Trump begins Day Two of presidency with prayers
  

 USA TODAY  David Jackson4 hrs ago

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President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Karen Pence attend the National Prayer Service at the National Cathedral on…

WASHINGTON — President Trump's first full day includes prayers and a visit with spies.

Nearly 24 hours after being sworn in as the nation's 45th president, Trump attended a National Prayer Service at Washington National Cathedral before traveling to CIA headquarters "to thank the men and women of the intelligence community," spokesman Sean Spicer said.

Meanwhile, thousands marched in the city's streets of Washington, D.C., to protest his presidency and even challenge its legitimacy.

The CIA visit comes after the new president clashed with intelligence officials during the post-election transition over investigations into Russian hacking of Democratic political officials last year.

Intelligence officials said Russia engineered the hacking in an effort to help Trump, while Trump and supporters said other countries could have been involved. He also claimed the intelligence community leaked damaging information on him, including allegations out of Russia. Trump later acknowledged that Russia was behind the hacking, but that it didn't affect the counting of votes.

In other second-day developments:

• The Trump Department of Justice said the president is within his rights to hire son-in-law Jared Kushner as a White House adviser; a DOJ memorandum said a nepotism law passed by Congress does not apply to the executive branch.

The new president extolled his Twitter use during one of the inaugural balls Friday night, asking the crowd, "should I keep the Twitter going or not?" When supporters roared their approval, Trump replied, "I think so. You know, the enemies keep saying, 'oh, that’s terrible.' But it’s a way of bypassing dishonest media.”

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