The first person to breach the U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021 walked out of federal custody Tuesday morning in Brooklyn.
President-elect Donald Trump is set to take the Oath of Office in minutes. For this year’s inauguration, officials have announced it will be moved inside the United States Capitol Rotunda due to the cold.
The newly sworn-in 47th president signed a document commuting 14 prison sentences and offering “a full, complete and unconditional pardon to all other individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.”
For decades, Americans have gathered at the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. to watch the inauguration of the incoming president, with some noteworthy exceptions.
President-elect Donald Trump's will be sworn in under the Capitol Rotunda, rather than outside. But he's not the only president inaugurated in an unusual location.
Jan. 20, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. The ceremony was moved indoors to the U.S. Capitol Rotunda due to winter weather conditions. It was the
New York’s status as a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants has shifted over time. Now, as President-elect Donald J. Trump prepares to enter office, it may shift once again.
A combination of harsh weather and delay in individual states choosing electors pushed the inauguration to April 30, 1789. At 2 p.m., Washington recited the constitutionally mandated oath on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City, the fledgling nation’s temporary capitol.
Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde urged Donald Trump during her inaugural prayer to show mercy to LGBTQ people and immigrants.
President Trump’s decision to pardon the rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Most of the executive orders signed during President Trump’s first day of office made me relieved to have a Republican as president again.
Trump’s executive order has led to the immediate suspension of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. Another order aims to reinstate Remain in Mexico and terminate Temporary Protected Status.