Inauguration Day
noun
: January 20 following a presidential election on which the president of the U.S. is inaugurated
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From Inauguration Day to May 4, 2025, 44% of those arrested had a criminal conviction, while 34% of those arrested had pending charges and 23% had no criminal history, according to the data.
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Laura Romero, ABC News, 1 July 2025
Courtesy of Wellesley College Environmental Studies Dept. Since Inauguration Day on January 20, 29 clean energy projects have been canceled, paused or scaled back, affecting $21.6 billion in private investment and putting 21,287 potential new jobs at risk.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Though the Biden administration was the one to initially ask the Supreme Court to take up the preventive care dispute, the Trump administration took over the case after Inauguration Day and defended the task force’s legality in court.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
The Trump administration selected Petro, an engineer and former Army helicopter pilot, to become acting head of NASA on Inauguration Day in January.
—ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
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Laura Romero, ABC News, 1 July 2025
Courtesy of Wellesley College Environmental Studies Dept. Since Inauguration Day on January 20, 29 clean energy projects have been canceled, paused or scaled back, affecting $21.6 billion in private investment and putting 21,287 potential new jobs at risk.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Though the Biden administration was the one to initially ask the Supreme Court to take up the preventive care dispute, the Trump administration took over the case after Inauguration Day and defended the task force’s legality in court.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
The Trump administration selected Petro, an engineer and former Army helicopter pilot, to become acting head of NASA on Inauguration Day in January.
—ArsTechnica, 26 June 2025
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