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Protesters Descend on D.C. for Day One of the Trump Era
Skirmishes between police and protesters marked a day of dissent during the inauguration, one day before the Women’s March arrives.
UPDATED 9:30 PM EST
Light rain fell on the Capitol as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court swore in Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States. Elsewhere across the nation’s capital, police met jagged bands of protesters out to show their dissatisfaction with Trump’s presidency, sometimes by vandalizing property.