State Dept. condemns arrests, repression in Russia

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Friday that the Senate trial in Trump's impeachment would begin the week of Feb. 8 -- a timeline that gives more leeway for Biden's Cabinet officials to be confirmed.

Right now, only two of Biden's appointees have been confirmed.

The House will deliver an article of impeachment against Trump on Monday, which will formally launch the impeachment trial against the former president, which could have begun as early as Tuesday.

The later date also allows Trump time to mount a legal defense.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin

Biden and the president of Mexico spoke over the phone on Friday.

According to the the White House's readout, the Biden administration plans on "reversing the previous administration’s draconian immigration policies." Biden said he wants to increase the number of lawful immigration pathways, reduce migration by addressing its root causes, and improve processing asylum requests at the border. The two presidents agreed to work closely to together to both stem the flow of migration as well as coordinate the fight against COVID-19.

According to Mexico's readout, the conversation unfolded in a "cordial tone."

Biden's work in the White House and in the country is just beginning.

ABC reported that while Biden has been in office for only three days, he has already made significant tweaks to the Oval Office. 

In a wall next to his desk he hung a portrait of Benjamin Franklin. 

He also hung up portraits of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson.

Apart from that, he added busts of Latino civil rights activist Cesar Chavez, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt and former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. 

The portrait of controversial President Andrew Jackson, which Donald Trump previously hung in the office, is long gone.

This Saturday, the president will hold a private meeting with advisors in his new office, according to the White House.

Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this entry incorrectly referred to Alexander Hamilton as a former president. He was a founding father and the first treasury secretary of the United States. The entry has been updated.

-ABC's Michelle Stoddart and Adia Robinson

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shared details of his phone conversation Friday with President Joe Biden.

The two discussed "ending the pandemic, growing the middle class, fighting climate change, and creating good jobs for people on both sides of the border," among other issues, Trudeau tweeted, along with a photo of himself smiling while on the phone.

The two leaders "agreed to work shoulder to shoulder" to address the issues, Trudeau added, before congratulating Biden -- whom he referred to as "Joe" -- on the inauguration.  

According to a readout of the conversation from Trudeau's office, the prime minister also raised Canada's "disappointment" over Biden's cancelation of the Keystone XL pipeline and urged the removal of softwood lumber duties that Trump imposed.

In its own readout of the conversation, the White House said that Biden "acknowledged" Trudeau's "disappointment" about the Keystone XL pipeline, and that the president "reaffirmed his commitment to maintain an active bilateral dialogue and to further deepen cooperation with Canada."

Trudeau and Biden agreed to meet next month "in order to advance the important work of renewing the deep and enduring friendship between Canada and the United States," the prime minister's office said. 

-ABC News' Kirit Radia and Benjamin Siu