The White House today declined to provide intimate details of the message the two-term Republican left for the incoming Democrat, saying only that Bush wrote it yesterday and left it in the top drawer of his desk.

A simple list of today’s events in Washington.

Photos from Washington and around the world as President-Elect Barack Obama makes the transition into the White House.

Crowds streamed into the nation’s capital Tuesday, packing mass transit and suburban subway parking lots before dawn as out-of-towners and area residents alike headed for Pennsylvania Avenue and the National Mall for the swearing in of President-elect Barack Obama.

Stepping into history, Barack Hussein Obama grasps the reins of power as America’s first black president in a high-noon inauguration amid grave economic worries and high expectations.

The wife of Vice President-elect Joe Biden let it slip to Oprah Winfrey Monday that her husband had a pick of two jobs in the Obama administration.

When Elisabeth Epps was 11 years old, her parents dragged her to Richmond to watch the inauguration of L. Douglas Wilder, the nation’s first elected black governor.

The slender man with the odd name, the charismatic senator with the soaring rhetoric, will make history Tuesday.

The University of Virginia for the first time will suspend classes so students and staff can watch the presidential inauguration.

The University of Virginia for the first time will suspend classes so students and staff will be able to watch Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration.

Gen. Colin Powell asked Americans to consider their day off on Martin Luther King Day a “day on” instead.

President-elect Barack Obama is adding a “Youth Ball” to the parties planned to celebrate his Jan. 20 inauguration.

Attending President-elect Barack Obama’s swearing-in next month may be free, but the cost of being a part of the inaugural festivities can add up quickly.

“I feel that I have the right to bear arms legally to defend myself, my family and my property,” Massie said. “I don’t believe that the government has the right to tell me I can’t do it.”

With Barack Obama moving into the White House next month and the ongoing celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s life, the nation’s capital and its many tourism sites have been thrust into the spotligh