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The literary response to historic tragedies has been a process of absorbing trauma - often beginning with poetry and non-fiction and, after months or years, expanding to narrative fiction.
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The comedian has been active in the comedy scene for several years and published three books
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Biden will take the oath on his 127-year-old family Bible, which will be held by his wife, Jill Biden.
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The pardons and commutations for 143 people, including Bannon, were announced after midnight Wednesday in the final hours of Trump's White House term.
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The Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives passed a resolution on Tuesday night by 223 to 205 votes, calling upon upon Pence to mobilise the Cabinet to activate the 25th Amendment to remove the president from office.
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Posts on pro-Trump and far-right online networks have called for protest action on a number of dates, including armed demonstrations in cities across the country on January 17
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US Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick was reportedly struck in the head with a fire extinguisher on Wednesday while struggling with the rioters who swarmed through the halls of Congress
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This is a decision that strengthened the American policy on Tibet and reaffirmed the government's steadfast support for the Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration
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Biden is expected to make the announcement in coming days, along with choices for other key health posts, including head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Trump and his allies have brought at least 50 legal cases trying to overturn the results in the swing states Biden won — mainly Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
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Twitter and Facebook both stepped up enforcement of policies against harmful and hateful content during the US election campaign, in many cases limiting the reach of comments by President Donald Trump.
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Trump reportedly asked the question after a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that Iran was continuing to stockpile uranium.
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By Friday morning, Biden overtook Trump in the number of ballots counted in the battleground, a must-win state for Trump that has long been a Republican stronghold
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The development comes as President Trump has made controversial broad allegations of voter fraud in Tuesday's election.
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When last reports came in Biden had received 237 electoral college votes as against 213 of incumbent President Donald Trump of the Republican Party.
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With a record more than 100 million Americans having voted ahead of Election Day due to the Covid-19 pandemic, definitive final results could easily take hours or even days to be tabulated.
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He has previously expressed that he was concerned about the political blowback of removing the popular and respected doctor before Election Day.
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Facebook fact-checkers avoided punishing conservative groups for breaking the rules over the past few months and the goal was to avoid the perception of being biased against conservative groups.
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Even as Covid-19 infections spike, Trump has stuck to his guns, downplaying the dangers and branding Democrats as rampaging "socialists" intent on shuttering the country.
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The Republican Party's first attempt to terminate the six-day deadline extension was struck down by the US Supreme Court on Wednesday.