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The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's first Cabinet members Friday, formally approving his defense secretary and secretary of homeland security. The final vote to confirm retired Marine Gen.
The former Republican vice president, inside the Capitol following Friday's inauguration ceremony, extolled the new president's speech as "fabulous" and "right on target." "He's going to make America great again," Quayle said.
The freshly-inaugurated Trump administration has halted a cut to the FHA mortgage insurance premium that Obama's team announced during his final days in office. The Department of Housing and Urban Development said Friday that the reduction to the annual mortgage insurance premiums borrowers pay when taking out government-backed home loans has been "suspended indefinitely."
After a presidential election that many deemed historically contentious and brutal, Americans likely want a break from election campaigns, but Virginia voters unfortunately do not have that luxury.
"Congratulations to President Trump," said the South Carolina senator, who also sought the Republican nomination last year. "It was an amazing rise in American politics and I look forward to working with him.
The new president delivered an inaugural address Friday that was straight from his campaign script - to the delight or dismay of different subsets of Americans. Trump gave nods to unity and began with kind words for Barack and Michelle Obama, but pivoted immediately to a searing indictment of the status quo and the Obama years.
President Donald Trump on Friday quickly claimed the mantle of the White House, signing legislation allowing retired Gen. James Mattis to serve as his defense secretary, as well as the nomination papers for his Cabinet choices.
WASHINGTON The Capitol complex will still be fortified when the Senate gets back to legislative action shortly after Donald Trump leaves the building for the first time as president. Senators will waste little starting to process Trump's nominees, with national security positions expected to be the first out of the gate, though all that must wait for the Senate to have something to consent to, meaning nominations for people like retired Gen.
A few hours after President-elect Donald Trump was briefed by intelligence officials about Russian meddling in the election, an Associated Press reporter called his cellphone seeking an interview. The call went to voicemail and the reporter did not leave a message.
Two weeks before Donald Trump's inauguration, Moumita Ahmed packed her bags and moved from New York to Washington, D.C. to house hunt. The property she's seeking will serve as a base for activists throughout Trump's presidency, where organizers will meet, hold trainings, and possibly stay overnight while in town.
Just before noon, Donald Trump will stand in front of the U.S. Capitol, place his hand on Abraham Lincoln's Bible and take the oath of office as the next president of the United States.
So many people have turned out for the Women's March in Chicago that organizers have cancelled their plans to march through the city's downtown. Organizers say far more people than they were initially expecting are at the demonstration in Grant Park along Lake Michigan, and overflow areas are being used.
An attempt by the Associated Press to smear Tom Price, nominated by Donald Trump as the next HHS Secretary, began Wednesday after the opening round of a Senate committee hearing. As of this writing, the wire service is up to its third such entry.
Flags with the image of President-elect Donald Trump are displayed for sale on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, ahead of Friday's inauguration. On the morning 19 months ago when Donald Trump descended the escalator in his glitzy Manhattan tower, waving to onlookers who lined the rails, many Americans knew little about him beyond that he was very rich and had a thing for firing people on a reality television show.
The world's eyes will be on the United States Capitol's steps tomorrow as Donald J. Trump is sworn in as the 45th American president. The multi-tiered platform built to accommodate the presidential event is draped in American flags and has seating for hundreds of VIPs.
Proponents and opponents of Kansas' business tax exemptions met Thursday on the legislative battlefield for the first time in the new session. A host of lawmakers garnered votes this fall by campaigning against the state's exemptions for limited liability companies, called the LLC loophole by opponents.
Donald Trump is set to appoint a Cabinet with no Latino members for the first time in 30 years . Trump's Cabinet also has the fewest non-white and female members in decades.
On the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration, one of the biggest tech-related questions surrounding his administration is the future of net neutrality. The Federal Communications Commission under President Barack Obama has taken steps to prevent internet service providers from favoring certain kinds of content over others, thereby preserving the core principles of a free and open internet.