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Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 30 January 2017

People opposed to President Donald Trump's executive order barring entry to the U.S. by Muslims from certain countries demonstrate at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Travelers from seven majority-Muslim countries barred from entering USA

Details: Written by NANCY BENAC, Associated Press; Published: 30 January 2017

President Donald Trump signs an executive order to withdraw the U.S. from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact agreed to under the Obama administration in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Jan. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

From alternative facts to a border wall President Trump has been pushing his agenda hard

Details: Written by NAACP; Published: 27 January 2017

NAACP Rally at to follow Mobile, AL court appearance

Details: Written by Manuel Valdes and Peter Orsi, Associated Press; Published: 26 January 2017

In this Dec. 23, 2016 photo, Tamara Alcala Dominguez visits the Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico City, during her first return to Mexico since she moved to the U.S. as a toddler. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

AP reports on the trip of two dozen young immigrants to visit family

Details: Written by JULIE PACE, VIVIAN SALAMA and RACHEL ZOLL, Associated Press; Published: 25 January 2017

President Donald Trump talks with reporters n the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, before signing an executive order on the Keystone XL pipeline. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The president will sign the first actions, including the measure authorizing work on the wall, on Wednesday afternoon

Details: Written by JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent; Published: 24 January 2017

President Donald Trump talks with reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, before signing an executive order on the Dakota Access pipeline. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Despite fueled protest, Republicans cite pipeline projects as opportunities for job growth

Details: Written by BERNARD CONDON and MAE ANDERSON, AP Business Writers; Published: 23 January 2017

A man lifts a baby above the crowd before a women's march Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in Seattle. Women across the Pacific Northwest marched in solidarity with the Women's March on Washington and to send a message in support of women's rights and other causes. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed the suit Monday saying Trump is breaking law

Details: Written by JONATHAN LEMIRE , Associated Press; Published: 23 January 2017

President Donald Trump, center, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, right, arrives for a White House senior staff swearing in ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump slams media for reporting on inauguration and protest crowd sizes, refuses to release tax returns

Details: Written by ERICA WERNER, AP Congressional Correspondent; Published: 23 January 2017

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., questions Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson during Tillerson's confirmation hearing before the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 11, 2017. Rubio's moment of truth is at hand as a Senate committee prepares to vote on Tillerson. Rubio tangled with Tillerson over Russia at his nomination hearing, but faces a tough call over whether to defy his new president and onetime GOP primary foe. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Former Exxon Mobil chief now likely to be confirmed by Republican-dominated Congress

Details: Written by JESSICA GRESKO, MICHAEL BIESECKER and JEFF HORWITZ, Associated Press; Published: 20 January 2017

Demonstrators march near a inaugural security checkpoint entrance, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington, ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Police make numerous arrests as protesters register their rage against the new president

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