The National Park Service on Monday released hundreds of ground and aerial photographs its staff shot of President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration. It also released photos of the swearing-in of former President Barack Obama four and eight years ago.
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Here are the official photos that show Obama’s inauguration crowd was bigger than Trump’s
At left, an image from the 2009 inauguration of President Barack Obama’s on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. 2017. At right, the image of President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Park service inauguration photos show Obama’s was bigger
Park service inauguration photos show Obama’s was bigger The photos support earlier photographic evidence that Trump’s inaugural crowd was much smaller than Obama’s. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2n8sLKH This pair of photos shows a view of the crowd on the National Mall at the inaugurations of then-President Obama, above, on Jan. 20, 2009, and President Donald Trump, below, on Jan. 20, 2017.
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This map, originally prepared by Spaceport Camden consultant Andrew Nelson, shows the trajectory that Camden County proposes to use to launch rockets over the Cumberland Island National Seashore. Kevin Lang and Dick Parker, owners on Little Cumberland Island, added to the map by outlining the island in white and plotting the homes with blue dots.
African Americans to Democratic Party: We’re still here
In this Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013 file photo, from left, President Barack Obama, former President Jimmy Carter, first lady Michelle Obama, and former President Bill Clinton wave after a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. As an African-American Democrat, I share the core values of my political party.
Federal hiring freeze: Longer waits, unemployment lines for some Texans
President Donald Trump signed an executive order implementing a federal government hiring freeze, on Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The Irving man was so excited to move to Port Aransas on New Year’s Eve with his pregnant wife to start a new job at the Padre Island National Seashore , also known as PINS, on Jan. 8. But soon after the two settled into their new Corpus Christi home, he learned there was a glitch with his paperwork.
Does pro-life mean pro-Trump?
Thousands of anti-abortion activists gathered Friday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for the annual March for Life. While the diverse pro-life crowd was excited about the new administration and the prospects of eventually overturning Roe v.
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People hold a vigil in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Saturday in solidarity with protests against President Trump’s travel ban. People hold a vigil in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Saturday in solidarity with protests against President Trump’s travel ban.
Trump Supporters Cheer Quick Starts On Campaign Promises In His First Weeks
Flags printed with President Trump’s face are sold outside one of the entrances to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Inauguration Day on Jan. 20. Algonquin, Ill., is a Republican stronghold. The growing town of 28,000 is about an hour’s drive northwest of Chicago in McHenry County, the only one of six in the metro area to vote for President Trump.
Partya s abortion stance means electoral doom, predicts Democrat at March for Life
A group from Charlotte Christian School in Charlotte, N.C., poses for a photo on the National Mall along with thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators who were about to march to the Supreme Court during the March for Life in Washington on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Kristen Day, director of Democrats for Life of America, says the Democratic Party is losing voters because it favors abortion rights.
Vice President Pence tells anti-abortion rally ‘life is winning’
Vice President Pence tells anti-abortion rally ‘life is winning’ Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators rallied and marched in Washington on Friday. Check out this story on Daily-Times.com: http://usat.ly/2kbwhWR Crowds gather on the National Mall in Washington for the March for Life and for the first time in years, abortion opponents will have all the political momentum for their annual rally Friday.
Pence fires up anti-abortion activists in Washington march
Vice President Mike Pence fired up tens of thousands of anti-abortion activists gathered in Washington on Friday for the 44th March for Life, celebrating a political shift in their favor with the election of President Donald Trump. “Life is winning again in America,” Pence told the demonstrators on the National Mall, near where Trump was sworn in a week ago before hundreds of thousands.
DC’s March for Life to highlight gains by abortion opponents
Wade” U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion in Wa… . FILE – In this Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, file photo, people walk past Capitol Hill and the Supreme Court in Washington, during the March for Life 2016, the annual rally held on the anniversary of 1973 ‘Roe v.
DC’s March for Life to highlight gains by abortion opponents
For the first time in years, abortion opponents will have all the political momentum when they hold their annual rally Friday on the National Mall. The March for Life, held each year in Washington to mark the anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, will have one of its biggest-name speakers in years: Vice President Mike Pence.
Report: Trump called park official to dispute crowd photos
On his first full day in office, President Donald Trump called the acting director of the National Park Service to dispute widely circulated photos of Trump’s inauguration. The Washington Post reported Thursday that Trump personally ordered park service head Michael Reynolds to produce additional photographs of the previous day’s crowds on the National Mall.
Trump inspires hope, fear in Peninsula residents
The president’s inauguration speech was everything Corrin Rankin needed to hear to know she had campaigned and voted for the right candidate. Rankin was ecstatic and emotional as she stood on the National Mall last Friday, tearing up even before Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.
Report: Trump called park official to dispute crowd photos
On his first full day in office, President Donald Trump called the acting director of the National Park Service to dispute widely circulated photos of Trump’s inauguration. The Washington Post reported Thursday that Trump personally ordered park service head Michael Reynolds to produce additional photographs of the previous day’s crowds on the National Mall.
What the White House said about Trump’s inauguration crowd and how it was wrong
President Trump’s team set a combative tone with the press on his first full day in office when White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer accused the media of reporting incorrect information about the size of the crowds at Trump’s swearing-in ceremony. “These attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong,” Spicer said.
The inauguration of Donald Trump through the eyes of a Newport based blogger
NEWPORT based blogger Laura Dunn was on hand to witness the moment Donald Trump was inaugurated as the President of the United States of America. Laura, a digital and social media practitioner who works in the UK and the USA is the Founder of the popular Political Style blog and is also a contributor for The Huffington Post.
Former CIA chief says Trump should – be ashamed’
Former CIA Director John Brennan says President Donald Trump “should be ashamed of himself” for his behavior at CIA headquarters. The statement says Brennan “is deeply saddened and angered at Donald Trump’s despicable display of self-aggrandizement in front of CIA’s Memorial Wall of Agency heroes.
First family settles into White House life
The first family is also adjusting to life in their new roles as first lady, first sons, first daughters and first grandchildren. Following the inaugural ball festivities Friday night, Tiffany and boyfriend Ross Mechanic; Donald Jr., wife Vanessa and daughter Kai; and Eric and wife Lara split off from the presidential motorcade and headed to the Trump International Hotel DC, where they were spotted celebrating the day with a midnight balloon drop with friends and family.
Women’s marches draw millions in resistance to Trump
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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Look to the National Mall in Washington for lots of bright pink hats and signs that say “less fear more love” and “the future is female.”
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.
Millions Turn Out for Women’s Marches Worldwide
Millions of protesters around the world marched today in support of women’s rights, LGBT rights, health care, and more, and against Donald Trump’s agenda. Crowds for the Women’s March on Washington, D.C., and its sister marches throughout the U.S. and overseas were larger than expected.
White House accuses media of playing down inauguration crowds
The White House on Saturday accused the media of framing photographs to understate the crowd that attended Donald Trump’s inauguration, a new jab in a long-running fight between the new president and the news organizations who cover him. In an unusual and fiery statement on Saturday night, White House spokesman Sean Spicer lashed out about tweeted photographs that showed large, empty spaces on the National Mall during the ceremony on Friday.
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.
Massive crowd descends on Washington as Women’s March begins
A crowd scene from the Women’s March on Washington in the nation’s capital Saturday. WASHINGTON – Waving banners, chanting slogans and wearing symbolic pink hats, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the nation’s capital Saturday morning as the Women’s March on Washington got underway, kicking off a day of demonstration across America.
Women descend on Washington to protest Trump’s agenda
Women of all generations streamed on to the National Mall Saturday morning, gathering for the Women’s March on Washington to push back on the Republican agenda and offer a sharp rebuke of President Donald Trump’s history of derogatory comments about women. After a day of grandeur, pomp and circumstance for Trump, buses and planes of protesters arrived in the nation’s capital Friday night and Saturday morning.
Protesters gather early for Saturday’s rally, which will kick off the Women’s March on Washington.
It began to take shape in the hours after Election Day, as a simple Facebook invitation to march in protest of Donald Trump’s electoral victory. By the time President Trump was inaugurated Friday, the Women’s March on Washington had ballooned into something much more massive – with a broad platform of political positions , a slate of celebrity performers and a series of sister marches planned in all 50 states and six continents across the world.
The Latest: At march, Ferrera says to Trump, ‘We refuse’
WASHINGTON – The Latest on the Women’s March on Washington and associated protests around the world : The former Democratic nominee for president is thanking attendees on Twitter for “standing, speaking and marching for our values.” She says it’s as “important as ever.”
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.
Turkey: Erdogan buoyed by vote for powerful presidency
Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim speaks after Turkey’s parliament approved a contentious constitutional reform package, paving the way for a referendum on a presidential system that would greatly expand the powers of … . Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, center, poses for a photo with his legislators shortly before Turkey’s parliament approved a contentious constitutional reform package, paving the… .
Trump speech shows America getting what it ordered
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.
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.
Trump draws far smaller inaugural crowd than Obama
This pair of photos shows a view of the crowd on the National Mall at the inaugurations of President Barack Obama, above, on Jan. 20, 2009, and President Donald Trump, below, on Jan. 20, 2017. The photo above and the screengrab from video below were both shot shortly before noon from the top of the Washington Monument.
Trump launches new chapter in American history
President Donald Trump declared the start of a new chapter of American history that would eliminate radical Islamic terrorism and self-serving Washington politicians, rejuvenate manufacturing, secure borders and end “carnage” of drugs Trump launches new chapter in American history President Donald Trump declared the start of a new chapter of American history that would eliminate radical Islamic terrorism and self-serving Washington politicians, rejuvenate manufacturing, secure borders and end “carnage” of drugs Check out this story on northjersey.com: http://northjersy.news/2jHZf06 Dana Perkins of Shreveport, La. waves a flag on the National Mall during the inauguration,Friday January 20, 2017.
Presidential Limo: Trumps, Obamas on their way to Capitol
Following the path of inaugurations past, Donald Trump and Barack Obama rode together to the U.S. Capitol Friday as the real estate mogul and reality TV star who upended American politics prepared to be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. His ascent puts Republicans in control of the White House for the first time in eight years.
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.