Read the unedited remarks of President Donald J. Trump as prepared for his second inaugural address below. The White House provided the transcript. “THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  Thank you very much, everybody.

On Day One, President Donald Trump restored freedom of speech in the United States. If you weren’t aware that it had been removed, that should give you an idea of the scale of the problem. Censorship and its totalitarian cousin,

Reuters assessed seven statements made by President Donald Trump during his inaugural address on Monday. While we monitored the speech in its entirety, we did not examine opinions or policy pledges. The statements are listed with timestamps in Eastern Standard Time (ET).

Here is the full text of Donald Trump’s address at his inauguration as the 47th president on Monday, provided by The White House

Death penalty opponents fear President Donald Trump is poised to start an "execution spree" after returning to the White House on Monday. Just hours after his inauguration, Trump signed a executive order that directs the attorney general to seek the death penalty in appropriate federal cases and to help preserve capital punishment in states that have had difficulty obtaining lethal injection drugs.