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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.
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.
Donald Trump, the real estate mogul and reality television star who upended American politics and energized voters angry with Washington, will be sworn in Friday as the 45th president of the United States, putting Republicans in control of the White House for the first time in eight years. “It all begins today!” Trump tweeted at daybreak, before heading to a morning church service with his family as light rain fell.
Trump supporters and protesters have gathered in Washington ahead of the swearing-in ceremony while dozens of Democratic lawmakers are boycotting the event. Donald Trump, the real estate mogul and reality television star who upended American politics and energized voters angry with Washington, will be sworn in Friday as the 45th president of the United States, putting Republicans in control of the White House for the first time in eight years.
Welcome to Inauguration Day where Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. Here's what's on his schedule: 8:30 a.m. President-elect Trump will attend a church service with his family.
Donald Trump, a real estate mogul and reality television star who upended American politics and energized voters angry with Washington, will be sworn in Friday as the 45th president of the United States, putting Republicans in control of the White House for the first time in eight years. Ebullient Trump supporters flocked to the nation's capital for the inaugural festivities, some wearing red hats emblazoned with his "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan.
The day has finally come for President Barack Obama to hand over the reins to Donald J. Trump, and while the country is in disarray and overtly divided, come Jan. 20, surely Obama has nothing but a smooth transition planned. As Michelle Obama said, "When they go low, you go high."
In this Jan. 21, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama, accompanied by first lady Michelle Obama and daughters, Sasha Obama and Malia Obama, is sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington. Donald Trump says his inauguration will have a an unbelievable, perhaps record-setting turnout.a Organizers of a protest the next day call in the biggest demonstration in history to welcome a new president.
A suite of Mickalene Thomas's lush, glittering photos and paintings of women went on display at the Newcomb Art Museum on the Tulane University campus on Wednesday evening . Thomas's career is especially resonant on the eve of Inauguration Day 2017, because her art had a role in the inauguration of the current president.
President Barack Obama says that after he leaves office on Friday he wants to take time to process the "amazing experience" his family has gone through. Addressing reporters at his final news conference, Obama says he wants to make sure that Michelle Obama, his wife of 24 years, is willing to "re-up" and put up with him a little bit longer.
Gobbetti will join the company on Jan. 27, as executive chairman, Asia-Pacific and Middle East until July 4, when he will become ceo. With the inaugural festivities nearing, incoming first lady Melania Trump is about to give a bevy of fashion designers some global publicity.
President Barack Obama greets youngsters at Sasha and Malia's former White House playground which was donated to the Jobs Have Priority Family Shelter. From now on, children at a family shelter in southeast Washington, D.C., may get a kick out of the fact that they are swinging and sliding where two of the country's most famous children once played.
A story widely shared online that claims President Barack Obama's mother-in-law will receive a lifetime government pension is false. The post published by The Boston Tribune , a satire website that mimics an actual news publication, is headlined " First Grandma Marian Robinson to Receive Lifetime $160K Government Pension."
Michelle Obama has said packing up to leave the White House has been "surprisingly emotional" as she reflected on her eight years in the spotlight. When asked by host Jimmy Fallon if preparing to leave the White House for good had been emotional, she said: "It is.
President Barack Obama says choosing Joe Biden to be his vice president was the first and best choice he made. He says Biden - "the scrappy kid from Scranton who became Delaware's favorite son" - has not only been a great vice president during the past eight years, but he also was an unexpected gift.
President Barack Obama waves as he arrives to give his presidential farewell address at McCormick Place in Chicago, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. President Barack Obama waves as he arrives to give his presidential farewell address at McCormick Place in Chicago, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017.
Meryl Streep's acceptance speech after receiving a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes turned out to be the opening volley in a war of words with President-elect Donald Trump. The actress never mentioned Trump by name, but it was clear who her target was in pointedly saying that a performance from the past year that stunned her came from the campaign trail.
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama stops for selfies during her annual visit to the Toys for Tots event at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling Dec. 7, 2016, in Washington, D.C. Photo by Kevin Lamarque/REUTERS WASHINGTON First Lady Michelle Obama made an impassioned case for embracing diversity and welcoming all religious groups in a not-so-veiled message to her husband's successor two weeks ahead of Inauguration Day. In what was billed as her last formal speech before President Barack Obama leaves office, the first lady said Friday at an event honoring high school counselors that the United States belonged to people from all backgrounds and walks of life.
First lady Michelle Obama made an impassioned case for embracing diversity and welcoming all religious groups on Friday in a not-so-veiled message to her husband's successor two weeks ahead of Inauguration Day. In what was billed as her last formal speech before President Barack Obama leaves office, the first lady said at an event honouring high school counselors that the United States belonged to people from all backgrounds and walks of life.
According to reports, his transition team is calling on GOP congressional leaders to fund the creation of a wall along the Mexican border as soon as April. Trump initially said that he wanted Mexico to pay for the construction of the wall, but now he's proposing that the U.S. front the funds and have Mexico reimburse our country.