Trump plans to bid farewell to the presidency at an event at Joint Base Andrews before flying to Florida -- skipping Joe Biden's inauguration.

The speech comes less than a day before President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn-in to office.

U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to grant clemency to rapper Lil Wayne on Tuesday in a final wave of pardons and commutations.

The FBI is assisting the U.S. military in vetting more than 25,000 National Guard troops being deployed to help protect Joe Biden's inauguration for potential security concerns.

It comes on the heels of a Liberal fundraising letter that accused the Conservatives of "continuing a worrisome pattern of divisive politics and catering to the extreme right."

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said officials are conscious of the potential threat, and he warned commanders to be on the lookout for any problems within their ranks.

The heightened rhetoric mimics language far-right extremists and white supremacists have used for years, and it follows a year of civil unrest over the killing of George Floyd.

The timing for the trial, the first of a president no longer in office, has not yet been set.

The FBI has warned of armed protests being planned by violent Trump supporters in all 50 state capitals as well as in Washington for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.

Only one lawmaker was known to have gotten inside the Capitol and since was charged with a crime and resigned.