( NewsNation) — President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration will be under heightened security in the wake of two national security events — a terror attack in New Orleans and a Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas.

Moody, 49, becomes the second woman to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate, after Paula Hawkins, a Republican who served one term in the 1980s.

Moody also expressed gratitude for President Donald Trump and his intent to address the impact that Biden had on the border under his leadership.

Rubio’s confirmation vote passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, 99-0. Rubio also was able to cast a vote for himself.

CNN blasted President Biden's last-minute pardons of several of his family members on Monday as a "stain on his legacy."

FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — In his last full day in office, President Joe Biden awarded Cappy McGarr the National Medal of Arts. He is the co-creator of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor and the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are passionate about charity work, so it's no surprise they formed a bond with first daughter Ashley Biden, who feels the same.

Vice President J.D. Vance swore in the former Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody as a new senator this week. The Senate seat was filled as Rubio was confirmed to be President Donald Trump’s Secretary of State. Read: As Trump, Desantis threaten mass deportations, Florida business experts concerned — but skeptical

Marco Rubio has been sworn in to be Donald Trump's new secretary of state, and another familiar Florida name has joined the Senate in his place.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden pardoned his siblings and their spouses on his way out of the White House, saying Monday that his family had been “subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats ...

One symbolic but meaningful example of that is that he decided to order the state’s flags to full staff for Trump’s inauguration, rather than tweaking the new president with half-staff banners. It’s the act of someone trying to lower the temperature.

A fight led to a man being run over by a truck Tuesday morning, police say.