Why Trumps Inaugural May Look a Lot Like Nixons

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Why Trumps Inaugural May Look a Lot Like Nixons

Daily Beast
There were massive protests in 1973 at Richard Nixon’s second inaugural, just as there will be for Donald Trump’s first. And that might not be all the two men have in common.

Day One: Trump says he will sign ‘very meaningful’ documents amid talk of executive orders

CNN
Washington (CNN) President-elect Donald Trump is ready to “get the show going.” Less than 24 hours before he is inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States, Trump told supporters at a luncheon at his Washington hotel Thursday that he is …

DC police, protesters scuffle outside pro-Trump event

CNN
Washington (CNN) Protesters and Washington police scuffled Thursday night outside a meeting of pro-Donald Trump conservatives, the first of several demonstrations aimed at disrupting the new administration’s inaugural weekend.

New York Gives Trump a Fiery Farewell

Daily Beast
Some of New York’s biggest stars gathered in the city to berate Donald Trump just as he was beginning his new life in Washington, DC.

Obama Denies Pardon Request for Former Alabama Governor

ABC News
President Barack Obama has denied a clemency petition from former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, who is nearing the end of a prison sentence for bribery and obstruction of justice.

Manning to reportedly lose transgender benefits with dishonorable discharge

Fox News
Chelsea Manning, the transgender soldier who leaked classified documents to WikiLeaks, will reportedly lose her military health care benefits under the terms of her commutation.

Rick Perry expresses ‘regret’ for pledging to abolish Energy Department

Washington Post
Former Texas governor Rick Perry, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Energy Department, parried questions about climate change at his confirmation hearing Thursday morning, reversing his earlier skeptical stance but still balking when …

After sending many signals to Latinos in his campaign, Trump sends another: Not in my Cabinet

Los Angeles Times
Republican and Democratic presidents have long nodded to the importance of diversity as they select their Cabinets. Since 1989, every president’s first Cabinet has included at least one Latino.

Trump team prepares dramatic cuts

The Hill
Staffers for the Trump transition team have been meeting with career staff at the White House ahead of Friday’s presidential inauguration to outline their plans for shrinking the federal bureaucracy, The Hill has learned.

Roberts, target of Trump jabs, meeting Trump at Capitol

Washington Post
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump and John Roberts are not likely to rehash Trump’s criticism of the chief justice when they meet outside the Capitol at noon.

Donald Trump And Mike Pence, The Odd Couple In The White House

NPR
Shortly before Donald Trump takes the oath of office on Friday, Mike Pence will put his hand on Ronald Reagan’s Bible and be sworn in as vice president.

Orlando cop-shooting suspect spews expletives at judge in courtroom outburst

CBS News
ORLANDO, Fla. — A suspect in a police officer’s slaying directed expletive-laced outbursts at a judge during his initial hearing Thursday on charges that he also killed his pregnant ex-girlfriend.

Repeat After Me: The 35 Most Important Words Of Inauguration Day

NPR
“The Oath.” It sounds like the name of a book, and indeed, there have been many volumes with that name. But none more relevant this week than The Oath specified in the Constitution for the president of the United States when he takes office.

Cheaper, better ‘insurance for everybody’? Good luck with that

Los Angeles Times
Let’s give Donald Trump, who will be sworn in Friday as the 45th president of the United States, the benefit of the doubt. Let’s take him at his word that he has a plan to provide “insurance for everybody” that is “much less expensive and much better

A Roundup Of The Controversies Over Rep. Tom Price’s Investments

NPR
Georgia Republican Tom Price, who is President-elect Trump’s choice to run the Department of Health and Human Services, is suddenly drowning in questions over the investments he has made while serving in the House of Representatives.

How Donald Trump came up with ‘Make America Great Again’

Washington Post
“Make America Great Again.” The four words that would help propel Donald Trump to the White House were an inspiration born years before, when hardly anyone but Trump himself could imagine him taking the oath of office as the 45th president of the

AP-NORC Poll: Americans of all stripes say fix health care

Washington Post
WASHINGTON – Sylvia Douglas twice voted for President Barack Obama and last year cast a ballot for Democrat Hillary Clinton. But when it comes to “Obamacare,” she now sounds like President-elect Donald Trump.

New York Times exposes Kings Mountain native as fake news source

Spartanburg Herald Journal
Republican Delegate David Vogt III fired Harris, a legislative aide who was behind a fake news site that accused Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton of election-rigging.

How a Republican administration will influence international education (essay)

Inside Higher Ed
Long-term data provide clear evidence that a Republican-led administration will play a significant — and perhaps somewhat surprising — role in influencing foreign student enrollments and study abroad, writes Bradley A. Feuling.

Police: Facebook video shows teen mom taping toddler to wall

CBS News
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — A young Ohio mother is facing a felony charge after a Facebook video emerged of her taping her toddler son to the wall, police say.

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