Biggest news you missed on Trump's first weekend in office
Historic Women's March on Washington protests Trump administration's agenda
More than 2 million people across the world, led by hundreds of thousands who overwhelmed the nation's capital, protested the first full day of President Trump's tenure Saturday. Women's advocates said they are worried about the potential loss of federal protections, as well as a more permissible culture of misogyny under Trump, who won the presidency after accusations of serial sexual assault and bragging he groped women's genitals. Here's a sampling of what speakers had to say. See what the march looked like around the world. And this is what's next for the movement.
Trump's first executive action: Cancel Obama's policy that would cut mortgage payments for millions
The very first executive action by the new Trump administration wasn't a sweeping order on immigration, trade or health care — but rather to block an Obama administration policy change that would have reduced the cost of mortgages for millions of home buyers. In the first hour of Trump's presidency, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development sent a letter to lenders, real estate brokers and closing agents suspending the 0.25-percentage-point-premium rate cut for Federal Housing Administration-backed loans. That cut would have saved home buyers about $29 a month on a $200,000 mortgage.
Trump bashes the media for reporting facts on inauguration crowds
President Trump drew a smaller crowd to his inaugural address Friday than President Obama did in 2009, but White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters that this "was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration — period — both in person and around the globe." Aerial photos belie Spicer's first point, and Nielsen reports that Trump's swearing-in ranked fifth out of the 13 ceremonies it has data on. Trump bashed the media Saturday, saying his crowd was larger than what the "dishonest media" showed. Government officials no longer provide crowd estimates at Washington events.
Trump administration bans National Park Service from Twitter following retweets on inaugural turnout
President Trump's administration directed the National Park Service to cease using its Twitter account after it shared a tweet Friday comparing Obama's 2009 inauguration with Trump's seemingly more-sparse 2017 inauguration, The Hill reported. The email to park service employees ordered "all (Department of Interior) bureaus to immediately cease use of government Twitter accounts until further notice," Gizmodo reported. While the reason for the ban on social media wasn't clear, it appeared to have stemmed from the retweets. Following the email, the accounts stopped tweeting immediately, but were later restored.
ICYMI: Trump's inaugural address gets a fact check
In his first words to the nation and the world after being sworn in, President Trump delivered a populist manifesto that depicted the United States as a land of abandoned factories, economic angst, rising crime and dystopian "carnage." He promised a new era in American politics. However, Trump's rhetoric did not always match reality.
Obamas kick off post-presidential vacation
Former president Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, started their desert vacation quietlySaturday morning at Thunderbird Heights in Rancho Mirage, Calif. For years, locals have speculated that the Obamas will purchase a home there. On Saturday, a motorcade left the neighborhood and drove five minutes south to Porcupine Creek, the walled compound of Oracle founder Larry Ellison where Obama has golfed on several occasions.
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