Posted: 6:48 AM Four years ago, President Barack Obama and his staff spent the first day in the White House learning the basics

Posted: 6:46 AM Obama pledged in his inaugural speech to respond to what he called the threat of climate change, saying, "Failure to do so would betray our children and future generations."

Posted: 6:43 AM The nation's high school graduation rate is the highest since 1976, but more than a fifth of students are still failing to get their diploma in four years, the Education Department said in a study released Tuesday.

Posted: 6:38 AM As crowds descended and the inauguration unfolded, a few museum curators in Washington kept watch for symbols and messages that would make history.

Posted: 6:32 AM Crowded subway stations and a disabled train caused major headaches Monday for thousands of rail riders trying to get home from President Barack Obama's second inauguration.

Posted: 6:18 AM True, the crowd was roughly half that of Obama's momentous inauguration in 2009, and the sense of history, and pure excitement, far less potent.

Posted: 5:30 AM Gov. Bill Haslam has no public events scheduled this week as he prepares to deliver his annual State of the State address.

Posted: 1:35 PM Declaring "our journey is not complete," President Barack Obama took the oath of office for his second term before a crowd of hundreds of thousands Monday

Updated: 7:06 AM The district's homeland security director, Chris Geldart, said Sunday that officials now expect between 500,000 and 700,000 people to attend. That's fewer than the 600,000 to 800,000 people initially anticipated.

Updated: 7:05 AM Latinos are taking a more prominent role in President Barack Obama's second inauguration, from the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice swearing in the vice president to a star-studded concert celebrating Latino culture.

Posted: 7:03 AM For all the talk about fewer celebrities making it to Washington this time for the inauguration, you would have had a hard time not bumping into one — literally — at a packed downtown restaurant Sunday evening.

Posted: 7:02 AM President Barack Obama has rendered his opinion on what he called the most significant event of inaugural weekend: his wife's new haircut.

Posted: 6:44 AM President Barack Obama has prepared a second inaugural address that broadly lays out his vision for the country's future

Posted: 6:41 AM Democrats are looking to make new revenue part of the Senate's first budget in almost four years, which will be released soon after the start of President Barack Obama's second term.

Posted: 6:40 AM The Obama administration says it's confident stricter gun laws can be passed, but it's hedging its optimism by stressing just how politically difficult it will be.

Posted: 6:38 AM Inauguration-goers will be screened at security checkpoints Monday, but officials hope that additional metal detectors and staff will help ease the congestion

Updated: 11:58 AM Tennessee got its moment in the spotlight during Monday's opening ceremonies as Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) spoke briefly minutes before President Barack Obama takes the oath of office.

Posted: 6:06 AM His second term already under way, President Barack Obama aims to set an optimistic tone when he takes the oath again to lead a divided nation seeking solutions to economic woes at home and conflict overseas.

Posted: 12:14 PM The soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team have gone to war five times since 9/11, and 84 have been killed — including 13 during their current deployment to Afghanistan.

Posted: 12:05 PM The special operations team within Northcom will be turned into a new headquarters, led by a general instead of a colonel. It was established in a Dec. 31 memo signed by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.

Posted: 11:58 AM Vice President Joe Biden said the nation could not wait any longer to respond to gun violence, telling mayors on Thursday that the White House would "take this fight to the halls of Congress."

Posted: 11:17 AM The Collierville Republican was arrested in October 2011 in Nashville after failing a roadside sobriety test. A loaded .38-caliber gun was found stuffed between the driver's seat and center console.

Posted: 7:31 AM In the middle of a bitter fight over a Republican president's nominee for defense secretary, a former White House occupant pleaded with senators to give the president his choice for the Pentagon job.

Posted: 6:41 AM The Obama administration has declared it cannot accept new terrorist sanctuaries in Mali or anywhere else and has promised to support French and African efforts to restore security.

Posted: 6:39 AM Despite a relentless workload ahead, President Barack Obama is lighter on his feet in one sense as he opens his second term.