AP - If Barack Obama felt nervous about becoming president in a few hours, he didn't show it Monday, as he cracked jokes and breezed through a series of volunteerism events and bipartisan dinners.

AP - Joe Biden, the talkative senator known for foreign policy expertise and a command of Washington's ways, is on the cusp of being more than Barack Obama's No. 2 guy.

AP - Chief Justice John Roberts is giving the oath of office to President-elect Barack Obama, the first of what could be many inaugurations presided over by the affable, conservative jurist.

AP - Crowds are streaming into the nation's capital before dawn as Washington prepares for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.

Politico - Since the time of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, presidents have been judged on their First 100 Days.

AP - The nation's capital came to life well before dawn Tuesday, as out-of-towners and area residents alike overwhelmed mass transit and filled city streets to witness the swearing-in of President-elect Barack Obama.

AP - Continuing a White House ritual, President George W. Bush left a note in the Oval Office for President-elect Barack Obama, wishing him well as he takes the reins of the executive branch.

Politico - Blog: A reader, Nathan James, sends over a picture he took from outside the White House gate a couple of days ago, after a protester threw a shoe.

Politico - Barack Obama’s date with history was just hours away Tuesday morning as a transfixed nation and a frigid but jubilant capital readied to watch him become the 44th president of the United States – and the first African-American to hold the nation’s highest office.

AP - Continuing a White House ritual, President George W. Bush left a note in the Oval Office for President-elect Barack Obama, wishing him well as he takes the reins of the executive branch.

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — George W. Bush, whose presidency was punctuated by the cacophony of the disputed 2000 election, the shock and awe of two wars and the howling ill winds of Hurricane Katrina, spent a quiet final full day in the White House on Monday privately contacting world leaders to thank them for their hospitality.

AP - The inaugural festivities are under way at the U.S. Capitol, as a huge crowd awaits the swearing-in of Barack Obama as president.

Politico - Blog: The usual aviation metaphor for this process, voiced the other day by Madeleine Albright, is that running the government is like 'redesigning t

AP - The inauguration of Barack Obama as president had individual meaning to those who thronged the nation's capital.

AP - The incoming residents of the White House are sitting down for coffee with the couple who've lived there for the past eight years.

AP - The confirmation of Hillary Rodham Clinton to be secretary of state will be held up for at least a day due to the objection of a single senator. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said he wanted 'a full and open debate and an up-or-down vote on Sen. Clinton's nomination.'

AFP - Any attempt by Barack Obama to get European Union members to contribute more troops to the fight in Afghanistan is likely to face popular opposition, a new poll published Tuesday suggests.

AP - Former President George W. Bush and his wife have left Washington for their Texas home, after eight years in the White House. Following the inauguration of Barack Obama as the nation's 44th president, Bush and his wife Laura boarded a helicopter alongside the U.S. Capitol. The new president and his wife walked them to the chopper — keeping with tradition — to see them off.

Politico - Blog: Marty Lederman's co-blogger Jack Balkin offers some detail on the Office of Legal Counsel, where Obama has appointed a cadre of harsh critics of Bus

Politico - Barack Obama has always been about the words. And so it was on Tuesday. For all the grandeur of the setting and the breathtaking and seemingly endless crowd arrayed before him, it was still about the words.

AP - Barack Hussein Obama has taken the oath of office as the 44th president of the United States. With a hand on Abraham Lincoln's inaugural bible, and before a crowd stretching across the National Mall toward where Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of his dream of racial equality, the 47-year-old Obama was sworn in as the first black American president by Chief Justice John Roberts.

AP - Like many lobbying firms, BGR Group offered clients and friends a place to come in from the cold Tuesday and watch Barack Obama's inauguration — with a scented twist.

AP - Joe Biden, whose foreign policy expertise, Washington savvy and personal style earned him Barack Obama's trust and faith, was sworn in Tuesday as the 47th vice president of the United States.

AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., battling a brain tumor, became ill at a post-inauguration luncheon for President Barack Obama on Tuesday and was rushed by ambulance to a hospital.

AP - Sen. Robert C. Byrd's office says the 91-year West Virginian decided to leave an inauguration luncheon after Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was stricken, but not because of any medical problem of his own.

Politico - Blog: Ted Kennedy suffered what appeared to be a seizure at the luncheon for Barack Obama. A reporter emails that 'there's an odd sile

Politico - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Jr. – diagnosed with brain cancer last year – collapsed during the inaugural lunch for Barack Obama this afternoon after suffering what a witness described as a seizure. 

AP - Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., a career senator whose foreign policy expertise, Washington savvy and sharp-witted style won Barack Obama's supreme trust, became the 47th vice president of the United States on Tuesday.

AP - The Senate has swiftly approved six members of President Barack Obama's Cabinet, but put off for a day a vote on his choice to be secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

AP - As he became a precedent-shattering president Tuesday, Barack Obama wrapped himself in America's deepest traditions, invoking God, the Bible, the Founding Fathers, cherished documents and old-fashioned virtues.

Politico - Blog: Space at the parade.

Politico - The new White House website unveiled by President Barack Obama’s team Tuesday includes a shot at former President Bush’s response to Hurricane Katrina.

AP - President Barack Obama's aides sent text messages to tens of thousands of people about crowd control, public transportation and even the weather Tuesday as he took the oath of office and immediately started building another massive technology-based list of supporters.

AP - After the familiar salutation to 'my fellow citizens' and a polite thank-you to the man he replaced, President Barack Obama got right to the point.

Politico - Blog: Bush in Texas

Politico - BLOG: One glitch on a relatively smooth day

Politico - The New York Times may have just accepted a $250 million loan today, but that doesn't mean they can't still party!

AP - 'At Last' may have been just what President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle were thinking Tuesday night as they glided through their first inaugural dance to the Etta James classic.

AP - 'At Last' may have been just what President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle were thinking Tuesday night as they glided through their first inaugural dance to the Etta James classic.