From the Archive: Joe, Mourning In a cruel twist, Joe Biden's planned 2016 presidential campaign was upended by the death of its foremost booster, his 46-year-old son, Beau, from brain cancer. Will the former vice president make a run in 2020? With the publication of his book Promise Me, Dad, recalling that tragic period, Biden opens up to David Kamp about the emotional—and political—challenges he is facing. R E A D  M O R E » Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. Sign Up Now     This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.