Trump inauguration

Stories 1 - 20 |  Next >>

America Wasn't Exactly Glued to the TV for the Inauguration

Ratings indicate smallest audience since 2013 at 24.6M

(Newser) - An estimated 24.6 million television viewers watched President Trump's second inauguration, the smallest audience for the quadrennial ceremony since Barack Obama's second inauguration in 2013. The Nielsen Company said Tuesday that viewership was down from Joe Biden's 2021 inauguration, which reached 33.8 million, and Trump'...

What Editorials Think of Trump's Day One
What Editorials Think
of Trump's Day One
the rundown
Jan 21, 2025 11:07 AM CST

What Editorials Think of Trump's Day One

Wall Street Journal suggests 'Trump II' is off to a better start than some feared

(Newser) - President Trump described an America in "decline" in his inaugural address on Monday and promised to set things right. A look at how Trump's message, along with his mass pardoning of Jan. 6 defendants, is being received in editorials:
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump "delivered a message of
...

Melania Makes a Statement With Her Hat

We've found Carmen Sandiego, as well as other reactions

(Newser) - It was at times difficult to discern what Melania Trump thought of her husband's inauguration on Monday, owing to the wide-brimmed hat she wore. "Whatever she was thinking was impossible to see—by design," according to the New York Times ' chief fashion critic Vanessa Friedman.
  • Opinion
...

Elon Musk's Salute Is a Dicey Inauguration Topic
Elon Musk's Salute
Is a Dicey Inauguration Topic
the rundown
Jan 21, 2025 6:18 AM CST

Elon Musk's Salute Is a Dicey Inauguration Topic

Critics accuse him of making a Nazi salute, which he calls a 'tired' comparison

(Newser) - All the chatter about Elon Musk's speech Monday at Capitol One Arena in DC isn't about what he said but about a gesture he made, twice. To critics, it looked for all the world to be a Nazi salute, reports Politico . Others, though, say people are reading way...

Barron Trump's Inauguration Handshakes Make Waves

President's son being praised for 'classy' move

(Newser) - Barron Trump shook the hands of departing President Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, as he took the stage with his family for his father's swearing-in, and the move got quite a bit of attention, Newsweek reports. (See it here .) Commenters, especially those on the right, were calling...

Trump Signs Orders at Arena
Here's What Trump
Did on Day One
the rundown
Jan 21, 2025 2:00 AM CST

Here's What Trump Did on Day One

He signed a bunch of executive orders, some of them while onstage at a rally

(Newser) - A table was set up on the stage in Washington, DC's Capital One Arena, where President Trump held an inauguration day rally soon after taking the oath of office Monday, and he signed a number of executive orders in front of the crowd, NBC News reports. "First, I'...

While Taking Oath, Trump's Hand Never Touched Bible

There is no requirement for a president to place hand on Bible while being sworn in

(Newser) - While taking the oath of office at his inauguration Monday, President Trump never placed his hand on either of the Bibles Melania Trump was holding. The First Lady had her husband's personal Bible, which he got from his mother, as well as the Bible that Abraham Lincoln used to...

Trump Issues 'Full Pardons' to 1.5K in Capitol Riot

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio is being prepared for release from prison, lawyer says

(Newser) - President Trump on Monday night said he was pardoning about 1,500 of his supporters who have been charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US. Capitol, using his sweeping clemency powers on his first day back in office to dismantle the largest investigation and prosecution in Justice...

White House Orders Portrait of Milley Removed From Pentagon
Milley's Portrait Comes Down
Jan 20, 2025 7:10 PM CST

Milley's Portrait Comes Down

Painting displayed with other Joint Chiefs chairmen is removed within 2 hours of inauguration

(Newser) - Retired Gen. Mark Milley received an eleventh-hour preemptive pardon from the outgoing president, then was insulted less than two hours into the administration of the incoming one. The official portrait of the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was removed Monday from a Pentagon corridor where paintings of...

'There Are Only Two Genders,' Trump Order Declares

Barring a successful court challenge, biological sex will be required on government documents

(Newser) - In a change that could affect health care for transgender and other patients and be fought in court, one of President Trump's new executive orders says the government now will recognize biological sex, rather than a person's expressed gender identity if it's different. He declared in his...

Carrie Underwood's Accompaniment Cuts Out

Music track fails singer in Capitol performance, but VIPs join in

(Newser) - Carrie Underwood walked into the Capitol Rotunda after President Trump was sworn in on on Monday, microphone in hand, ready to sing "America the Beautiful." The musical accompaniment began, then stopped, the Hill reports. She waited, standing before outgoing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. She waited longer. Then...

Message to Migrants: 'Existing Appointments Are No Longer Valid'

App used to schedule appointments with border officials is shut down after Trump is sworn in

(Newser) - Thousands of migrants waiting at the US border got an immediate and tangible sign that Donald Trump had been sworn into office on Monday—an official app they had used to schedule appointments with border officials went dark, informing them, "Existing appointments are no longer valid," reports the...

Ending Birthright Citizenship Won't Be Easy

Trump will run up against 14th Amendment in push to stop granting citizenship to babies of undocumented parents

(Newser) - President Trump promised Monday to take aggressive action to curb the number of undocumented migrants in the US, and one of the bigger initiatives revolves around what's known as birthright citizenship. Trump aims to end the practice of bestowing citizenship on babies born on American soil to undocumented residents,...

Fetterman Wears Shorts to Trump Inauguration

Democratic senator was in the front row

(Newser) - Sen. John Fetterman wore his signature outfit of a hoodie, shorts, and sneakers Monday despite the bitterly cold weather in Washington, DC—and despite the nature of the event he was attending. The Democratic senator was in the front row at the Capitol Rotunda as President Trump was sworn in,...

Trump: God Saved Me So I Can Save America

President delivers his first speech as the 47th president

(Newser) - "The golden age of America begins right now," President Trump said Monday at the start of his first speech as the nation's 47th president. In his roughly 30-minute address after being sworn into office , Trump repeated a similar theme over and over: "From this day on,...

Donald Trump Sworn In as 47th President

His second term is underway

(Newser) - Donald John Trump is once again the president. The man who served as America's 45th leader became its 47th on Monday after being sworn at the Capitol Rotunda. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath to Trump, just after the court's Brett Kavanaugh administered the oath...

Eric Adams Drops MLK Jr. Events for Inauguration

NYC mayor received a 'last-minute invite' on Monday morning to attend Trump festivities in DC

(Newser) - Looks like Eric Adams will be in DC for Donald Trump's inauguration, but he was apparently a late addition. The New York Times reports that Adams received a "last-minute" invite to the event in the nation's capital, according to his spokesperson, who posted on social media that...

Biden to Trump: 'Welcome Home'
Biden to Trump:
'Welcome Home'
Jan 20, 2025 9:29 AM CST

Biden to Trump: 'Welcome Home'

President-elect and his wife visit the Bidens at the White House

(Newser) - All was cordial on Monday morning as the Trumps paid a visit to the Bidens at the White House, part of an Inauguration Day tradition. "Welcome home," President Biden said to President-elect Trump as the latter emerged from his SUV, reports the Hill . The president and first lady...

Biden Pardons Fauci, Milley, Jan. 6 Committee

Last-minute pardons come in an apparent effort to guard against potential 'revenge' by Trump

(Newser) - President Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, and members of the House committee that investigated the 2021 attack on the Capitol, using the extraordinary powers of his office in his final hours in the White House to guard against potential "revenge" by the incoming Trump...

Other Presidents Who Were Inaugurated in Unusual Places

Not every president has been inaugurated outside the US Capitol

(Newser) - President-elect Trump's inauguration is being held inside the US Capitol due to below-freezing temperatures in Washington, DC, but while inaugurations are typically held outside the Capitol, Trump is not the first US president to take the oath of office elsewhere, CBS News reports. A look:
  • Thomas Jefferson: Jefferson, in
...

Stories 1 - 20 |  Next >>
Most Read on Newser