John and Mary Food Store, a convenience store that specializes in soul food and Yakamein, was shuttered. Pal's Lounge, a dive bar with house cocktails and frequent pop-ups, sat lifeless on the corner of Rendon and St. Phillip streets.

New Orleans has a commendable, if not wholly good, reputation as a vacation destination. The weather is warm, the music is great, and the city is generally regarded as an excellent place for a weekend of wanton depravity.

The storm has killed at least 12 people, including five in Zavala County, Texas, early on Tuesday in a car accident on Highway 57, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Trump will take the oath at 9 a.m. PST. The swearing-in was last moved indoors in 1985, when President Ronald Reagan began his second term. Weather is expected to be sunny with a high of 24 degrees.

“All attendees will undergo screenings and checkpoints,” said Matt McCool, Secret Service special agent in charge of Washington, D.C. during a press conference before the inauguration. “More than 30 miles of anti-scale fence will be used for the inauguration.”

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order that aims to restrict automatic citizenship to babies born on U.S. soil, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional.” The order Mr. Trump signed on Monday was an effort to upend the nation’s immigration laws and reverse decades of precedent and would affect children born to undocumented or temporary immigrants.

On the day he took office, President DONALD TRUMP insisted that U.S. control of Greenland was necessary for American security. But short of buying — or seizing — the island outright, Trump already has much of what he wants in Greenland.

Trump cited the disasters during his inauguration speech Monday as examples of an insufficient federal response to communities in need.

Noem faced questions from lawmakers about how she would handle domestic terrorism, but her remarks largely focused on immigration policy, especially along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Toward the end of Donald Trump’s inauguration speech, sandwiched between his promises to take back the Panama Canal from China and extend manifest destiny to Mars, the newly minted U.S. President had this to say about America’s well-being: “We will end the chronic disease epidemic and keep our children safe, healthy and disease-free.”

The FBI confirmed it closed its Office of Diversity and Inclusion in December ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's return to office.

Trump's inauguration completes a triumphant comeback for a political disruptor who survived two impeachment trials, a felony conviction, two assassination attempts and an indictment for attempting to