Marking a transformative shift in the US leadership, Donald Trump, real estate mogul and reality television star who upended American politics, was today sworn in as the 45th President of the United States of America.
In his inaugural speech as the US President, Trump promised that "from this day forward, a new vision will govern our hand" and that "from this day forward it's going to be only America first."
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* Donald Trump sworn in as the 45th president of the United States
* Michael Pence sworn in as the vice president of the United States.
* Donald Trump flashed a thumbs-up to the crowd as he was introduced.
* Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence took the stage at the Capitol minutes after President Barack Obama and members of his family and administration.
* Trump will soon be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States.
* Donald Trump's Inauguration Ceremony begins. The president-elect to take the oath shortly.
* The stage is set for Donald Trump to be sworn in as the next president of the United States. The dais is filled for the inauguration on the West Front of the Capitol.
* And President-elect Donald Trump's family is ready.
* President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have taken their seats.
* President Barack Obama and his successor, Donald Trump, have arrived at the US Capitol.
* Hillary Clinton has arrived for the inauguration of the man who defeated her in a bitter presidential contest.
* President Obama left a letter for his successor in the Oval Office before departing the White House — as is the tradition from one president to the next.
* President Barack Obama and the first lady Michelle Obama are welcoming President-elect Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, to the White House.
* The Obamas have greeted the Trumps at the grand North Portico, the column-lined entrance facing Pennsylvania Avenue.
* Donald Trump is heading to the White House to meet with President Barack Obama.
* Trump left St. John's Church across from the White House. He paused to shake hands with a clergy member at the door and then walked to his waiting vehicle.
* About 100 protesters are attempting to block a gate near the inaugural parade route in Washington.
* Donald Trump says his inauguration will have "an unbelievable, perhaps record-setting turnout." Organizers of a protest the next day say their event will be the biggest demonstration in history to welcome a new president.
* Trump and his wife, Melania, stepped out of the government guest house next to the White House and took a motorcade for the short drive to St. John's Episcopal Church.
* President-elect Donald Trump has emerged from Blair House to start the Inauguration Day festivities.
Ebullient Trump supporters flocked to the nation's capital for the inaugural festivities, some wearing red hats emblazoned with his "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan. They started lining up at security checkpoints before dawn to take their places in the quadrennial rite of democracy.
But, in a sign of deep divisions Trump sowed during his combative campaign, dozens of Democratic lawmakers are boycotting the swearing-in ceremony on Capitol Hill.
