Politics & Government

Women's Marches Across The Country Highlight Numerous Issues

6:31pm January 21, 2017

Science, women's rights, human rights, LGBT rights, and minority rights are just a few of the issues that were reasons people chose to attend the women's marches across the country on Saturday.

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Carly Fiorina Says 'We Need To Give Every President A Chance'

6:31pm January 21, 2017

Former Republican Presidential candidate Carly Fiorina speaks about her take on the inauguration of President Donald Trump and the women's marches occurring around the world on Saturday.

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California Rep. Maxine Waters Says She'll Fight Back Against Trump

6:31pm January 21, 2017

Rep. Maxine Waters of California speaks about her decision to not attend President Donald Trump's inauguration and the post-inauguration women's marches.

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Intersectional Feminism: Representation In Saturday's Women's Marches

6:31pm January 21, 2017

by Karen Grigsby Bates

The Women's March on Washington is seen as a march for women's unity. But the often-fractious relationship between white feminists and women of color is giving rise to tensions.

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Barbershop: Inauguration and Women's March Travellers

6:31pm January 21, 2017

Hundreds of thousands of people came to the National Mall within two days, some to attend President Trump's inauguration and others to protest it. People from both sides of join this week's talk.

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What Does Trump's Affordable Care Act Executive Order Do?

6:31pm January 21, 2017

Donald Trump was president for less than a day when he signed an executive order guiding agencies to limit the way that the Affordable Care Act works. But does the executive order do?

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Adama Barrow was sworn in as President of Gambia at Gambia's embassy in Dakar, Senegal on Thursday in the nation's first peaceful and democratic transfer of power.

President of Gambia Leaves For Exile, Allowing For First Peaceful Transfer Of Power

6:02pm January 21, 2017

by Maggie Penman

After more than a month of political stalemate, the former President of Gambia has stepped aside, allowing for the first peaceful transfer of power in the nation's history.

President Donald Trump speaks at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Va., on Saturday.

Campaign Trail Trump On Display As He Goes To CIA On First Day As President

5:48pm January 21, 2017

The president falsely denied that he had ever criticized the agency, falsely inflated the crowd size at his inauguration on Friday and told officers to "Trust me. I'm like a smart person."

Thomas Eickes of Norfolk, Va., wanted his 8-year-old son Tommy to witness the "peaceful change of power" at Trump's inauguration.

There Were Hopes And Dreams Aplenty At Trump's Inauguaration, But Whose?

4:17pm January 21, 2017

by Keith Woods

I went to Donald Trump's inauguration to see if people there felt the same pride and promise that I did four years earlier. We met at a common intersection, then went very separate ways.

Within hours of taking the oath of office, new President Donald Trump signed his first executive order in the Oval Office while the press looked on.

President Trump's First Hours In Office

2:46pm January 21, 2017

by Maggie Penman

The Trump Administration's first hours focused on weakening the Affordable Care Act, reversing plans to cut insurance premiums on FHA mortgages, and revamping whitehouse.gov.