The National Park Service stays out of the debates about crowd sizes — including for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

The question of attendance numbers is likely to draw particular scrutiny. Throughout his 2024 campaign, Trump has consistently emphasized rally crowd sizes, making this inauguration's attendance figures a closely watched metric of public support.

National Park Service Director Chuck Sams made history on day one in office in 2021, by becoming the first Native American to lead NPS.  Sams is Cayuse and Walla Walla and an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

The inauguration will take place Monday, Jan. 20, at the United States Capitol Building, with Trump expected to take his oath around 12 p.m., according to the National Park Service. The event will be aired across various major broadcast networks, including ABC, CBS, CNN, CSPAN, Fox News, MSNBC, NBC and PBS.

Security in the nation’s capital will be at an all-time high Monday at Donald Trump’s history-making inauguration as the 47th president of the United States.

by Sana Azem TOPICS: WASHINGTON (7NEWS) — Officials within the United States Secret Service and the Metropolitan ... was set to occur outside the U.S. Capitol but has moved into the Rotunda ...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is now being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. Trump's Inauguration Ceremony is being held at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20, 2025.

President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities.

Some of Trump's executive orders have an immediate policy impact. Others are more symbolic. Some already are being challenged by federal lawsuits.

In the days after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, a second Trump presidency seemed out of the question to many. Then came a series of events detailed in a video drawn from the documentary “Trump’s Comeback.

President Donald Trump’s second inauguration seemed normal, but there were concerns about U.S. democracy lingering just beneath the surface.

About 7,800 National Guard troops were on duty as part of a large interagency presence to ensure the peaceful transition of power during