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It was creepy when former President Barack Obama declared his first Inauguration Day as "National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation" and called upon us to find "common purpose of remaking this nation for our new century." And it's creepy when President Donald Trump declares his Inauguration Day as "National Day of Patriotic Devotion," one in which "a new national pride stirs the American soul and inspires the American heart."
I was with the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance in DC on January 20, one of many groups demonstrating against Trump during his inauguration. NCNR has been speaking out and acting in resistance against the crimes of our government since 2003.
Congressional Republicans leave their annual policy retreat divided over paying for President Donald Trump's border wall, one of several thorny issues looming to trip them up as the GOP adjusts to full control of Washington. Lawmakers welcomed a speech from Trump endorsing their goals on repealing and replacing former President Barack Obama's health care law and overhauling the loophole-ridden tax code.
At the center is Chief of Staff Reince Priebus. . President Donald Trump points to guests upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force One, Md., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017.
The day after Donald Trump was inaugurated as president, January 21, more than 4 million people joined "Women's Marches" across the United States to protest the new Commander in Chief's promised attacks on women's rights. Hundreds of thousands more took to the streets around the world, with protests on every continent, including Antarctica.
Flint City Council members look into ways to penalize landlords who fail to pay utility bills owed to the city when the bill is included in rent payments from tenants.
While President Donald Trump continues his jeremiad against urban life, the nation's mayors see poverty as their number one economic problem. n his inaugural address, President Donald Trump returned to his familiar urban script.
For nearly two and a half centuries this continent has been buffeted by the breezes, and sometimes battered by the fierce atmospheric currents, of change. Last weekend the winds veered in gusts and the country reeled with change.
It matters that the crowd for the Women's March on Washington was far bigger than that for President Donald Trump's inauguration. The new president often boasts of having started a great movement.
President Donald Trump's pick for labor secretary outsourced his fast-food company's technology department to the Philippines, a move that contradicts Trump's vow to keep American jobs in the U.S. Trump has blasted, threatened and tried to charm American companies that have so much as contemplated moving jobs overseas, saying he's sticking up for American workers who aren't feeling the economic recovery and form his political base. But a filing with the Labor Department on CEO Andrew Puzder's company - and a spokesman's acknowledgement that CKE continues to use the IT operation in the Philippines - provides a window into a key contradiction raised by the nomination.
On Friday, Jan. 27, President Donald Trump signed an ex... . Protesters assemble at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 after two Iraqi refugees were detained while trying to enter the country.
President Donald Trump reportedly phoned the acting director of the National Park service on the first full day of his presidency to dispute the widely circulated photos of Trump's inauguration crowd. The Washington Post reported Thursday that Trump personally pressured park service chief Michael Reynolds to produce additional photographs of the previous days' crowds on the National Mall.
For the past two months, Democratic leaders have been reportedly discussing ways to approach the presidency of Donald Trump and have largely landed on a conclusion: fight him at every turn in a 'not-now-not-ever' opposition. Politico reported that it conducted interviews with about two dozen Democrats in office who were willing to discuss the internal debate.
The US President's chief strategist said in an interview with The New York Times that the press has become "the opposition party" and it should "keep its mouth shut". Steve Bannon, one of Donald Trump's closest advisers in the White House, said in an interview that "the media here is the opposition party.
Donald Trump will get his first shot at face-to-face diplomacy on Friday when he welcomes his first foreign visitor to the Oval Office, British Prime Minister Theresa May. The new US president and the premier, who took office in July, both have strong political incentives to make the visit -- likely to be heavier on symbolism and aspiration than deliverables -- a roaring success. The Prime Minister is telling Britons their country will be a robust global trading power once it has exited the European Union, and a free-trade pact with the US is the most important pillar of that plan.
With some careful planning and lots of energy, Parkway junior Reese Fokine attended last week's inauguration ceremonies. He was accompanied by close friends Ben Black and Cory Johnson.
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to speak on the phone Saturday in their first conversation since Trump took office, an administration official told CNN. This month, he suggested he would lift sanctions imposed by the Obama administration if the Kremlin helps the US battle terrorists.
Niv Dagan, Peak Asset Management executive director, discusses the outlook for U.S. equities with Bloomberg's Julie Hyman and Yvonne Man on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia." Rep. Michael McCaul, a Republican from Texas and chairman of the House Homeland Security Council, discusses his advisory work with President Donald Trump on the building of a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border and funding options to start the wall's construction.
As President Donald Trump rolls out plans to build a wall on the Mexican border and considers blocking refugees, Missouri lawmakers are trying again to pass a bill aimed at cracking down on deported immigrants who come back and commit crimes. Under the proposal pitched Thursday by Republican Sen. Mike Cunningham, immigrants who are deported but come back and commit any assault or felony offence would face up to 10 years in prison for "illegal re-entry."
Hillary Clinton garnered more than 800,000 votes from noncitizens on Nov. 8, an approximation far short of President Trump's estimate of up to 5 million illegal voters but supportive of his charges of fraud. Political scientist Jesse Richman of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, has worked with colleagues to produce groundbreaking research on noncitizen voting, and this week he posted a blog in response to Mr. Trump's assertion.