More than two million people flooded the streets of Washington and other US cities and demonstrators around the world joined in as women opposed to Donald Trump led a peaceful, stunning rebuke against the new US president. As a sea of protesters brought downtown Washington to a standstill, streaming past the White House in pink “pussyhats,” Trump launched a withering attack on the media, accusing it of downplaying or even lying about the attendance at his swearing-in a day earlier.
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in Photos: Women protesters swarm streets across Us in challenge to Trump
Hundreds of thousands of women, many with husbands, boyfriends and children in tow, filled the streets of several major US cities on Saturday in an unprecedented wave of mass protests against President Donald Trump the day after his inauguration. Women activists, galvanized by Trump campaign rhetoric and behavior they found to be especially misogynistic, spearheaded scores of US marches and sympathy rallies around the world that organizers said drew nearly 5 million protesters in all.
Trump Visits CIA, Bristles Over Inauguration Crowd Count
On his first full day in office, President Donald Trump on Saturday berated the media over its coverage of his inauguration, and turned a bridge-building first visit to CIA headquarters into an airing of grievances about “dishonest” journalists. But it was Trump who spread inaccuracies about the size of the crowds at his swearing in.
Thousands of demonstrators protest Trump in Atlanta
Thousands of protesters gathered Saturday in Atlanta, joining their voices with others nationwide to tell the nation’s new president they oppose much of what he says he plans to do. As they began their march across town, U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Atlanta told the crowd, “don’t let anybody, anybody turn you around.
Trump praises the CIA, bristles over inaugural crowd counts
President Donald Trump moved to repair his tumultuous relationship with America’s spy agencies on his first full day in office, but his bridge-building visit to CIA headquarters Saturday quickly morphed into a platform for the new commander in chief to complain about media coverage of his inauguration, misstating the size of his crowd. Standing in front of a memorial for fallen CIA agents, Trump assured intelligence officials, “I am so behind you.”
‘Women’s March’ Occupies Washington Day After Donald Trump’s Inauguration
Roughly half a million people of all ages, backgrounds and genders crammed into the nation’s capital a day after President Donald Trump took the oath of office-a demonstration that called itself the “Women’s March,” but protested the GOP agenda on healthcare, immigration and the rights of racial and sexual minorities. Participants packed the center of the city so densely that little actual marching occurred.
Trump praises CIA, bristles over crowd counts
On his first full day in office President Donald Trump on Saturday berated the media over its coverage of his inauguration, and turned a bridge-building first visit to CIA headquarters into an airing of grievances about “dishonest” journalists. But it was Trump who spread inaccuracies about the size of the crowds at his swearing in.
The Latest: Women’s March protesters head toward White House
Organizers of the Women’s March on Washington are encouraging attendees to march on their own to the grassy Ellipse near the White House.
March in NYC heads to president’s local home
Demonstrators march across 42nd Street during a women’s march, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in New York. The march is being held in solidarity with similar events taking place in Washington and around the nation.
Womena s march draws crowd to downtown Riverside in protest of President Trump
RIVERSIDE >> More than 2,000 rallied through the streets of downtown Riverside on Saturday morning,calling for women’s rights and protesting the new president’s past comments about women. Similar demonstrations are taking place across Southern California and the nation one day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
Hundreds of thousands of women march against Trump
Wearing pink, pointy-eared “pussyhats” to mock the new president, hundreds of thousands of women took to the streets in the nation’s capital and cities around the world Saturday to send Donald Trump an emphatic message that they won’t let his agenda go unchallenged over the next four years.
Hundreds of Thousands Of Women Protest Against Trump
Wearing pink, pointy-eared “pussyhats” to mock the new president, hundreds of thousands of women took to the streets in the nation’s capital and cities around the world Saturday to send Donald Trump an emphatic message that they won’t let his agenda go unchallenged over the next four years. “We march today for the moral core of this nation, against which our new president is waging a war,” actress America Ferrera told the Washington crowd.
‘Landline’ offers a likeable love letter to the 90s
Comedian Jenny Slate and director Gillian Robespierre have re-teamed to try to recreate the magic of their 2014 film “Obvious Child,” a smart and tender movie that was swept a bit under the rug by its misguided designation as “the abortion comedy.” The likable, lightweight “Landline” sees Slate playing Dana, a young woman who’s engaged and having mixed feelings about it; meanwhile, she and her more adventurous younger sister discover their dad is cheating on their mom .
Pink-hatted protesters vow to resist Trump in Women’s March on Washington
Tens of thousands women, determined to mount a roaring rejoinder to the inaugural gathering for Donald Trump, were descending on Washington Saturday morning for the Women’s March. Joined by husbands, boyfriends and children and coming from around the country, marchers quickly occupied a growing swath of terrain around the National Museum of the American Indian.
A Huckabee lands West Wing job
President Donald Trump has tapped an Arkansan to work at the White House, hiring Sarah Huckabee Sanders as a key spokesman. The daughter of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will serve as deputy assistant to the president and principal deputy press secretary.
Just feet from swearing-in sit Clintons
Hillary Clinton looked on from fewer than 10 seats away as Donald Trump took the oath of office. She was fulfilling the role of a former first lady instead of becoming the first woman to be inaugurated as president.
Pen is put to paper on filling Cabinet, repealing health law
Later, with a swift stroke of a pen, Trump signed an executive order on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that his spokesman, Sean Spicer, said would require government agencies to “ease the burden of the law.” The order declares that Trump’s administration will seek the “prompt repeal” of the law and that the government should prepare to “afford the states more flexibility and control to create a more free and open healthcare market.”
Celebration and chaos collide as Trump becomes president
The nation’s stark divide was on full display in Washington Friday as Donald Trump became America’s 45th president amid joyous roars of support and eruptions of chaos throughout the city, including the removal of a half-dozen protesters who tried to disrupt the swearing-in ceremony. Less than two miles from where Trump and former president Barack Obama joined hundreds of other elected officials at the west front of the U.S. Capitol, anarchists armed with crowbars and hammers marched through the city’s streets, toppling over news boxes, smashing bus-stop glass, vandalizing businesses, spray-painting buildings and, in one case, bashing in the windows of a black limousine.
Senate confirms Trump’s picks for defense, homeland security
The Republican-led Senate, taking little time to fill two critical national security posts, overwhelmingly confirmed a pair of retired Marine generals tapped by President Donald Trump to run the Pentagon and secure America’s borders. A little more than an hour later, Vice President Mike Pence administered the oath of office to James Mattis to be defense secretary and John Kelly to lead the Department of Homeland Security.
Melania Trump wears sky-blue cashmere Ralph Lauren ensemble
Incoming first lady Melania Trump wore a sky-blue cashmere jacket and mock turtleneck dress by Ralph Lauren, the brand that designed so many Hillary Clinton pantsuits, on Inauguration Day. “It was important to us to uphold and celebrate the tradition of creating iconic American style for this moment,” Lauren’s company said in a statement.
Trump begins to set up his administration
President Donald Trump quickly assumed the mantle of the White House and began setting up his new administration on Friday, signing a bill that allows retired Gen. James Mattis to serve as his defense secretary, as well as the nomination papers for his other Cabinet choices.
Trump signs executive order to ease ‘burden’ of Obamacare
President Donald Trump is joined by the Congressional leadership and his family as he formally signs his cabinet nominations into law, in the President’s Room of the Senate, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. From left behind Trump are, Ivanka Trump, Melania Trump, their son Barron Trump, Eric Trump, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, , Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, , and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, .
Trump signs first bill and actions as president
Toby Keith performs at a pre-Inaugural “Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration” at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Toby Keith performs at a pre-Inaugural “Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration” at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017.
In opening act, Trump’s light side on display with lawmakers
Seated at a desk in an ornate room steps from the Senate floor, Trump the showman emerged, giving running commentary as he went. He joshed about his proposed repeal of President Barack Obama’s health care law as he signed legislation granting a special waiver so James Mattis can become Pentagon chief despite having recently served as a general in the Marines.
Valley natives arrive in Washington D.C. to hear Trump’s inaugural address
With just hours until the president-elect is sworn in, Valley natives visiting Washington D.C. to take in the inauguration speech and festivities are making their way into the city. The city is heavily guarded with law enforcement and a security perimeter surrounding the National Mall and the heart of Capitol Hill.
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome
Donald Trump takes the oath of office as the 45th president of the United States The New York real estate mogul harnessed a powerful populist message for a deeply divided country. Check out this story on waukeshanow.com: http://usat.ly/2k7KoZY President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump get in a limo for the ride from the White House to the Capitol.
Madonna on Trump: ‘We have gone as low as we can go’
In this Sept. 15, 2016 file photo, Madonna poses for photographers upon arrival at the World premiere of the film “The Beatles, Eight Days a Week” in London.
Protesters planning to disrupt Donald Trump’s big day
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. Late Thursday evening, protesters and supporters of Trump clashed outside a pro-Trump event in Washington.
The Democrats’ Fight Against School Choice Is Immoral
There’s something perverse about an ideology that views the disposing of an unborn child in the third trimester of pregnancy as an indisputable right but the desire of parents to choose a school for their kids as zealotry. Watching President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for education secretary, Betsy DeVos, answer an array of frivolous questions this week was just another reminder of how irrational liberalism has become.
An Emerging, and Very Pointed, Dem Resistance
“I would like your views,” Senator Al Franken said to Betsy DeVos, the Education Secretary-designate, at her confirmation hearing, on Tuesday, “on the relative advantage of doing assessments and using them to measure proficiency or to measure growth.” The question was about whether states should measure how many kids meet an absolute standard, or how an individual child’s performance improves or declines.
Conservative View: Jennifer Rubin – Trump can’t stop fighting even when losing
President-elect Donald Trump lost the popular vote. As he enters office, his approval ratings are lower than those of any president in 40 years.
All change for the Trump White House
From the role of the First Lady to presidential getaways, Donald Trump’s White House is going to look very different from that of his predecessors, even without a bling ballroom makeover. Franklin Roosevelt had his “fireside chats” broadcast over the wireless, John F Kennedy deployed his dashing good looks to black and white television and the grand orator Barack Obama saw few problems that could not be solved by a hefty speech.
President of Greenwich Reform Synagogue Marc Abrams to Continue On…
The United Jewish Appeal Greenwich, a local chapter of the world’s largest local philanthropy organization, tasked with fulfilling a mission to care for people in need, inspire a passion for Jewish life and learning, and strengthen Jewish communities in New York, in Israel, and around the world has appointed the current President of the Greenwich Reform Synagogue Marc Abrams to its 2017 Board of Directors. I am honored to serve as a representative of my Synagogue to the UJA Greenwich Board and look forward to continuing to assist the organization in its incredibly important work both locally and around the globe.
Actors, mayors rally at inauguration eve Trump demonstration
Actors Robert De Niro, Sally Field and Mark Ruffalo joined hundreds of other people outside a Donald Trump building on Thursday for a pre-inauguration demonstration organizers said was meant to energize those concerned about the Republican president-elect’s policies. The event, staged in front of Trump International Hotel and Tower near Central Park in Manhattan, was a rally for city residents who have vowed to pursue their own policies on health care, the environment and other issues during the Trump administration.
From ‘Avatar’ to ‘Borat’ and ‘The Devil…
Mnuchin came under the scrutiny of Senate Democrats Thursday for his film financing operation, which has assisted in paying for more than 100 Hollywood movies over the last decade. U.S. Treasury secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin’s hedge fund has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in at least 116 Hollywood movies over the past decade, making him one of the most prolific film financiers in recent time.
US court cites right to gun-range use, tosses Chicago limits
In this Nov. 19, 2016 file photo, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, Judge Diane Sykes speaks in Washington. Chicago has lost another round in its effort to restrict where gun ranges can be located within city limits.
Lack of Latinos in Trump Cabinet draws ire for ‘setback’
President-elect Donald Trump, accompanied by his wife Melania Trump, waves as they arrive at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, ahead of Friday’s inauguration. President-elect Donald Trump, accompanied by his wife Melania Trump, waves as they arrive at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, ahead of Friday’s inauguration.
President Obama commutes 330 drug sentences
In a last major act as president, Barack Obama cut short the sentences of 330 federal inmates convicted of drug crimes on Thursday, bringing his bid to correct what he’s called a systematic injustice to a climactic close. With his final offer of clemency, Obama brought his total number of commutations granted to 1,715, more than any other president in U.S. history, the White House said.
Pelosi: GOP will struggle to take away health benefits
Democrats warned Thursday that Republicans will face a backlash from the public if they repeal Obamacare, which expanded health coverage for the poor. “Right now, they are talking about taking away a benefit,” Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said at a press conference about preserving the law.
Reports: Anthem/Cigna merger may be blocked
A federal judge is ready to block the proposed $54 billion merger of the Anthem and Cigna insurance companies, according to news reports. The New York Post cited sources on Thursday that said U.S. District of Columbia Judge Amy Berman Jackson intends to block the merger, possibly as early as Thursday.