We’ll have more than two dozen reporters and visual journalists covering the events in real time, starting early Monday morning.

President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn-in for a second term Monday in front of a crowd of former presidents, elected officials and family members gathered at the U.S. Capitol. The inauguration ceremony will take place indoors in the Capitol Rotunda and marks the official transfer of presidential power.

Under the Constitution’s 20th Amendment, the newly elected president of the United States takes office on Jan. 20 (unless that’s a Sunday, in which case it moves to Jan. 21). For Trump’s (second) big day, the pomp and circumstance will include performances by Carrie Underwood and the Village People, a military parade, and formal balls.

Trump's "Make America Great Again Victory Rally" marks his first major speech in Washington since he urged his supporters to march on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in protest against his defeat.

The inauguration marks the official transfer of presidential power, with the executive branch changing hands from the Biden administration to the Trump administration. The 20th Amendment states that a president's four-year term ends at noon on Jan.

There are, alas, some who don’t have the option of tuning out on Monday as Donald Trump is once more sworn into the presidency— billionaires, historians, journalists (including, of course, our wonderful colleagues here at Vanity Fair ). But others have no such mandate, freeing them up to spend January 20 on any number of other pursuits.