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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump weren't the only presidential candidates last summer pondering issues and delivering speeches. Potomac's Daniel Yaya threw his hat in the ring, too.
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., center, flanked by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, left, and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., pauses as he answers... . Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, flanked by Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, left, and Rep. John Conyers, ... .
The head of the International Monetary Fund this weekend said she sees "reasons to be optimistic" about the U.S. economy's prospects under President Donald Trump, but that international consequences may arise "for which [other] economies have to prepare." Christine Lagarde, who has served at the helm of the District of Columbia-based IMF since 2011, spoke Sunday at the World Government Summit in Dubai.
On Friday, a federal judge in Washington state put a temporary stay on the measures pending a wider legal review. PIC: People protest against President Donald Trump as they gather at the entrance to the Mar-a-Lago Resort where he is staying for the weekend.
MAY 19: Thomas Homan, , executive associate director for enforcement and removal operations in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Ronald Vitiello, acting chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, appear before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Capitol Hill May 19, 2016 in Washington, DC. The subcommittee heard testimony on immigration policies on the Obama Administration.
FEBRUARY 14: U.S. Senator John McCain , and Senator Lindsey Graham speak to the press during a news conference on the terror attack that killed four Americans in Benghazi February 14, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The senators questioned why the Obama Administration did not seek enough help from the Libya government during the attack.
A student walks past a colorful mural at Luke C. Moore Academy High School in Washington, D.C., in Dec. 2016. D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser had just a few minutes to speak to hundreds of thousands of people at the Women's March on Washington.
President Donald Trump takes the cap off a pen before signing executive order for immigration actions to build border wall during a visit to the Homeland Security Department in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. . Former South Carolina Governor and current ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, in middle, waves to the crowd after current Governor Henry McMaster, at left, was sworn in by S.C. Chief Justice Don Beatty during a ceremon... .
Sen. Franken: No Democrat will vote for Betsy DeVos as education secretary - and we're seeking Republicans to oppose her Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee member Sen. Al Franken shakes hands with Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be the next Secretary of Education, with Sen. Michael Bennet after her confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill January 17, 2017 in Washington, DC.
At a rally to celebrate National School Choice Week, House Speaker Paul Ryan said every parent should have the right to send their children to the school of their choice. "Every parent should have the chance to choose a decent school for your child," Ryan said, surrounded by children from Sacred Heart Catholic School in D.C. who carried signs emblazoned with messages such as "Put Kids First" and "Got Choice?" Ryan praised President Donald Trump's pick for Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos, and said the scholarship program to allow low-income children in the District of Columbia to attend private and religious schools, which was ended by President Barack Obama, would be expanded by the Republican-led Congress.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., speaks to participants of EMILY's List "Ready to Run" candidate training at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 22, 2017. The day after the Women's March brought half a million people to Washington, 500 women from across the country spent Sunday learning how to run for office.
President-elect Donald Trump and President Barack Obama arrive for Trump's inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. President Donald Trump takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts, as his wife Melania holds the bible, and with his children Barron, Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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.
Outside Washington, D.C.'s Union Station on Thursday morning, late commuters mingled with visitors to the nation's capital as private vendors hawked unlicensed Trump merchandise to arriving inauguration attendees. Business, at least at that hour, was not brisk: Many passersby-arriving off trains from the Northeast Corridor and likely in town for planned anti-Trump protests-stopped for photos with the lone Bernie Sanders supporter outside the station, holding a styrofoam board clustered with buttons from a bygone primary.
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.
JANUARY 19: President-elect of The United States Donald J. Trump and first Lady-elect Melania Trump arrive at Joint Base Andrews the day before his swearing in January 19, 2017 in Maryland. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to come to the National Mall to witness Trump being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.
Donald Trump's inauguration as US President takes place on Friday 20 January at noon local time . The main ceremony is held at the White House, with the official swearing-in ceremony taking place on the steps in front of the Capitol.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to fill the nation's capital for the inauguration of Donald Trump, and while the majority of those expected in Washington on Friday will be there to celebrate, some protesters say their plan is to do their best to disrupt the day. A coalition calling itself DisruptJ20, after the date of the inauguration, says people participating in its actions will attempt to shut down or cause delays at security checkpoints going in to the inauguration ceremony.
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.