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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Barack Obama and Donald Trump arrived at the US Capitol on Friday where the president-elect will be sworn in as the United States’ 45th head of state. Obama and his wife Michelle left the White House for the last time after hosting Trump and the incoming first lady Melania for a traditional tea and coffee. The two couples travelled in a joint motorcade for the 2.5 miles (four kilometers) down […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Police fired gas to disperse protesters after stones were thrown and windows broken in Washington on Friday ahead of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration. As Trump’s supporters and dignitaries gathered on the National Mall for the ceremony, opponents marched in nearby streets and were confronted by a heavy police presence. © 1994-2017 Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President-elect Donald Trump arrived at the White House Friday for his final meeting with outgoing leader Barack Obama, before heading to the Capitol for his swearing-in ceremony. Obama and First Lady Michelle greeted the Republican billionaire leader-in-waiting and his wife Melania on the steps of the presidential mansion. “Mr President-elect, how are you?” Obama asked. The two couples headed inside for traditional tea and coffee with their vice presidents […]
QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES – As the formal inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump nears, thousands conduct protest in various places like New York City and Washington D.C. with many celebrities expressing their protest due to Trump’s many antics during his campaign.
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama called Friday on the public to offer ideas on what he should do in retirement, pledging to work for “true democracy” as he exits the White House. Just hours before handing over the leadership of the United States to Donald Trump, Obama said in tweets and a video with his wife Michelle that they were accepting ideas from the public for what his new presidential center […]
WASHINGTON, United States (Reuters) — Under a gentle rain, crowds began to gather on Friday (January 20) at the U.S. Capital and the National Mall for the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States. Trump takes power over a divided country after a savage campaign and setting the country on a new, uncertain path at home and abroad. In a ceremony likely to draw 900,000 people, including protesters, Trump and his […]
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump will be sworn in on Friday as the 45th president of the United States, taking power over a divided country after a savage campaign and setting the country on a new, uncertain path at home and abroad. In a ceremony likely to draw 900,000 people, including protesters, Trump and his vice president, Mike Pence, will take the oath of office at midday (1700 GMT) outside the domed […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Give Donald Trump a chance, incoming first daughter Ivanka is asking fellow Americans as her father readies to be sworn in as president of a sharply divided country on Friday. Yet in an interview with ABC News, aired on the eve of the inauguration, the businesswoman and mother of three also admitted to urging her father to cut out some of his more controversial tweets. “My father is an […]
NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — Mexican cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was brought to a jail in Manhattan late Thursday night (January 19) shortly after landing on U.S. soil. The druglord is expected to appear in a court in New York on Friday (January 20), after his surprise extradition from Mexico ended a decades-long career in drug-trafficking, dare-devil jail breaks and murder. A Justice Department spokesman said El Chapo, or Shorty, once one […]
WASHINGTON, United States (Reuters) — On the eve of the inauguration, Vice President-elect Mike Pence celebrated victory at an Indiana inaugural ball hosted by the Indiana Society of Washington. Pence spoke about his trip to Washington aboard Air Force Two. “Vice President Biden and his wife Jill have been so gracious to us in this transition he actually sent Air Force Two out to Indiana to pick us up,” he said. “You might have heard […]
