President Biden's education secretary nominee, Miguel Cardona, appeared before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Wednesday. Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP hide caption
Biden Transition Updates Latest news on President-elect Joe Biden's move toward the White House and President Trump's final days in office after the 2020 election.
Biden Transition Updates
The latest news on White House turnoverWednesday
Tuesday
Then-Vice President Biden, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah, Israeli-occupied West Bank, in 2016. Debbie Hill/AP hide caption
Tuesday
Lights surround the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, placed as a memorial to COVID-19 victims on Tuesday. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
President Trump steps off Air Force One upon arrival last week in Harlingen, Texas. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
One day before being inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States, President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks Tuesday at the Maj. Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III National Guard/Reserve Center in New Castle, Del. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Secretary of Defense nominee Lloyd Austin, a retired Army general, speaks during his conformation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday. If confirmed, Austin would be the first Black Secretary of Defense. Jim Lo Scalzo/AP hide caption
President-elect Joe Biden's pick to lead the Treasury Department, Janet Yellen, here in 2019, is urging greater federal spending to cope with the pandemic and to help boost the struggling economy. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Yellen Urges Congress To 'Act Big' To Prop Up Pandemic-Scarred Economy
President-elect Joe Biden listens as his secretary of state nominee, Antony Blinken, speaks in Wilmington, Del., in November. Blinken told senators at his confirmation hearing Tuesday, "Humility and confidence should be the flip sides of America's leadership coin." Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
Avril Haines, President-elect Joe Biden's pick for director of national intelligence, speaks during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday. Melina Mara/AP hide caption
Alejandro Mayorkas, nominee to be secretary of homeland security, is sworn in to testify during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday. Erin Scott/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
From Border Wall To Capitol Riot, Homeland Security Nominee Takes Senate Questions
Dr. Rachel Levine has previously won state Senate confirmation in Pennsylvania, including a unanimous vote in 2015 to endorse her as Pennsylvania's physician general. Courtesy of Biden transition team hide caption
At 22, Amanda Gorman will become the youngest poet in recent memory to deliver a poem at a presidential inauguration. She'll be continuing a tradition that includes poets such as Robert Frost and Maya Angelou. Kelia Anne/Sun Literary Arts via AP hide caption
'History Has Its Eyes On Us.' Poet Amanda Gorman Seeks Right Words For Inauguration
Monday
Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller, pictured before a game against Missouri on Nov. 28, will be featured in a prime-time program celebrating the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on Wednesday. L.G. Patterson/AP hide caption
Gary Gensler, pictured during a Senate hearing in July 2013, will be nominated to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission for the Biden administration. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
The U.S. Capitol is visible behind fences on Sunday following the Jan. 6 riot by pro-Trump extremists. This week's events will have the largest security presence of any inauguration in U.S. history. Eric Thayer/Getty Images hide caption