President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017.

Until then, he will spend a great deal of time building out his cabinet and White House staff, meeting with reporters and the media and generally preparing to take on one of the most important offices in the world.

Here's the latest on the transition:

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Austin Walters died from an overdose in 2021 after taking a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, his father said. A new law named after Austin and aimed at preventing deaths from fentanyl has resulted in its first convictions in Georgia, prosecutors said. (Family photo)

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