President Trump issues pardons for Jan. 6 rioters

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By the Associated Press

The president of a government employees labor union says there’s “no legitimate rationale” to cut the size of the federal workforce.

Everett Kelley spoke out Monday in response to Trump’s executive order freezing government hiring.

“Make no mistake — this action is not about making the federal government run more efficiently but rather is about sowing chaos and targeting a group of patriotic Americans that President Trump openly calls crooked and dishonest,” said Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees labor union.

AFGE is the largest federal workers union, representing 800,000 federal and D.C. government workers.

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By the Associated Press

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said Trump’s actions to pardon and commute sentences of those convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack are “shameful.”

“The President’s actions are an outrageous insult to our justice system and the heroes who suffered physical scars and emotional trauma as they protected the Capitol, the Congress and the Constitution,” Pelosi said in a statement. “It is shameful that the President has decided to make one of his top priorities the abandonment and betrayal of police officers who put their lives on the line to stop an attempt to subvert the peaceful transfer of power.”

She said that despite Trump’s decision, the country must remember the “extraordinary courage and valor of the law enforcement heroes who stood in the breach and ensured that democracy survived on that dark day.”

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By the Associated Press

As he sat down to sign executive orders, Trump was asked which former president he would call for advice.

He responded that Bill Clinton was a “very interesting politician” and said he had a “great political sense.”

Trump said Clinton was “disrespected” and “not used properly.”

Trump was also asked about his friendly chat with former President Barack Obama during former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral.

“We were having some crazy conversations,” he said.

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By the Associated Press

Trump has signed an executive order beginning the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization.

It was the second time in less than five years that he’s ordered the country to withdraw from the organization, despite it being a move many scientists fear could roll back decadeslong gains made in fighting infectious diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.

Experts also warn it could weaken the world’s defenses against dangerous new outbreaks capable of triggering pandemics.

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By the Associated Press

“Most people thought that war would have been over in one week,” Trump said of Russia’s nearly three-year war against Ukraine. “I think he’d be very well off to end that war.”

Trump said he thinks Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to make a deal to end the conflict.

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By the Associated Press

Trump says the U.S. should own half of TikTok, which he estimated could be worth $1 trillion.

“I think the U.S. should be entitled to get half of TikTok and, congratulations, TikTok has a good partner and that would be worth, you know, could be $500 billion,” Trump said.

He signed an order to keep the China-based social media platform open so that it can find a potential buyer and avoid being shut down on national security grounds.

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Trump said he favored legal immigration as he signed orders declaring a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border, suspending refugee resettlement and ending automatic citizenship for anyone born in the U.S.

Trump acknowledged an imminent legal challenge to overturning birthright citizenship, which has been enshrined in the U.S. Constitution since 1868. He said automatic citizenship was “just ridiculous” and that he believes he was on “good (legal) ground” to change it.

“That’s a big one,” he bantered with reporters while signing an order declaring the border emergency.

Trump said immigrant labor was needed for investment that he anticipates will accompany higher tariffs.

“I’m fine with legal immigration. I like it. We need people,” he said.

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By the Associated Press

Trump has signed an executive order to keep TikTok operating for 90 days, a relief to the social media platform’s users even as national security questions persist.

TikTok’s China-based parent company was supposed to find a U.S. buyer or be banned last weekend. Trump’s order gives them more time to find a buyer.

“I guess I have a warm spot for TikTok,” Trump said.

Biden declined to enforce the bipartisan measure that he signed into law, while Trump has pledged to keep TikTok open after crediting it for aiding his 2024 election victory. Trump’s legal authority to preserve TikTok is unclear under the terms of the law recently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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By the Associated Press

Norm Pattis, an attorney for former Proud Boys organizer Joseph Biggs, said it was “wonderful” to learn that Trump commuted his client’s 17-year prison sentence for seditious conspiracy.

“It gets him out of prison,” Pattis told The Associated Press. “He had 13, 14 more years to go, and there’s no place like home.”

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By the Associated Press

Trump says he could place 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting Feb. 1. He declined to give a date on China tariffs.

Trump has talked extensively about his tariff plans and his affection for the levies on imported goods during his multiple public remarks today.

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By the Associated Press

“The previous administration has embedded deeply unpopular, inflationary, illegal, and radical practices within every agency and office of the Federal Government,” Trump said in a statement accompanying his order, which revoked dozens of previous Biden orders, including the transgender protections.

The number of transgender troops known to be serving is possibly from around 9,000 to potentially as many as 14,000.

The Department of Defense has referred queries on the number of transgender troops to the individual services, and because of the different ways transgender troops can identify and whether or not they have received medical procedures, there is no one database that tracks them.

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By the Associated Press

Vance says the new administration “looks forward to a long-term, productive relationship with China,” according to a Chinese statement on Vance’s meeting with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng.

Han is in Washington to attend the presidential inauguration as the special representative of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Beijing is seeking a good start in bilateral relations with the new administration.

In his meeting with Vance, Han said China would be “willing to work with the U.S., upholding the strategic guidance of top-level diplomacy” and to “implement the important understandings reached between’” Xi and Trump, according to the statement by the Chinese embassy in Washington.

The two leaders had a phone call Friday.

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By the Associated Press

Trump says Elon Musk won’t get a desk in the West Wing.

Trump made the comment while signing executive orders in the Oval Office.

Trump has named Musk, the Tesla and X CEO, as head of the Department of Government Efficiency.

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By the Associated Press

Trump found a letter from Biden in the Oval Office’s Resolute desk, but only after a journalist reminded him to look for it.

While signing a series of executive orders, a journalist asked Trump if he’d received a letter. Trump said he didn’t know and checked the desk drawers, holding up the letter for the cameras.

“Maybe we should all read it together,” Trump said before setting it aside. He said he’ll read it himself before sharing it publicly.

The letter’s envelope had “47″ underlined, handwritten in what looked like pencil.

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By the Associated Press

Trump is using the first appearance of his second term in the Oval Office to sign another series of executive actions.

Here are some of the key things he’s signed:

• Pardons and commutations that Trump said would cover about 1,500 people criminally charged in the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021
• Overhauling the refugee admission program to better align with American principles and interests
• Declaring a “national emergency” at the U.S.-Mexico border
• Designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations

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By the Associated Press

Trump has issued pardons for people charged with participating in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Trump said he was pardoning about 1,500 defendants and issuing six commutations.

The pardons fulfill Trump’s promise to release supporters who tried to help him overturn his election defeat four years ago.

“These are the hostages,” he said while signing the paperwork in the Oval Office.

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By the Associated Press

After hours spent celebrating his new administration, Trump is making his first Oval Office appearance.

Trump has pledged to sign a series of executive actions from behind the oval-shaped room’s famous Resolute Desk.

He signed an initial flurry at Capital One Arena in downtown Washington, where thousands of his supporters gathered to celebrate an inaugural parade that was moved indoors due to the cold.

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By the Associated Press

Trump has reversed several immigration orders from Biden’s presidency, including one that narrowed deportation priorities to people who commit serious crimes, are deemed national security threats, or were stopped at the border. It returns the government to Trump’s first-term policy that everyone in the country illegally is a priority.

Trump “border czar” Tom Homan has repeatedly said the new administration wants to target criminals first but that it won’t hesitate to arrest others when deportation officers are on the streets.

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By the Associated Press

One of the 78 Biden-era executive orders that were rescinded just hours after Trump took office was one on voter registration that had drawn ire from Republicans in Congress.

The order, issued in March 2021, directed federal agencies to take certain steps to boost voter registration.

There was no indication the order favored one political party over the other, but Republicans had said the Biden administration had exceeded its authority and was directing federal agencies to engage in activities beyond their mission.

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By the Associated Press

Trump has rescinded a policy created by the Biden administration that sought to guide the development of artificial intelligence to prevent misuse.

The repeal of Biden’s 2023 executive order on AI was one of a flurry of actions taken by Trump on the first day of his second term.

The order had required leading AI developers to share data about their products’ safety and security with federal regulators. It called for the creation of standards to ensure AI is developed in such a way as to balance its economic potential with concerns about its risks.

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By the Associated Press

Trump rescinded a 2021 order signaling the Education Department would use Title IX to protect against discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation.

The Biden administration later went further to cement that interpretation into federal regulation, but it was overturned after Republican-led states challenged the rule in federal court.

Rescinding the 2021 order won’t have much effect on schools and colleges, but it clears the slate for other action by the Trump administration. Trump also rescinded a COVID-19-era executive order directing federal officials to give schools guidance on reopening during the pandemic.

That order, issued on Biden’s second day in office, also required the Education Department to explore the pandemic’s “disparate impacts” on students of color and students with disabilities.

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By the Associated Press

Trump has not signed an executive order to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America,” but Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has begun calling it just that.

He declared a state of emergency due to winter weather expected along the Gulf Coast.

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By the Associated Press

Trump has reversed an executive order issued by Biden that moved to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism.

Biden formally notified Congress just last week of his decision to lift the designation as part of a deal facilitated by the Catholic Church to free political prisoners on the island.

The day after the announcement, Cuba began releasing people who were convicted of various crimes, including some who were arrested after taking part in the historic 2021 protests, according to Cuban civil groups following the cases of detainees on the island.

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By the Associated Press

Trump has issued an order freezing many new or pending federal regulations, effectively blocking last-minute protections issued by the Biden administration.

Such an order is fairly common when a new administration takes over, but it could be the first in a series of moves designed to tamp down what the new president and other top Republicans have consistently decried as “federal overreach.”

The move recalled the first day of Trump’s first administration in 2017. Then, he froze all pending federal regulations, effectively suspending Obama-era actions that were new or close to implementation.

That “immediate regulatory freeze” did not apply to some regulations being implemented for emergency situations relating to health, safety, financial or national security. Implementation of the new administration’s order is likely to include similar language allowing for key exceptions

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By the Associated Press

Trump has officially returned to the White House as president once again.

He walked through the doors shortly after 7 p.m., joined by his wife, his son Barron and his father-in-law.

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By the Associated Press

Among the executive orders Trump signed with a flourish in front of a cheering crowd was one mandating that federal workers return to their offices five days a week.

The move followed the new president’s pledge to end the work-from-home culture that became common during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last month, at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Trump said he planned to dismiss federal employees who don’t return to the office to comply with the order.

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By the Associated Press

Trump has signed an order to withdraw a second time from the Paris climate agreement.

About half of Americans oppose withdrawing from the international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to an AP-NORC poll conducted in January. Only about 2 in 10 US adults are “somewhat” or “strongly” in favor of withdrawing from the Paris agreement, while about one-quarter are neutral.

Much of the opposition comes from Democrats — about three-quarters are opposed — but Republicans display some ambivalence as well. Slightly less than half of Republicans are in favor of the move, while about 2 in 10 are opposed.

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By the Associated Press

Trump has ordered a federal hiring freeze on his first day back in office, mirroring an action he took at the start of his first term to try to reduce the size of government.

The order suspends hiring for new positions and many open ones. It includes exceptions for posts related to national security and public safety, as well as the military.

During his campaign, Trump pledged to dismantle a federal bureaucracy that he derided as the “deep state.”

The order eight years ago was intended as a temporary, 90-day measure until federal budget officials, as well as those in charge of the government’s personnel office, could devise a longer-term strategy for reducing the size of the federal government — and it was effectively lifted that April.

How long the latest freeze may last is less clear. It is a drastic step away from the Biden administration, which took steps to increase the federal workforce and give pay raises to many in its ranks.

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By the Associated Press

Return-to-office policies for federal workers are more popular than some of Trump’s other government efficiency proposals, a new AP-NORC poll finds, like eliminating a large number of federal jobs or getting rid of entire agencies.

Republican lawmakers have been pushing for more federal workers to appear in person, and its rank-and-file Republicans are also more likely than Americans overall to support a 5-day week in the office. Adults over 45 are also more likely than younger adults to want a full return to office for federal employees.

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By the Associated Press

Trump has signed orders on:

• Halting 78 Biden-era executive actions
• A regulatory freeze preventing bureaucrats from issuing regulations until the Trump administration has full control of the government
• A freeze on all federal hiring except for military and a few other essential areas
• A requirement that federal workers return to full-time in-person work
• A directive to every department and agency to address the cost of living crisis
• Withdrawal from the Paris climate treaty
• A government order restoring freedom of speech and preventing censorship of free speech
• Ending the “weaponization of government against the political adversaries of the previous administration”

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By the Associated Press

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By the Associated Press

Trump’s famous black Sharpie scrawl is back.

He’s showing off his signature as he signs an initial round of executive orders.

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By the Associated Press

Trump is turning his rally at a downtown Washington arena into a signing ceremony for executive actions that his new administration is taking to institute major policy changes.

Low temperatures forced what would have been a traditional inaugural parade inside an arena with a red, white and blue stage.

The setup included a small desk, chair and microphone, where Trump was sitting to attach his signature to official actions.

He told the crowd actions were coming on retaining federal documents and pardoning the people charged in the riot on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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By the Associated Press

Trump promised throughout his campaign to issue pardons to many of the more than 1,500 people charged with crimes related to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, but it’s not a popular move.

According to a new AP-NORC poll, about 2 in 10 U.S. adults favor pardoning most people who participated in the attack. A larger share — about 6 in 10 — oppose this move, including half who are strongly opposed. The rest are neutral.

Republicans are divided on the pardons. About 4 in 10 Republicans favor pardoning many of the Jan. 6 participants, while about 3 in 10 are opposed.

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By the Associated Press

Trump announced he will pardon people charged in connection with the Jan. 6 riot, calling them “hostages” while flanked by the families of people taken hostage by Hamas as militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

The jarring juxtaposition came moments after Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Middle East envoy, introduced the relatives, some of whom are seeking the return of remains of their loves ones who were killed while held captive.

“Tonight, I’m going to be signing on the J6 hostages, pardons, to get them out,” Trump said, using a shorthand for people charged with crimes for their alleged actions on Jan. 6, 2021. “And as soon as I leave I’m going to the Oval Office and we’ll be signing pardons for a lot of people. A lot of people.”

Trump went on to welcome home people who were released by Hamas as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel, which was finalized in the waning days of Biden’s administration.

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By the Associated Press

The Senate on Monday passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes, the first measure he likely will sign into law and giving more weight to his plans to deport millions of migrants.

Trump has made a broad crackdown on illegal immigration his top priority, and Congress, with Republicans in control and some Democrats willing to go along, is showing it is ready to follow suit.

Passage of the Laken Riley Act — named after a Georgia nursing student whose murder by a Venezuelan man last year became a rallying cry for Trump’s White House campaign — was a sign of how Congress has shifted sharply right on border security and immigration.

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By the Associated Press

Trump says he’ll be signing pardons for “a lot of people” soon — including for those charged with attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

The new president made a point of emphasizing “a lot,” delighting the crowd.

Trump also talked about how the Israel-Hamas war wouldn’t have happened had he been in office instead of Biden. He appeared to mix up that conflict with Russia’s war in Ukraine.

“Three years. It’s ridiculous,” Trump said. The Israeli conflict occurred not even 18 months ago

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By the Associated Press

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Families of hostages from Israel attended the inauguration parade, including several with family members still in captivity and others whose loved ones have died.

The family members took the stage, lining up to shake hands with Trump.

Steve Witkoff, Trump’s appointee for special envoy for peace in the Middle East, kicked off the speaking portion following the parade by celebrating the return of three Israeli hostages Sunday.

“For the former hostages here today, welcome home,” Trump said after being introduced by Witkoff.

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By the Associated Press

The inaugural parade included a nod to Trump’s and Vance’s formative years.

Students from the New York Military Academy, a private prep school near West Point, marched in the parade. Trump is a 1964 graduate of the school, as well as an alumnus of distinction from the school.

Also participating were the marching band and cheerleaders from Ohio’s Middletown High School. Vance graduated from the school in 2003. The community raised more than $140,000 through private donations and grants to send students from Vance’s hometown to Washington.

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By the Associated Press

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By the Associated Press

Trump entered the arena via stairs in the stands that had him walking closely passed his supporters.

There was no buffer between the president and his fans, who were close enough to touch him and pat him on the shoulder.

It was a marked contrast from the Republican National Convention, when Secret Service agents kept a wide aisle between Trump and Republican officials amid heightened security following his near-assassination.

The indoor parade — attended by regular supporters — is serving as a visual contrast to the events at the Capitol, where Trump was surrounded by lawmakers and many of the country’s richest men.

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By the Associated Press

Inauguration Day traditionally features a large parade down Pennsylvania Avenue, but frigid temperatures prompted Trump to direct that the day’s festivities be held indoors.

That meant moving the parade inside Capital One Arena, normally home to Washington’s NBA and NHL teams.

The new venue would seem to stretch the definition of a parade and likely won’t feature marching or floats.

As things were kicking off, even the DJ acknowledged the festivities weren’t like a normal parade.

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By the Associated Press

Trump has arrived at Capital One Arena for an indoor inaugural parade, taking a red, white and blue stage to raucous cheers from the crowd.

As the new president entered, he placed a binder on a podium where he would later address the crowd. Trump then stood and smiled, pumping his fist as sustained cheers continued.

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By the Associated Press

Thousands are protesting in Chicago as Trump takes office, chanting “The people united will never be defeated” and “Free Palestine Now” as they march downtown toward Trump Tower.

They’re carrying signs declaring “Stop the Trump agenda,” “Dismantle systems of oppression” and “Keep immigrant families together.”

The city is bracing for Trump’s promised mass deportations amid reports that his initial push would be in the Chicago area.

Similar protests have broken out across the country. Thousands marched along Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, demanding a free Palestine, calling for protections for immigrant families and honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

In Columbus, Ohio, more than 100 people gathered at a downtown church after a rally outside the statehouse moved inside due to the cold. And in Rhode Island, hundreds gathered in the capital for a rally meant to honor King and denounce Trump’s policies.

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By the Associated Press

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum congratulated Trump, saying on the social platform X that “as neighbors and commercial partners, dialogue, respect and cooperation will always be the symbol of our relationship.”

Sheinbaum, whose politics are firmly rooted on the left, began her six-year term in October.

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By the Associated Press

Presidential inaugurals frequently symbolize what binds Americans, a quadrennial celebration of a peaceful transition of power. Yet the nation’s political divisions were hard not to notice in media coverage of the event.

On NBC News, historian Jon Meacham called Trump’s inaugural the most partisan address he can remember.

Conservative commentator Scott Jennings on CNN said it was remarkable to see Trump “indict the gangsters to their faces.”

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By the Associated Press

The Department of Government Efficiency’s first order of business was itself: It is now down to one member.

Vivek Ramaswamy will no longer serve in the nongovernmental agency alongside Elon Musk, a spokesperson for the agency confirmed Monday. Ramaswamy has signaled plans to run for governor of Ohio.

“Vivek Ramaswamy played a critical role in helping us create DOGE,” spokesperson Anna Kelly said in a statement. “He intends to run for elected office soon, which requires him to remain outside of DOGE, based on the structure that we announced today. We thank him immensely for his contributions over the last 2 months and expect him to play a vital role in making America great again.”

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By the Associated Press

Trump is now leaving the Capitol. He’s expected to head next to the inaugural parade at Capital One Arena.

Supporters have been there all day, watching video of the swearing-in and other events.

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By the Associated Press

Trump has named two Republicans to lead regulatory agencies that oversee nuclear power, natural gas and other energy infrastructure.

David Wright is the new chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, while Mark Christie heads the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

The NRC regulates commercial nuclear power plants and other uses of nuclear materials. FERC regulates interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas and oil. It also reviews proposals to build liquefied natural gas terminals, a Trump priority.

Both panels are independent agencies, but members are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.

Wright replaces Christopher Hanson, while Christie supplants Willie Phillips. Both were named to their leadership posts by Joe Biden.

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By the Associated Press

Connecticut Democratic Governor Ned Lamont says he belived it was important for him to make the trek to Washington for inaugural events out of “respect for the presidency and the transition of power.”

Lamont says it was also a chance to catch up with Republican governors from around the country and to meet some newly elected ones.

“I thought it was important to have Democratic governors there,” he told The Associated Press. “I’m not supporting any of these policies, just there out of respect for the presidency.”

Lamont, an early and longtime Biden supporter, acknowledged feeling a bit outnumbered politically during his whirlwind visit to the nation’s capital.

“Lots of flashing lights and MAGA hats down here,” Lamont joked. “I felt a bit like an anthropologist checking things out.”

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By Anjali Huynh, Globe Staff

President Trump’s efforts to take on economic issues in new executive orders are expected to center on producing more American energy, coming off an election where economic concerns fueled Republican wins up and down the ballot.

Not among those promises, however, were the tariffs Trump has indicated he may try to implement on foreign goods to pressure American business partners. Massachusetts business owners previously expressed concerns about how prices could rise if he chose to do so, potentially hurting their profits.

“No news is good news at this point,” said John Stowe, chairman of Lutco, a Worcester maker of custom steel bearings and machined parts.

Trump plans to declare a national energy emergency aimed at expanding energy production, which Trump officials said would both bring down the costs of energy and represent a change in foreign policy as the US seeks to assert “energy dominance” and compete with China in areas like artificial intelligence.

“The inflation crisis is caused by lots of overspending and escalating energy prices,” Trump said during remarks at his swearing-in ceremony.

“We have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have: the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth, and we are going to use it,” he added.

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By the Associated Press

Trump has turned to three longtime senior civilians at the Pentagon to serve as the acting secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force while he waits for Congress to confirm his permanent nominees.

Mark Averill, who was the administrative assistant to Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, will be acting secretary of that service. A graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point, Averill has been a senior career civilian since June 2009.

Terence Emmert, who has been the principal deputy chief technology officer for mission capabilities, will be the acting Navy secretary. He served in the Navy as an aviator and has broad experience in research and testing.

Gary Ashworth, who has been working in a temporary role as the assistant defense secretary for acquisition, will be the acting Air Force secretary. Ashworth spent more than 20 years in the Air Force and headed an acquisition squadron during his final assignment.

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By the Associated Press

Trump is shaking hands, posing for photos, and chatting as he prepares to make his way out of National Statuary Hall.

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By the Associated Press

While red baseball caps have become synonymous with President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump made her own millinery-related fashion statement, sporting a navy wide-brimmed hat by an American designer on Inauguration Day.

The hat designed by Eric Javits shielded the first lady’s eyes as her husband was sworn in Monday for the second time. Javits said dressing the first lady has been one of the greatest honors of his career.

The hat made its mark throughout the inauguration ceremony: As Trump went to kiss his wife after entering the Capitol Rotunda, the hat left only room for an air kiss. Even now-former President Joe Biden had to navigate around the hat while trying to talk to her husband on the other side.

In a departure from 2017’s sky blue cashmere dress and gloves by Ralph Lauren, this time, Melania Trump paired a muted navy silk wool coat with a navy skirt and an ivory silk crepe blouse underneath, all by independent American designer Adam Lippes.

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By the Associated Press

A large number of senior career diplomats who served in politically appointed leadership positions at the State Department have left their posts at the demand of the incoming Trump administration, which plans to install its own people in those positions, according to current and outgoing US officials.

Personnel changes in the senior ranks of the department, like those at all federal agencies, are not uncommon after a presidential election, and career officials serving in those roles are required, just as non-career political appointees, to submit letters of resignation before an incoming administration takes office.

In the past, some of those resignations have not been accepted, allowing career officials to remain in their posts at least temporarily until the new president can make nominations. That offers some degree of continuity in the day-to-day running of the bureaucracy.

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By the Associated Press

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt and some of her assistants began moving into their space at the White House while Trump was at the Capitol.

At age 27, Leavitt is the youngest person to be named White House press secretary.

Meanwhile, walls in the press offices that were left bare just hours earlier are now adorned with an assortment of photos of Trump, including from his appearances in Washington over the weekend.

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By the Associated Press

The text of Trump’s order on the US flag says it will be lowered “upon the end of this Inauguration Day” for the remainder of the 30-day period honoring the memory of the late former President Jimmy Carter, or through Jan. 28.

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By The Associated Press, Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio and Anjali Huynh

President Donald Trump has been promising a flurry of executive action on Day 1, and there are executive orders already prepared for his signature. Those orders will end diversity, equity and inclusion funding, crack down on border crossings and ease regulations on oil and natural gas production.

The Republican has promised dozens of actions, though it’s unclear whether he’ll make good on his pledge to do them all on his first day.

Here’s a look at some of Trump’s plans.

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By the Associated Press

A government health website that offers birth control and emergency abortion guidance appears to have been disabled after Trump took office.

The website, reproductiverights.gov, was launched by the Biden administration in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn national abortion rights. It detailed ways in which women could obtain birth control, abortion pills and emergency abortions.

The Biden administration had argued hospitals, even in states with strict abortion bans, should be required to provide emergency abortions for women with serious pregnancy complications like placental abruptions, ectopic pregnancies or incomplete miscarriages.

More than 100 pregnant women, including some who needed pregnancy terminations, were turned away from emergency rooms since the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision, an Associated Press investigation found.

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By the Associated Press

As Trump promised mass deportations in his inaugural address and following remarks, hundreds of people marched in protest of Trump’s immigration policies near the US embassy in Mexico City.

A group of about 50 people gathered ahead outside the embassy ahead of the march. One held balloons that said in Spanish “Borders don’t exist.” A protester also burned a piñata that looked like Trump while another wore a hoodie labeled SB 4, referring to the stalled Texas immigration law.

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By the Associated Press and Heather Ciras

Musk pumped his fists as he spoke at the Inauguration Day viewing party at Capital One arena.

He celebrated Trump’s victory, calling it “really important” and highlighting the new president’s promise to plant the US flag on Mars — a longtime goal of Musk’s.

“I’m going to work my a— off for you guys,” Musk said in the short speech.

During the speech, viewers on social media immediately began asking if Musk made a “nazi salute.” At about :20 in the video below, you can see Musk slap his chest and stick out his arm, palm down. He then turned around and did it again to those behind him.

Viewers on social media pounced on the gesture, saying “Musk did a Nazi salute because he knows there are zero political consequences to him doing so,” and “Elon Musk doing a Nazi salute during Trump’s inauguration festivities is something that, yes, I had on my 2025 bingo card.”

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By the Associated Press

The room is full of powerful people, including lawmakers, tech titans and Supreme Court justices.

Klobuchar spoke at the start of the event in National Statuary Hall.

The large painting behind them is called “American Horizon,” she said, and marks the first time the event has featured a work by a woman artist.

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By the Associated Press

Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley’s portrait and nameplate has been taken down in the Pentagon.

The portrait, which is a traditional way of honoring all former chairmen, was until at least 12:46 p.m. Monday still hung in the hallway by former Chairman Joseph Dunford’s portrait.

Milley’s portrait was just unveiled Jan. 12 at a ceremony.

Earlier today former President Joe Biden pardoned Milley preemptively from any potential prosecution by Trump.

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By the Associated Press

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By the Associated Press

Flanked by members of Congress from both parties, Trump sat in a high-backed red chair at an ornate desk and began affixing his signature to documents. One act was related to Cabinet duties while another directed that US flags be flown at full staff on Inauguration Day.

Trump had bristled at the idea of flags flying at half-staff, as directed by Biden, for 30 days to honor the death of former president Jimmy Carter.

Carter died late last month.

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By the Associated Press

The military airplane taking Biden and his family to a respite in California started taxiing just before 2 p.m. for takeoff from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.

Before getting on the plane, Biden spoke at a farewell event on the base with now-former staff members, telling them, “We’re leaving office but we’re not leaving the fight.”

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By the Associated Press

Trump is joking about his wife’s large hat, saying that she nearly blew away earlier when the two stepped outside to see Biden off.

“She almost blew away,” Trump said with a laugh, joking that, “She was being elevated off the ground.”

First lady Melania Trump visibly struggled to keep the hat on her head amid wind gusts and the force of the military helicopter that carried Biden from the Capitol.

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By the Associated Press

It’s a remarkable moment for the new president — moments after being sworn into office, rambling into a long speech of familiar promises, grievances and insults.

Trump is holding court at the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall, his vice president and the House speaker looking on, as he talks unscripted for what was expected to be a quick stop to supporters.

Instead, he is speaking on a range of topics, a weave he has called it.

He’s also going longer in his post-inaugural remarks than he did in his inaugural address, which ran for half an hour.

The new president read from a teleprompter and was relatively staid in the Capitol Rotunda during his formal address. That speech was short by traditional inaugural address standards.

But then he headed to another part of the Capitol and started talking in a more relaxed and jovial way.

He didn’t stop for 32 minutes, joking at one point, “I think it’s a better speech than the one I gave upstairs.”

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By Anjali Huynh, Globe staff

President Trump announced he would sign executive orders today seeking to roll back protections for transgender people and diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

These actions, long his campaign promises, could set the stage for Massachusetts to sue or take other legal action against the Trump administration, as prior to the inauguration, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell named them as among her top concerns regarding the incoming administration.

One order calls for the federal government to only recognize two unchangeable sexes, male and female, based on whether a person is born with eggs or sperm, rather than by using their chromosomes. Agencies are expected to “give effect to these terms” when carrying out agency business, an official said, meaning federal employees are expected to use the term sex instead of gender on official government documents.

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By Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio, Globe Staff

The refugee resettlement program, which has helped resettle millions of people escaping from devastating humanitarian circumstances including war and persecution into the US since 1980, will be suspended for at least four months, according to senior transition government officials.

In a list of President Trump’s “America First” priorities, the White House confirmed that the President is suspending the program, “after communities were forced to house large and unsustainable populations of migrants, straining community safety and resources,” the White House said in the statement.

Trump’s first administration cut refugee administration drastically to the lowest numbers in the program’s history, allowing just over 11,400 refugees into the US during the 2021 fiscal year, according to state department data. The Biden administration, however, brought admissions to the highest level in 20 years, reaching more than 100,000 refugees admitted into the US last fiscal year.

In Massachusetts, more than 2,300 refugees were resettled in the 2024 fiscal year, with the largest numbers coming from Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria, and Venezuela.

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By the Associated Press

After delivering a relatively staid inaugural address reading from a teleprompter, Trump is now unleashing during a freewheeling, off-the-cuff second speech at the Capitol Visitor Center.

Trump is angrily railing against his enemies, promising action on what he calls the “J6 hostages,” calling former US Rep. Liz Cheney “a crying lunatic,” and bashing what he calls the “unselect committee of political thugs” that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.

He’s also criticizing the pardons Joe Biden issued right before Trump was sworn in and in recent weeks.

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By the Associated Press

It’s where rows of National Guard troops took their rest on the hard floors in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

Trump is reviving false claims about the House’s Jan. 6 committee that investigated the attack and complaining about Biden’s last-minute pardons for the committee members and staff.

Trump says he decided not to mention the people who have been jailed for their roles in the violent insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, during his inaugural speech but is talking about them now during freewheeling remarks at the visitor center.

“I was going to talk about the J6 hostages,” said Trump, who has vowed to pardon those involved in the violence, whom he refers to as “hostages.”

He says that action, not words, are what matter, adding: “You’re going to see a lot of action.”

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By Emily Spatz, Globe Correspondent

In a statement shortly after Trump was sworn in, the MassGOP said it is “optimistic about the future.”

“This moment marks a pivotal step toward restoring America’s strength, security, and prosperity under the banner of America First policies,” the party wrote in a press release.

Trump’s policies on the border, economy, energy independence, and governance “aligns with the values of hardworking families across Massachusetts who are ready to see real solutions to the challenges they face every day,” the statement said.

MassGOP Chair Amy Carnevale said that both Massachusetts and American voters chose a “new direction” for the country, adding that that includes “addressing the issue of criminal illegal immigrants by ensuring deportation efforts are prioritized for those who endanger our communities at the taxpayer expense.”

“This is a moment of renewed hope for our Commonwealth and our country,” she added. “The MassGOP is ready to support this administration in bringing about the positive changes our country needs.”

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By the Associated Press

Trump has named an acting defense secretary because his choice to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, has not yet been confirmed by the Senate.

Robert G. Salesses, deputy director of the Pentagon’s Washington Headquarters Service, will fill in, two defense officials said on the condition of anonymity to discuss an announcement that was not yet public.

The service includes all of the capitol region support services, including facilities management and the office of general counsel and others that support the military branches and Pentagon leadership. Salesses served as a Marine in the Gulf War, earning a Bronze Star.

The appointment was first reported by NBC.

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By the Associated Press

Joe Biden is boarding a helicopter that will carry him into his post-presidency life — but the aircraft carrying him is no longer known as Marine One.

Since Biden is now a former president, he and his wife Jill boarded a chopper technically known as “Nighthawk 46″ despite still having the presidential seal.

The Bidens were flying to a farewell ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, then flying to California.

The California flight will be Special Air Mission 46.

Trump, who hadn’t yet taken office then, flew on Saturday from Florida to Washington aboard a plane with presidential markings that was known as Special Air Mission 47.

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By the Associated Press

The Trump administration ended use of a border app called CBP One that has allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States with eligibility to work.

A notice on the website of Customs and Border Protection on Monday just after Trump was sworn in let users know that the app that had been used to allow migrants to schedule appointments at eight southwest border ports of entry is no longer available. The notice said that existing appointments have been canceled.

The move adheres to a promise Trump made during his campaign and will please critics who say it was an overly generous magnet for more people to come to Mexico’s border with the United States.

The CBP One app had been wildly popular.

It is an online lottery system to give appointments to 1,450 people a day at eight border crossings. They enter on immigration “parole,” a presidential authority that Joe Biden used more than any other president since it was introduced in 1952.

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By the Associated Press

He and his wife, Jill, boarded a military helicopter on the grounds of the Capitol after Trump was sworn into office.

Biden is going to Joint Base Andrews for a farewell ceremony with now-former members of his staff.

He’ll then fly aboard a military airplane to Santa Ynez, California, to unwind with his family.

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By Giulia McDonnell Nieto del RioGlobe, Globe Staff

President Trump has quickly announced a host of immigration-related executive orders, many of which could impact tens of thousands of immigrants already in Massachusetts, or looking to make their way here.

According to senior transition government officials, these orders include no longer recognizing birthright citizenship, suspending refugee resettlement, and establishing federal homeland security task forces to coordinate with local officials on deportation. During his inauguration speech, Trump said he was declaring a national emergency at the southern border, and that the administration “would begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came.”

“As Commander in Chief, I have no higher responsibility than to defend our country from threats and invasions, and that is exactly what I am going to do,” Trump said Monday. “We will do it at a level that nobody has ever seen before.”

Efforts to end birthright citizenship will be particularly difficult to execute and have wide-ranging consequences for New England, experts have said. In Massachusetts, about 30,100 Massachusetts children with US citizenship had at least one undocumented parent as of 2022, according to a report from the American Immigration Council.

Thousands of migrants, many from the Caribbean and Latin America, have made their way to the state during the Biden administration through humanitarian programs that will likely end, or be temporarily paused, during the Trump administration.

In Massachusetts, some immigration advocates shared serious concern about what the future would look like for local immigrant communities under the Trump administration.

“We are living in the worst times in America as it pertains to the protection of those seeking refuge,” said Geralde Gabeau, the director of the Immigrant Family Services Institute in Mattapan, a social services organization which has helped thousands of Haitian migrants settling in the Boston area. “It is ironic that we are celebrating MLK, who fought for freedom, and placing an anti-immigrant person in power.”

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By the Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi were among those wishing Trump well in his new term in the White House.

Netanyahu predicted “the best days of our alliance are yet to come,” even as he hailed actions Trump took in his first term, including moving the American embassy to Jerusalem.

El-Sissi said he’d work with Trump to enhance their countries’ relationship.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose Labor government has been under attack by Elon Musk and other Trump allies, also sent his “warmest congratulations.”

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By the Associated Press

President Trump, VP Vance, and the first and Second Lady have departed.

Former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris have also left.

The Trump family is waiting for the remaining former presidents to leave the platform before they are escorted out.

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By the Associated Press

He is next expected to appear at a signing room ceremony.

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By the Associated Press

Trump did not express intentions to take back the Panama Canal during his campaign but began talking about wanting this vital waterway last month. During his inaugural address, Trump said the spirit of a treaty signed in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter that relinquished control of the canal in 1999 had been violated.

He said the waterway should have never been given away and said that “American ships are being severely overcharged and not treated fairly,” and repeated that “China is operating the Panama Canal.” Earlier this month, he said he would not rule out military force to take control of it.

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By the Associated Press

Trump says he will again withdraw the United States, a top carbon-polluting nation, from the landmark Paris Climate Agreement, dealing a blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and once again distancing the US from its closest allies.

The announcement echoed Trump’s actions in 2017 when he announced that the US would abandon the Paris accord, which is aimed at limiting long-term global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels.

The 2015 Paris Agreement is voluntary and allows nations to provide targets to cut their own emissions of greenhouse gases from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas.

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By the Associated Press

A coalition of veterans, public health professionals, teachers, consumer advocates and watchdog groups has filed a legal challenge in federal court against Trump’s special commission on promoting government efficiency.

The lawsuit was filed just after Trump’s swearing-in. It seeks an injunction against the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

The suit charges that Trump is operating the group without complying with federal transparency laws, and argues that the activities of private commissions must be made public.

Trump mentioned DOGE, which is being headed by billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk, in his inauguration speech.

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By Tal Kopan, Globe Staff

Mere minutes after Trump was sworn in as the 47th president, the White House was already well into its transformation.

The White House press shop began sending reporters information on the expected executive orders he will sign, and visitors to the White House website were no longer greeted with a smiling Biden. Instead, a cinematic video of Trump and American iconography like a bald eagle, fighter jets over the White House and the president’s signature helicopters played before revealing a pointing picture of Trump under the blaring banner “AMERICA IS BACK.”

CBS News reported that bus-fulls of Trump White House staffers were brought to the joint office space and residence shortly after Trump was sworn in, and NBC News reported that the Oval Office was also already being redecorated to Trump’s specifications.

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By the Associated Press

Trump’s second inaugural speech marked a major departure from his tone the first time he took the Oath of Office.

Back in 2017, Trump delivered an inaugural address that put aside the typical optimism and promises of unity with a dark portrait of national life as he spoke of “American Carnage.”

“From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. From this moment on, it’s going to be America first,” he had declared then.

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By the Associated Press

Trump finished speaking after about 30 minutes.

It was a very short speech by Trump’s standards.

His 2024 campaign rally speeches often went on for more than an hour.

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By the Associated Press

It’s traditional to use a Bible during the presidential oath of office, but it is not required. Only the oath is mandated by the Constitution.

Theodore Roosevelt didn’t use a Bible when he was sworn in following the assassination of William McKinley in 1901. John Quincy Adams used a law text for his 1825 inauguration.

And, sworn in aboard Air Force One after John Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson used a Catholic missal.

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By the Associated Press

“Many people thought it was impossible for me to stage such a historic political comeback, but as you see here today, here I am,” he said.

“I stand before you now as proof that you should never believe that something is impossible to do in America,” he went on, adding: “In America, the impossible is what we do best.

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By the Associated Press

Trump’s enthusiasm for sending astronauts to Mars was shared by some — but not all — Americans in a 2019 AP-NORC poll.

About 3 in 10 US adults said that sending astronauts to Mars was “very” or “extremely” important, about one-third said it was “moderately” important, and about 4 in 10 said it was “not too” or “not at all” important.

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By the Associated Press

Trump said “all illegal entry will immediately be halted,” with few details on how he will achieve that. He said he would end the practice of releasing migrants in the United States to pursue asylum, known as “catch-and-release,” but didn’t say how he would pay for the enormous costs of detention.

Part of his plan relies on resuming the “Remain in Mexico” policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court, a hallmark of his first term. The Mexican government has agreed, signaling perhaps one of the most concrete and immediate changes that will be seen at the border.

Trump said little about his plans for mass deportation, saying only that he would deport “millions and millions of criminal aliens.”

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By the Associated Press

The Rev. Al Sharpton and other Black leaders led a standing-room-only congregation in a passionate and political Martin Luther King Jr. Day as Trump was being sworn in.

The timing was no accident.

“We want people to see the tale of two cities in one,” Sharpton cried, as Trump was being inaugurated at the Capitol.

Sharpton introduced Korey Wise — one of the falsely accused Central Park Five Black defendants whose execution Trump had lobbied for — to cheers from the crowd, and rattled off a series of actions he said Trump had taken against Black Americans and civil rights.

“We will fight the next four years no matter what he says,” Sharpton said.

“Everything that Dr. King stood for is at risk with this president, this Congress,” Sharpton said.

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By the Associated Press

Here are a few of the executive orders Trump says he plans to issue on his first day:

• Several on immigration, including declaring a national emergency at southern border, reinstating the “remain in Mexico” policy and sending troops to the southern border.
• Seeking a broad government effort to reduce inflation and reduce prices.
• Declaring a “national energy emergency” and allowing for more energy production.
• Ending what he has called an “electric vehicle mandate.”

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By the Associated Press

The speech Trump is delivering sounds a lot like his rally speeches, with plenty of grievance, including references to those who tried to “take my freedom” and the “weaponization of our Justice Department.”

Trump, after leaving office, became the first former president to be indicted, convicted and sentenced. But he has long tried to cast his many investigations as politically motivated.

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By the Associated Press

In his inaugural address, Trump repeated a line he usually brought up during his campaign, saying that immigrants arriving in the country illegally come from prisons and mental institutions.

There is no evidence countries are sending their criminals or mentally ill across the border.

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By the Associated Press

Trump is laying out his executive orders, starting with declaring a state of emergency on the southern border, which received a standing ovation from all Republicans and a few swing state Democrats, including Representatives Don Davis and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez.

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By the Associated Press

Speaking just feet from former Biden, Trump is delivering a forceful critique of the federal government, which he says “cannot manage even a simple crisis at home.”

He cites the wildfires in California and flooding in North Carolina, crises about which he has repeatedly spread incorrect claims. He also points to “a continuing catalogue of catastrophic events abroad” and illegal immigration.

“My election is a mandate to completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal,” he said.

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By the Associated Press

Trump marked the fact that his inauguration is occurring on Martin Luther King Jr. Day., saying in his speech that his administration will “strive together to make his dream a reality.”

“We will make his dream come true,” Trump vowed of the Rev. King.

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By the Associated Press

Trump referred to the assassination attempt against him, saying he was “saved by God to make America great again,” drawing a standing ovation from Republicans in the room while Democrats, including Biden and Harris, remained seated and still.

Trump says the election has given him “a mandate to completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal” he says has taken place, “and to give the people back their faith, their wealth, their democracy and indeed their freedom. From this moment on, America’s decline is over.”

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By the Associated Press

Trump in his first remarks as the 47th president declared that the “golden age of America begins right now.”

“From this day forward, our country will flourish and be respected again all over the world,” he said.

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By Erin Douglas, Globe Staff

Trump is expected, for the second time, to pull the nation out of the Paris Climate Accord, an international goal to keep global temperatures below 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to preindustrial times. Climate actions represented some of the key policy achievements of the Biden administration, and Trump has repeatedly promised to reverse many of those policies, including targets to reduce climate-warming fossil fuel emissions.

Trump declared a “national energy emergency,” which could accelerate the permitting of fossil fuel projects and increase oil and gas production, one of the incoming-president’s key campaign promises.

“We will drill, baby, drill,” Trump said during his inaugural speech, promising to increase the production of fossil fuels in America, which Trump claims will bring down energy costs.

”We will end the ‘Green New Deal,’ and we will revoke the EV mandate,” he added.

Although there is no government requirement to buy electric vehicles in place, Trump has repeatedly promised to end what he calls Biden’s “EV mandate.” The incoming president may aim to deliver on this campaign promise by rolling back the Biden administration’s stricter standards on vehicle pollution for new cars and by trying to repeal tax breaks for electric vehicles. (The tax breaks were included in the Inflation Reduction Act, a law passed by Congress, and it’s unclear how or when the Trump administration will attempt to revoke that provision).

Trump will also end leases for wind farms, according to a Monday press statement from his administration. The incoming president has repeatedly and falsely blamed the offshore wind industry for whale deaths. A decline in the pace of developing offshore wind will be a huge blow to Massachusetts’ climate targets, which rely heavily on wind to decarbonize the power sector.

Biden had issued an executive order to take a “whole-of-government” approach to fighting climate change during the first month of his administration, including rejoining the Paris climate agreement. Trump is expected to revoke the Biden order, which will halt a number of directives to address climate change across federal agencies.

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By the Associated Press

Trump’s family surrounds him after his swearing-in.

He kisses his wife, Melania, on the cheek — this time making it past the brim of her hat.

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By the Associated Press

Roberts has sworn in Trump for a second term as president.

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Vance’s wife, Usha, and their three young children were at his side.

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By the Associated Press

The staff of the White House residence starts the work of moving out one president and preparing the mansion for a new president as soon as the outgoing and incoming presidents leave for the inauguration at the Capitol.

They have about five hours to do it.

The White House chief usher is the staff person who oversees the process and will have worked with Melania Trump to coordinate the move. One former White House usher describes the process as “organized chaos.”

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By the Associated Press

While reciting the presidential oath of office is mandated by the Constitution, using a Bible isn’t.

Theodore Roosevelt didn’t use one when he was sworn in following the assassination of William McKinley in 1901. John Quincy Adams used a law text for his 1825 inauguration.

And, sworn in aboard Air Force One after John Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson used a Catholic missal.

Also, who holds the Bible during the inaugural ceremony isn’t spelled out. Lady Bird Johnson set a tradition that has continued until today when she became the first incoming-first lady to hold the Bible for her husband Lyndon’s second inauguration in January 1965.

Prior to that, the Bibles were often held by an unknown official — people not easily identified in historical photographs.

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By Kendall Wright, Globe Correspondent

Like most other Democrats, Salem Representative Seth Moulton said he was attending Trump’s inauguration on Monday to signal his support for democracy. But in a statement, he implicitly criticized Republicans who in some cases still avoid explicitly admitting that Trump lost the 2020 election, as Trump himself has continued to baselessly stoke doubt in those results.

“I’m here today at the Inauguration on principle, out of respect for our democracy. It’s pretty ironic to be amongst so many hypocrites who suddenly respect elections,” Moulton said in a post on the social media platform X, also seeming to allude to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

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By the Associated Press

It is waiting for Biden and will fly away after the inauguration.

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By the Associated Press

Biden, in final act in office, issued pardons to his family members, due to ‘unrelenting attacks’ from Trump and allies.

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By the Associated Press

Klobuchar spoke at the start of the swearing-in, calling the audience to order before the ceremony began.

The Minnesota Democrat has a prominent role because she chairs the joint committee overseeing preparations for the inauguration.

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By the Associated Press

Senior government officials, tech moguls and donors are gathered inside the Capitol building, attending the swearing-in ceremony in person.

Meanwhile, thousands of Trump’s supporters, many wearing MAGA gear, are gathered at Capital One Arena to watch on screen.

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By the Associated Press

A group of Proud Boys carrying pro-Trump signs and anti-antifa marched on the streets in Washington as Trump prepared for the swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol Rotunda.

The extremist group was known for street fights with anti-fascist activists when Trump infamously told them to “stand back and stand by” during his first debate in 2020 with Biden.

Dozens of Proud Boys leaders, members and associates have been convicted and sentenced to prison in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. It’s unclear whether any might receive pardons promised by Trump.

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By the Associated Press

A spokeswoman for the transition team says Donald Trump will order the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Mount Denali in his first executive orders.

Spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on the social platform X that the Gulf of Mexico will be renamed the Gulf of America and Denali — the highest mountain in North America — will revert to Mount McKinley, its former name until the Obama administration changed it in 2015.

Earlier this month, Trump floated the idea of renaming the body of water that forms the coastline along five southeastern states, saying he felt “Gulf of America” has a “beautiful ring to it.”

As president, Trump can take the action to rename the body of water, although other countries don’t have to adopt the new name.

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By the Associated Press

Trump is walking through the Capitol alone.

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By the Associated Press

Vance is now walking into the Rotunda.

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By the Associated Press

Macchio performed at the Republican National Convention in July, at Trump’s return rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in October after the president-elect’s first rally there was marred by an assassination attempt, and during his Madison Square Garden rally.

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By the Associated Press

The two awaited the arrival of their spouses on the inauguration platform.

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By the Associated Press

The former presidents in attendance — Obama, Bush and Clinton — drew applause from the audience.

Two former first ladies were there, too, but Michelle Obama skipped the inauguration.

She wasn’t with the former US leaders and their spouses at former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral earlier this month either.

No explanation has been given for her absences.

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By the Associated Press

While former vice president Mike Pence is in attendance at Trump’s inauguration, his wife, former second lady Karen, is not.

Karen Pence snubbed the Trumps earlier this month at former president Jimmy Carter’s funeral, where she ignored Melania Trump’s efforts to shake her hand.

Michelle Obama also chose not to attend.

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By Tal Kopan, Globe Staff

As government officials, dignitaries and foreign leaders are gathered in the Capitol to witness the smooth handoff of the presidency, the echoes of the events of the Jan. 6 insurrection four years ago are unmistakeable.

Biden began the day by issuing sweeping pardons to members and witnesses of the congressional committee who investigated the events of that day, when an angry mob of Trump supporters violently stormed the Capitol and disrupted the certification of his 2020 election loss. Biden said it was to prevent them from being spuriously investigated by Trump’s Justice Department. Later on Monday, Trump may well issue his own pardons — of those convicted of their actions at the Capitol that day.

And due to the bitter cold in Washington, D.C., Trump will take his oath of office inside the stately US Capitol, where just four years ago the rioters vandalized the historic building and its decorations. Huffington Post reporter Igor Bobic, who captured now-famous video of the rioters breaching the capitol in 2021, shared his photos of dozens of National Guard troops sleeping four years ago in what is now an overflow watch space for Trump’s events.

Democrats are largely attending Trump’s inauguration after calling him a threat to democracy on the campaign trail, they say as a way to signal their respect for the peaceful transition of power in contrast with the actions of his supporters four years ago.

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By the Associated Press

Dan Quayle and Mike Pence arrived on the platform with a standing ovation from members of both the House and Senate.

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By the Associated Press

Children Don Jr., Eric, Ivanka, Barron and Tiffany are all filing in.

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By the Associated Press

The CEOs of Meta, X, and Amazon sat in front of the president-elect’s entire Cabinet — a nod to the importance Trump has given the heads of some of the most powerful companies and social media platforms over his agency heads.

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By the Associated Press

Vocal Trump ally Elon Musk, the owner of Telsa and the social platform X, was seen along with Google’s Sundar Pichai and Amazon owner Jeff Bezos.

Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg and Apple CEO Tim Cook were also in the audience.

The capacity shrunk significantly when the ceremony was moved indoors due to cold temperatures.

Musk has also been tapped by Trump to help lead an outside government group called the Department of Government Efficiency to slash bureaucracy.

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By the Associated Press

The entire court entered, led by Roberts. Retired Justice Stephen Breyer also is there.

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By the Associated Press

The crowd in the arena is not discriminate with their cheers — anything from a man holding a “Joe Biden You’re Fired” sign to a shot of Rudy Giuliani has inspired enthusiastic applause — but a rare boo erupted from the crowd at the sigh of Mike Pence walking into the rotunda.

Soon after a much larger boo came for the Clintons.

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Trump has entered the US Capitol with Biden.

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By the Associated Press

Asked how he felt today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said: “Feel great about the Bills.”

The New Yorker had a royal blue cap in hand.

The House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, said it’s “bright, sunny outside and bright in our heart.” Johnson said he expects “a lot” of executive orders from Trump.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries smiled and waved but declined comment.

“Feel great,” said House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La.

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By the Associated Press

A gift exchange isn’t part of the official program on Inauguration Day but Mrs. Trump showed up in 2017 carrying a familiar blue box from Tiffany and handed it to then-first lady Michelle Obama.

It was a little awkward because Mrs. Obama had no one to give the gift box to. Eventually, President Barack Obama took the box from his wife and walked back inside with it.

Mrs. Obama later said the gift was a lovely picture frame.

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They left the White House after spending about 35 minutes in a private meeting.

They got into a limo for the Capitol for the swearing-in ceremony. It’s now less than two hours away.

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By the Associated Press

First lady Jill Biden and incoming first lady Melania Trump have left the White House.

They were followed by Vice President Kamala Harris and Vice President-elect JD Vance, who left in a limo for the swearing-in at the Capitol.

“Very well, thank you,” Harris replied to a shouted question as she left the White House and headed to a waiting limo.

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By the Associated Press

Flags that had been lowered for the passing of former President Jimmy Carter are back up at the US Capitol.

House Speaker Mike Johnson ordered the flags raised for Trump’s inauguration.

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By the Associated Press

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff has exited the White House with Usha Vance, wife of vice president-elect JD Vance, to go to the Capitol.

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By the Associated Press

“It has been the honor of our lifetimes to serve you, the American people,” the vice president and president wrote in identical posts Monday morning on the social platform X.

The posts both featured a portrait of Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff.

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By the Associated Press

Donald Trump will start implementing a far-reaching agenda when he takes office for the second time on Monday, but a new AP-NORC poll finds that some of his priorities are a lot more popular than others.

Just over half of Americans favor eliminating taxes on earnings from tips, for example, while about one-quarter are neutral and only about 2 in 10 are opposed.

On the other hand, about 6 in 10 US adults oppose pardoning many of the people who participated in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.

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By the Associated Press

It’s the fifth inauguration for Roberts, who swore in Barack Obama twice, Joe Biden once and now will stand opposite Trump for a second time.

In the first inaugural ceremony for both men, in 2009, Roberts and Obama combined to flub the constitutionally prescribed oath, then met at the White House for a rare do-over — just to be safe.

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By the Associated Press

Among the first people high-ranking officials to arrive at the Capitol Rotunda on Monday was Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who is sitting on the platform where Trump will take his oath.

Current and former House and Senate leaders also arrived, including former Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and his wife former Trump Cabinet member Elaine Chao.

Former House speakers Kevin McCarthy, John Boehner and Newt Gingrich also took their seats.

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By the Associated Press

Kavanaugh has known Vance and his wife, Usha, since their days at Yale Law School.

Vance was among Kavanaugh’s students in a law school seminar in 2011. He later employed Usha Vance as a law clerk when Kavanaugh was a judge on the federal appeals court in Washington.

She went on to serve as a clerk to Chief Justice John Roberts.

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By the Associated Press

Newt Gingrich, John Boehner and Kevin McCarthy are in the Capitol Rotunda for the inauguration.

The last Democratic Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has said she is not attending the ceremony.

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By the Associated Press

It’s become tradition for the outgoing president to write a letter to his successor and leave it in the drawer of the Oval Office desk for the new president to find.

Biden declined to say what he said in the note. Trump wrote Biden a note four years ago.

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By the Associated Press

“This is a day when every American does well to celebrate our democracy and the peaceful transfer of power under the Constitution of the United States,” the former vice president wrote in a post on the social platform X.

“We encourage all our fellow Americans to join us praying for President Trump and Vice President Vance as they assume the awesome responsibility of leading this great Nation,” he added.

Trump and Pence once had a close relationship, but had a falling out when Pence refused to go along with Trump’s unconstitutional scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Pence ran against Trump in the GOP primary but dropped his bid before any votes were cast.

He has been critical of several of Trump’s proposals for a second term, with a group he runs urging Republican senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

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By the Associated Press

Speaking during a video call with members of Russia’s Security Council just before Trump’s inauguration, Putin said that “we hear the statements from Trump and members of his team about their desire to restore direct contacts with Russia, which were halted through no fault of ours by the outgoing administration.”

“We also hear his statements about the need to do everything to prevent World War III,” Putin said in televised comments. “We certainly welcome such an approach and congratulate the US president-elect on taking office.”

Putin said Moscow is open to discussing a prospective peace settlement in Ukraine, adding it should lead not to a short truce but a lasting peace and take into account Russia’s interests.

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By the Associated Press

The move came after a Hochul spokesperson said last week that flags would remain at half-staff following the death of former president Jimmy Carter.

Flags will be returned to half staff on Tuesday, Hochul said in a statement.

“Regardless of your political views, the American tradition of the peaceful transition of power is something to celebrate,” said Hochul, a Democrat.

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By the Associated Press

They met the Bidens on a gold-trimmed red carpet, exchanging greetings and posing for photos ahead of a private meeting over tea and coffee.

“Welcome home,” Biden said to Trump after the president-elect stepped out of the car.

Biden wrapped his hand around Trump’s upper arm to escort him inside the mansion.

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By the Associated Press

Chesapeake Crab Cake, Greater Omaha Angus Ribeye Steak and wine from Monticello are on the menu for the inaugural luncheon.

That’s according to the joint congressional committee on inauguration ceremonies headed by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.

It says the luncheon after the swearing-in ceremony is the 11th to be held at the Capitol’s National Statuary Hall, and will include more than 200 guests including the president, vice president, family, US Supreme Court justices, Cabinet Member-designees and members of Congressional leadership.

For dessert, there’s Minnesota Apple Ice Box Terrine with sour cream ice cream and salted caramel.

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By the Associated Press

Before dawn, ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration, several dozen people waited in freezing temperatures at a bridge connecting Ciudad Juarez, a Mexican border city, with El Paso, Texas.

They held appointments for CBP One, a program that allows asylum seekers to schedule initial appointments before reaching the border. CBP One has brought nearly 1 million people to the U.S. on two-year permits with eligibility to work and is one of the programs that Trump has said he will end.

Nerves and uncertainty were running high in the line.

Julio González, 35, who came from the violent Mexican state of Michoacan, cried as he considered his circumstances.

“We hope that with Donald Trump’s arrival the application (CBP One) continues,” he said.

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By the Associated Press

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Combined Choirs kicked off the inaugural ceremonies Monday with a musical prelude. The students wore all black with a red scarf embossed with their university logo.

Their voices echoed into the Capitol dome where in just a few hours Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President.

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By the Associated Press

Trump plans on Monday to sign actions to increase domestic oil production including a measure with a focus on Alaska.

That’s according to an incoming administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity under terms set by the transition team in a phone call with reporters.

Trump also plans to sign a memorandum that seeks an all-of-government approach to bringing down inflation.

The incoming official declined to provide specifics, but it’s unclear just how Trump can reduce energy and household costs without sacrificing growth or corporate profits.

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By the Associated Press

Outgoing Vice President Kamala Harris greeted the vice president-elect when he arrived.

Usually, only the president-elect comes to the White House on Inauguration Day before the swearing-in.

Harris and Vance have not yet had a formal one-on-one meeting after the outgoing vice president did not invite him to visit the official residence on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Harris and Vance were accompanied by their spouses and all shook hands and posed for a picture.

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By the Associated Press

“One more selfie for the road. We love you, America,” the post on the social platform X read.

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By the Associated Press

The lineup will include Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who served as Trump’s press secretary, along with former aide Kellyanne Conway and Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson, who was Trump’s White House physician.

Former White House adviser Peter Navarro, who served prison time related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and is returning to Trump’s administration as a senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, is also expected to give remarks.

Kash Patel, Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, and Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan will also attend.

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By the Associated Press

Trump will sign an executive order declaring that the federal government would recognize only two genders: male and female, an incoming White House official said Monday.

The order undoes parts of one President Joe Biden signed on his first day in office four years ago. Trump’s order could restrict access to gender-affirming medical care and sports competitions for some transgender people.

The official said only two sexes will be recognized on passports and visas.

The move is not a surprise. Trump criticized transgender and nonbinary rights in his campaign, airing one ad more than 15,000 times that proclaimed, “Kamala is for them/them. President Trump is for you.”

Civil rights groups were preparing to challenge Trump’s restrictions in court before he took office.

“We are going to persevere, we’re going to continue in our work and we’re going to continue to protect trans rights throughout the country,” said Ash Orr, a spokesperson for Advocates for Trans Equality last week, anticipating such an order.