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President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance were sworn into office today at a Capitol Hill ceremony.
Tech moguls Mark Zuckerberg, Shou Chew and Elon Musk are attending the inauguration ceremony.
Multiple protests and events are countering the inauguration, including the People’s March on Washington, National Day of Action and Al Sharpton’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day rally.
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The White House’s website was revamped Monday afternoon for the Trump administration, declaring “America is Back.”
WhiteHouse.gov, the official government website for the U.S. president, was scrubbed of the Biden administration on Monday, now showing an image of President Donald Trump pointing, with a message vowing a “golden age” for America is on its way.
“Every single day I will be fighting for you with every breath in my body. I will not rest until we have delivered the strong, safe and prosperous America that our children deserve and that you deserve. This will truly be the golden age of America,” the website now reads.
Trump was sworn in as the 47th president at the Capitol Rotunda on Monday, after inauguration festivities was moved indoors due to frigid weather.
In its first official press release, the new Trump administration is detailing a series of executive orders that President Donald Trump is carrying out on his first day back in the Oval Office.
Titled “President Trump’s America First Priorities,” the release includes new Trump actions on the border, energy, culture war measures, and a section labeled “drain the swamp.”
The release includes much of the same information Trump’s team has been signaling through the media and to Republican lawmakers in preparation for what Trump wants to be a very active first 100 days in office.
It was sent to press shortly after Trump took the oath of office, with his aides wasting no time in taking over White House operations.
Fox News Digital obtained a memo Trump’s team sent to House Republican offices detailing his Day One actions – which included a White House logo in the letterhead, despite Trump being minutes away from taking office when it was sent.
Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States. Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump is planning to target federal diversity and pro-transgender initiatives among his early slate of executive orders, officials said on Monday.
The latter Inauguration Day order will be aimed at “defending women from gender, ideology, extremism and restoring biological truth to the federal government,” officials told reporters in a phone call. The order would clarify that it was U.S. government policy to recognize just two sexes, male and female.
Those would be classified based on reproductive function rather than chromosomes, officials said.
Trump officials also signaled that the Biden administration’s decision to offer an “X” gender passport option would be rescinded, telling reporters, “the Secretary of State, Homeland Security and all other agencies are going to ensure that official government documents, including passports and visas, reflect sex accurately.”
Trump speaks at his inauguration ceremony
President Donald Trump promised to end “weaponization” of law enforcement, less than an hour after President Joe Biden issued a preemptive pardon of his siblings.
“The vicious, violent, and unfair weaponization of the Justice Department and our government will end,” Trump said in a speech moments after his swearing in as president.
The pardon, issued Inauguration Day morning in Biden’s very last moments as president, applies to James Biden, Sara Jones Biden, Valerie Biden Owens, John Owens, and Francis Biden, the White House announced. The president argues that his family could be subject to “politically motivated investigations” after he leaves office.
House Republicans in June sent criminal referrals for James Biden and Hunter Biden to the Justice Department recommending they be charged with making false statements to Congress about “key aspects” of the impeachment inquiry of President Biden over his family business dealings.
Hunter received a pardon from his father earlier this month.
Biden said he issued the preemptive pardons to prevent his family from being subject to political weaponization of the Department of Justice.
Donald Trump’s Monday swearing-in marks just the second time in US history that a president lost the office and managed to return to power. Photographer: Saul Loeb/AFP/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The White House’s official website now lists Donald Trump as President and JD Vance as Vice President.
Pages detailing the work of “The Biden-Harris Administration” were removed just moments after both Trump and Vance took the oath of office Monday.
Those who visit Whitehouse.gov are greeted with an image of Trump pointing and the message “America is Back.”
The updated administration section says “After a landslide election victory in 2024, President Donald J. Trump is returning to the White House to build upon his previous successes and use his mandate to reject the extremist policies of the radical left while providing tangible quality of life improvements for the American people.”
President Trump speaks at inaugural ceremony
President Donald Trump slammed the Biden-Harris administration during his inaugural speech Monday shortly after being sworn in as both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris looked on.
“As we gather today, our government confronts a crisis of trust. For many years, a radical and corrupt establishment has extracted power and wealth from our citizens,” Trump said. “While the pillars of our society lay broken and seemingly in complete disrepair, we now have a government that cannot manage even a simple crisis at home.”
Trump called out the previous administration’s actions during various natural disasters in recent months, including the hurricane devastation in North Carolina and the wildfires ravaging California.
“We have a government that has given unlimited funding to the defense of foreign borders, but refuses to defend American borders or more importantly, its own people,” Trump said. “Our country can no longer deliver basic services in times of emergency, as recently shown by the wonderful people of North Carolina, been treated so badly.”
Trump also attacked the education system under Biden, saying it “teaches our children to be ashamed of themselves.”
In his inauguration speech, President Donald Trump recalled when an assassin attempted to take his life over the summer.
“Those who wish to stop our cause have tried to take my freedom, and indeed, take my life,” he said.
“An assassin’s bullet ripped through my ear, but I felt then, and now, that my life was saved for a reason. I was saved by God to make America great again.”
Republicans in the room jumped to their feet in applause at the line.
On July 13, 2024, while Trump was giving a rally in Butler, Pa., a gunman fired shots in his direction, just narrowly grazing his ear. Trump immediately took cover behind the lectern as Secret Service jumped in front of him.
It was the first of two major assassination attempts on the campaign trail, the second one being in September at his golf club in West Palm Beach.
Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on Inauguration Day 2025.
President-elect Donald Trump attempted to kiss the wife of soon-to-be first lady Melania Trump as he entered the U.S. Capitol Rotunda Monday for his inaugural ceremony— only to be rejected by the brim of her dark, wide-brimmed hat.
The awkward attempt occurred as Trump entered the room, surrounded by an audience of former presidents, Cabinet nominees, foreign dignitaries, and other high-profile guests.
Trump went in to kiss Melania’s cheek, which she delicately extended to him, before his forehead hit the brim of her dark, wide navy hat. The two settled for an air kiss instead.
Melania’s Inauguration Day outfit was the subject of frenzied media speculation Monday. It consisted of a dark navy statement coat and dark navy wide-brimmed hat, designed by Adam Lippes and Eric Javits, respectively.
Though the look was classy, many on social media noted that the hat broke with former first lady fashion— and completely obfuscated her eyes.
Melania also never removed the hat during the ceremony, a somewhat unusual sartorial choice, and sparked early comparisons to Carmen Sandiago, Mary Poppins, among others.
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Donald Trump was officially sworn in as the nation’s 47th president.
Trump took the oath of office for the second time on Monday and was officially president at about noon.
President Trump will head to the Capital One Arena later Monday afternoon for his inaugural parade. Inauguration festivities were moved indoors last week as weather forecasts predicted frigid weather and snow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated President Donald Trump Monday, saying Russia was “open to dialogue” on Ukraine.
Putin acknowledged Trump’s campaign to the White House in his statements on Monday, including the two assassination attempts on his life in 2024.
“And we see statements by the newly elected U.S. President and members of his team about the desire to restore direct contacts with Russia, interrupted through no fault of ours by the outgoing Administration,” Putin said. “We also hear his statements about the need to do everything to prevent a third world war. Of course, we welcome this attitude and congratulate the elected President of the United States of America on taking office.”
Putin stated that “we have never refused dialogue” and “have always been ready to maintain smooth relations of cooperation with any American administration.”
“We are also open to dialogue with the new U.S. Administration on the Ukrainian conflict,” Putin continued.
Trump said earlier this month that his team was in the process of setting up meetings with both Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
“He wants to meet. And we’re setting it up,” Trump told reporters during a press conference from his Mar-a-Lago club regarding Putin. “President Xi – we’ve had a lot of communication. We have a lot of meetings set up with a lot of people.
“I’d rather wait until after the 20th,” he added.
“President Putin wants to meet,” Trump said. “We have to get that war over.”
Fox News Digital’s Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.
President Biden pardoned his siblings just minutes before leaving office on Monday.
The pardon applies to James Biden, Sara Jones Biden, Valerie Biden Owens, John Owens, and Francis Biden, the White House announced.
“I believe in the rule of law, and I am optimistic that the strength of our legal institutions will ultimately prevail over politics. But baseless and politically motivated investigations wreak havoc on the lives, safety, and financial security of targeted individuals and their families. Even when individuals have done nothing wrong and will ultimately be exonerated, the mere fact of being investigated or prosecuted can irreparably damage their reputations and finances,” Biden said in a statement.
President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday as the 47th President of the United States.
Trump met with Biden at the White House earlier in the day for tea. Upon arrival, Biden greeted Trump and Melania Trump with a “Welcome home.”
Fox News’ Gabriele Regalbuto contributed reporting.
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Donald Trump officially takes office at noon on Jan. 20, as required by the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution. This amendment states that the terms of the outgoing President and Vice President end at noon that day, with their successors immediately beginning their terms.
Ratified on January 23, 1933, the Twentieth Amendment moved Inauguration Day from March 4 to Jan. 20, shortening the “lame duck” period between the election and the start of a new president’s term.
In 1985, President Reagan’s second term began at noon on Jan. 20, but because the date fell on a Sunday, according to the Reagan presidential library, public festivities were held the following day.
The same was true in 2013 with President Barack Obama’s second term. He took the oath of office in the Blue Room of the White House on Sunday, Jan. 20, and repeated the oath the next day at a public Capitol ceremony.
Guests including Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk attend the Inauguration of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States. (Getty Images)
Big tech’s most powerful leaders attended the star-studded inaugural swearing-in ceremony President-elect Donald Trump.
Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday afternoon. The event was attended by former presidents, members of congress, and the supreme court, as well as UFC fighter Conor McGregor.
Seated near the Trump family was Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, Mark Zuckerberg , CEO of Meta, and Elon Musk, Tesla founder and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter. Ahead of the inauguration, several big tech CEOs met with Trump and announced they would be donating $1 million to the inaugural celebrations.
Zuckerberg and Bezos also joined Trump as St. John’s Church for a church service on Monday morning ahead of the inauguration ceremony.
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Inauguration Day has long been the day U.S. presidents are officially sworn into office.
According to the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the new president takes office on Jan. 20. But if the 20th falls on a Sunday, the inauguration would take place on Jan. 21.
That is not the case this year, so President-elect Donald Trump will officially start his second administration in the White House at Noon eastern time on Jan. 20th, which is when President Biden’s term in office comes to an end.
Prior to the adoption of the 20th Amendment in 1933, presidential inaugurations were held on March 4.
Trump has said that he’s anxious to enact policy as soon as possible upon taking office, which may include up to two dozen executive orders he’ll sign on his first day back in the White House.
Those will likely include actions on immigration and border security, regulatory reform, and federal works.
Tom Homan, President-elect Trump’s incoming border czar previewed the administration’s mass deportation and border security push on Monday.
He was asked by Fox News’ Laura Ingraham is “we’re going to get the job done?”
“0600 tomorrow, wait and see,” Homan said.
Trump is due to sign a slew of executive orders related to immigration and border security on Monday, including moves to secure the border, end parole and limit birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants.
President-elect Donald Trump will sign executive orders renaming the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on his first day in office, incoming White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed.
The Inauguration Day executive orders, first reported by the New York Post, are among a slew of executive actions Trump plans to take after taking the oath of office.
The actions would rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and Denali, the tallest mountain in North America, to Mount McKinley.
“President Trump is bringing common sense to government and renewing the pillars of American Civilization,” reads a preview of the order.
The orders direct the Secretary of the Interior to make the name changes. The changes will apply to official federal documents and maps, though it is unclear whether the order also requires schools to use the new terminology.
The news comes as Trump said he plans to sign roughly 200 orders on his first day in office, primarily focused on immigration enforcement and cutting back on DEI initiatives.
Story excerpted from Fox News Digital’s Anders Hagstrom.
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President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Jan. 20, when he will take the oath of office.
Article II, Section I of the Constitution states that ahead of taking office the president-elect must say the following oath:
“I [name] do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. So help me God.”
Only one president, Franklin Pierce, opted to use the alternate wording to “affirm” the oath of office.
The oath is typically taken around noon on Inauguration Day.
Following the oath, presidents traditionally deliver an inaugural address showcasing their vision for the administration and America’s future.
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Traditionally, the Supreme Court Chief Justice administers the presidential oath of office. For the 2025 inauguration, Chief Justice John Roberts is expected to swear in President-elect Donald Trump.
The tradition of the chief justice having the honor of swearing in the president began with John Adams. There was no sitting chief justice when George Washington became the first president and an associate justice administered the oath at his second inaugural.
While the Constitution does not mandate the time and date the oath is administered, it traditionally is done at noon on Inauguration Day.
The oath, outlined in Article II, Section 1, Clause 8 of the Constitution, binds the president to faithfully execute the office and to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
This year’s Inauguration Day, which coincides with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, will be Trump’s second non-consecutive swearing-in ceremony.
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While the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court traditionally swears in the president-elect, the incoming vice president has greater options for who oversees their oath of office, according to the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.
Historically, the president pro tempore of the Senate, Supreme Court Justices, outgoing vice presidents, and personal friends have all sworn in vice presidents, per the committee.
During President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is slated to swear in Vice President-elect JD Vance, The Daily Beast reports.
While there are no hard and fast rules, Supreme Court Justices have consecutively sworn in vice presidents dating back to 2009, when Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens administered the oath of office to then-Vice President Joe Biden.
Likewise, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas administered the oath office to Trump’s former vice president Mike Pence in 2017, and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor swore in Biden’s vice president Kamala Harris in 2021. Sotomayor also administered the oath of office to Biden in 2013 during then-President Barack Obama’s second term.
While then-Chief Justice of the Supreme Court William Rehnquist swore in Vice President Dick Cheney in 2001, then-Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert administered the oath of office to Cheney during then-President George W. Bush’s second term in 2005.
United States Representative Ilhan Omar speaks during the news conference in the US Capitol Building in Washington DC. Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., called out the hypocrisy of politicians attending inauguration day festivities for President-elect Donald Trump after having previously decried the Republican figure as a “threat to democracy.”
“People are more upset at performers/artists attending Trump’s inaugural events but not upset at all the politicians who told them he was a ‘threat to democracy’ going to these events are not serious,” the progressive congresswoman declared in a post on X.
“Performers at least know they are there to perform and get paid, but these politicians who ran their mouth for 4 yrs and are now willing to be there and clap for him, that’s who they should be mad at. They lied to you and your criticism/anger should be rightfully directed at them,” she continued.
Omar has previously described Trump as “an existential threat to our democracy.”
U.S. President Joe Biden (R) and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump depart the White House ahead of the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on January 20, 2025. Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
President Biden plans to leave a letter to President-elect Donald Trump before he departs the White House, according to a report.
It’s an Inauguration Day presidential tradition that first began with President Ronald Reagan.
Fox News Digital could not immediately reach the White House, but Biden is expected to leave a note for his successor on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, CNN first reported.
Despite a history of bucking tradition during his first term as president, like attending Biden’s inauguration, Trump curiously continued this rite of presidential passage by writing a letter to Biden.
Biden said it was a “very generous letter,” but has so far declined to share the content of what Trump wrote, deeming it private and saying he wouldn’t discuss it until he had a chance to speak with Trump.
Obama smiling at Trump’s inauguration ceremony
President Barack Obama walked into the Capitol rotunda alone for the inauguration after the Clintons and the Bushes, after the Obama office revealed his wife Michelle would not be joining him for the swearing-in of President Donald Trump.
Sources reportedly close to Michelle told People that the former first lady intended to skip Trump’s inauguration because she cannot contain her disdain for the Republican president-elect.
“There’s no overstating her feelings about [Trump]. She’s not one to plaster on a pleasant face and pretend for protocol’s sake,” one source said. “Michelle doesn’t do anything because it’s expected or it’s protocol or it’s tradition.”
In one speech on the 2024 campaign trail, she accused Trump of spreading “racist lies” and opposing her husband’s political career because of his race.
Supporters of Donald Trump massed in the nation’s capital this weekend to welcome back the president-elect— enduring lengthy drives, hours-long lines, and punishing winter weather for a chance to share in Trump’s second win.
Fox News Digital spoke to dozens of Trump backers who gathered in and around the Capital One arena in Washington, D.C. to attend the “Make America Great Again” rally hosted by the president-elect Sunday night— and again Monday for a modified inaugural viewing.
One Indiana man who drove from the Hoosier State to D.C. for the rally said he camped out at 10 p.m. Saturday night before the rally Sunday afternoon.
In an interview with Fox News, he said he had no regrets about his decision— gesturing to the plum post he had secured, right next to the stage.
He also wasn’t alone. Some 100 others had also opted to camp out, he estimated in the interview— a sense of camaraderie and commitment that was starkly on display in the rally.
The free event was a victory lap, both for the president and for his longtime fans. Rally-goers descended into Washington in droves, but saw their endurance tested by the sheets of rain, sleet and snow that came in waves as temperatures plummeted, prompting D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to activate a city-wide hypothermia alert.
Not one of the supporters interviewed expressed any regrets about the cold they endured – even the people who had waited upward of nine hours to get in the door.
“I’d do it again,” one Florida woman told Fox News Digital of the lines, crowds, and stamina required for the duration of the hours-long rally. “I have no regrets.”
“We won. We won,” Trump said Sunday night, to roaring cheers. “Tomorrow at noon, the curtain closes on four long years of American decline, and we begin a brand new day of American strength, prosperity, dignity, and pride.”
“We put America first and it all starts tomorrow.”
Reported by Breanne Deppisch.
Melania Trump
Soon-to-be first lady Melania Trump was donning a dark navy coat, dark navy hat with a white stripe, dark navy heels and black gloves as she and her husband, President-elect Donald Trump , left St. John’s Episcopal Church after a prayer service ahead of the inauguration.
Melania’s outfit is fitting for the cold weather currently in Washington, D.C., which has moved the inauguration indoors to the Capitol Rotunda for the first time in 40 years.
The couple has been welcomed by President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, where they will share tea and coffee at the White House.
“Welcome home,” Biden said to Trump after the president-elect stepped out of the car.
While tea is a presidential transition tradition, it is a stark departure from four years ago, when Trump refused to acknowledge Biden’s victory or attend his Inauguration Day.
This is an excerpt from an article by Pilar Arias.
President Joe Biden
Republican lawmakers are reacting furiously to President Biden’s 11th-hour decision to pardon several allies who President-elect Donald Trump and his circle have threatened retribution against, made hours before ceding power to the new commander in chief.
“Implication is that they needed the pardons,” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “So, let’s call them all before Congress and demand the truth. If they refuse or lie – let’s test the constitutional ‘reach’ of these pardons with regard to their future actions.”
Biden announced early on Monday that he was issuing preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, and members and staff of the now-defunct House select committee on the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., now the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee after Republicans swept the Senate and White House in November, pledged to investigate Fauci in particular with his new leadership power. Fauci has already been the subject of multiple inquiries and public attacks by Paul, who accused him of mismanaging the COVID-19 pandemic, along with other government officials. Fauci has consistently defended his actions, stating that they were solely guided by science.
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News’ Liz Elkind.
Former President Barack Obama arrives at U.S. Capitol building.
Former President Barack Obama was seen arriving at the U.S. Capitol Monday morning ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s swearing-in ceremony.
Obama had previously confirmed his attendance in a statement to the Associated Press, which also noted former First Lady Michelle Obama would not be attending: “Former President Barack Obama is confirmed to attend the 60th Inaugural Ceremonies. Former first lady Michelle Obama will not attend the upcoming inauguration.”
Former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush and their spouses will also be in attendance.
Fox News Digital’s Michael Dorgan contributed to this post.
President Biden and Donald Trump leave the White House ahead of the inauguration ceremony at the Capitol. Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
President Biden and President-elect Donald Trump have left the White House to head to the U.S. Capitol for the 60th Inaugural Ceremony.
The Bidens welcomed the Trumps at the White House for a traditional tea before the four headed to the Capitol separately to welcome Trump in to the top job at the 47th President of the United States.
First lady Jill Biden and Melania Trump were first seen being loading into a limo to head over to the Capitol ahead of their husbands.
Lawmakers, guests and foreign dignitaries alike have piled into the Capitol’s Rotunda after the Inauguration Day ceremony was moved indoors due to the below freezing temperatures on Monday.
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President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump traveled with their spouses to the White House and met briefly before making their way to the Capitol for swearing-in ceremonies.
After Trump has been sworn in and delivered his address, President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will leave Washington, D.C. by plane before Trump, his family, and guests will take part in a luncheon which has been tradition since 1953.
At that point, another inaugural tradition will take place when Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance review the military troops who will lead a parade to the White House down Pennsylvania Avenue.
On Monday night, Trump will attend several inaugural balls including remarks at the Commander in Chief Ball which dates back to 1953.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis slammed President Biden for pardoning “chief henchman” of pandemic vaccines, Dr. Anthony Fauci.
“One of Biden’s greatest abuses of power was the forcing of mRNA shots by executive fiat (which Florida successfully blocked). Now, on his way out the door, Biden pardons the chief henchman of that and so many other abuses. The swamp protects its own,” DeSantis said on Monday, Inauguration Day.
Biden pardoned Fauci on Monday just hours before he will exit the Oval Office and President-elect Donald Trump is sworn-in as the nation’s 47th president.
DeSantis championed bucking coronavirus lockdowns and vaccines amid the pandemic, which Fauci promoted while serving as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Rep. Mike Waltz
Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., resigned from his position in the House of Representatives Monday.
Waltz told Fox News he would be resigning on Inauguration Day prior to the announcement read on the House floor, bringing the majority down to 218 to 215 Democrats.
“As I prepare to assume my duties as National Security Advisor to the president-elect, Donald J. Trump, I hereby make my resignation official from the U.S. House of Representatives, effective January 20th, 2025,” the letter read. “I intend to serve out my term in the 118th Congress, and to be sworn into the 118th Congress. I have also submitted by notice to Governor Ron DeSantis to advise him on my resignation.”
Trump formally announced in November that he had selected Waltz to join his administration as National Security Adviser.
“Mike is the first Green Beret to have been elected to Congress, and previously served in the White House and Pentagon,” Trump said in a statement. “Mike served in the Army Special Forces for 27 years where he was deployed multiple times in combat for which he was awarded four Bronze Stars, including two with Valor.”
Fox News’ Aishah Hasnie contributed to this report.
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During inauguration, first ladies traditionally accompany the president-elect to his swearing in. The role serves as a symbolic one as she prepares to take on the role of White House hostess, often planning and overseeing social events.
Throughout history, first ladies have made their own traditions during Inauguration Day ceremonies, from debuting fashion statements from holding the Bible for the president-elect to be sworn in on to giving a tour of the White House to an incoming first lady.
Nancy Reagan managed to coin a shade of red as her own after donning a coat and hat in the color to President Ronald Reagan’s first inauguration.
She wasn’t the only first lady to make such a statement with her fashion.
In fact, the dress of the first ladies is of so much interest that their ensembles are frequently preserved and displayed by historical societies and museums.
Melania Trump opened up in September 2024 in an interview with “FOX & Friends” where she revealed what prepared her for the role as first lady.
“I think nothing prepared me more to be first lady in front of the world than the fashion industry… It’s glamorous, but it’s at the same time very tough,” she said in an exclusive sit-down interview.
“Everybody judges you, [looks] at you a certain way. So it can be a mean world as well. So nothing prepared me more for this world than fashion. It gives you a thick skin.”
One former first lady who is reportedly bucking an inauguration tradition is Michelle Obama, who is not planning to attend Trump’s second swearing in.
The role of first ladies surrounding the inaugural ceremonies are not spelled out anywhere but have developed over the years.
Fox News’ Madeline Coggins and Gabriele Regalbuto contributed reporting.
President Biden shared his last selfie as commander in chief before his term officially ends, and President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in.
The Bidens are spending their final morning in the White House on Monday, Inauguration Day, posting a goodbye message to social media before Trump will be sworn in as president of the United States on Monday afternoon.
“One more selfie for the road. We love you, America,” Biden said in a post on X alongside a selfie with wife, Jill Biden.
Biden will soon have tea with Trump at the White House ahead of the inauguration ceremony at the U.S. Capitol building. Once the Biden’s leave the residence to attend Trump’s swearing-in, a moving team will have just a few hours to move them out, and the Trump’s back in.
Trump and incoming First Lady Melania Trump will officially move into the White House on Monday after attending the congressional luncheon.
CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO – APRIL 1: Hundreds of migrants continue attempting to cross the border to reach the Mexico-US border as Texas National Guard reinforce security with barbed wire and chain-link fencing to prevent migrants from crossing the border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on April 1, 2024. Trapped in the river, migrants cannot buy food for fear of deportation, and they await an opportunity to cross undetected. (Photo by David Peinado/Anadolu via Getty Images)
President-elect Donald Trump will sign an executive order ending birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants.
Incoming White House officials told reporters in a press call that Trump will sign an order clarifying language in the 14th Amendment and stating that the federal government “will not recognize automatic birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens born in the United States.”
It’s one of a slew of executive orders Trump will sign related to border security and illegal immigration on his first day in office.
Fox News Digital previously reported that Trump will order the deployment of U.S. troops to the southern border, stamp out Biden-era parole policies and designate international cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
Incoming officials also said that Trump will sign orders suspending refugee resettlement for 4 months and ending the ability for migrants to claim asylum by creating a removal process without the possibility of asylum.
He will also order the attorney general to seek capital punishment for murder of law enforcement and capital crimes committed by illegal immigrants, officials said.
Trump is expected to sign 10 executive orders related to border security and immigration today, on Inauguration Day.
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President-elect Donald Trump will officially move into the White House on Inauguration Day.
Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, his second Inauguration Day. A ceremony will be held at the Capitol in Washington D.C., where both Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance will take the oath of office.
But by the start of the ceremonies, the moving process will have already begun. Staff members have just hours to move the outgoing president, President Joe Biden, out – and Trump – in, with an entirely new set of furniture hand picked by the new president and first lady. Immediately after the congressional luncheon, Trump and first lady Melania Trump will move into the White House.
“I already packed. I already selected the furniture that needs to go in. So it’s, it’s very different, a transition, this time, second time around,” Melania Trump told Fox News.
While the President of the United States resides in the White House during their term, vice presidents and their families live in a different residence just a few miles away on the grounds of the United States Naval Observatory (USNO) in northwestern Washington, D.C.
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Pope Francis shared his prayers and extended “cordial greetings” to President-elect Donald Trump ahead of his inaugural ceremony Monday morning.
“I ask God to guide your efforts in promoting peace and reconciliation among peoples,” Pope Francis said in a message addressed to the president-elect.
“On the occasion of your inauguration as the forty-seventh President of the United States of America, I offer cordial greetings and the assurance of my prayers that Almighty God will grant you wisdom, strength, and protection in the exercise of your high duties,” his message read.
“Inspired by your nation’s ideals of being a land of opportunity and welcome for all, it is my hope that under your leadership the American people will prosper and always strive to build a more just society, where there is no room for hatred, discrimination or exclusion.”
Pope Francis continued on to “ask God to guide your efforts in promoting peace and reconciliation among peoples” amid “numerous challenges” and “the scourge of war.”
“With these sentiments,” Pope Francis continued, “I invoke upon you, your family, and the beloved American people an abundance of divine blessings.”
Pope Francis criticized Trump’s deportation policy just one day prior, saying Sunday on an evening television program, “If true, this will be a disgrace.”
“This won’t do! This is not the way to solve things. That’s not how things are resolved,” the pope said of Trump’s planned deportations.
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Tech giants Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook and Jeff Bezos were spotted inside St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., as President-elect Donald Trump attended service ahead of his inauguration.
The tech giants previously each met with Trump after his win over Vice President Kamala Harris last year, and are in town for Trump’s swearing-in as the 47th president.
Trump was joined by members of his family, as well as Vice President-elect JD Vance. Beginning Inauguration Day at St. John’s is a long-standing tradition for presidents. The church is located at Lafayette Square, which is just a short walk from the White House and has earned its nickname as the Church of the Presidents.
Trump will be sworn in as president at noon on Monday, before heading to the Capital One Arena for his inaugural parade. Trump’s second inauguration was moved indoors due to frigid weather.
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President-elect Donald Trump visited St. John’s church in Washington, D.C., on Monday ahead of being sworn-in as the nation’s 47th president.
Trump was seen entering the church with former and upcoming first lady Melania Trump, and was joined by Vice President-elect JD Vance and members of his family.
Trump will be sworn in as president at the Capitol Rotunda on Monday afternoon before joining an inaugural parade at the Capital One Arena shortly after.
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President-elect Donald Trump‘s second swearing-in marks the third time in U.S. history that an inauguration day falls on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday established in 1986 that is celebrated each year on the third Monday of January. This year, both the inauguration and holiday celebrating the legacy of the civil rights leader will be held on the same day.
President Bill Clinton’s second inauguration in 1997 also fell on MLK Jr. Day, as did President Barack Obama’s second inauguration in 2013.
“Thirty-four years ago, the man whose life we celebrate today spoke to us down there, at the other end of this Mall, in words that moved the conscience of a nation. Like a prophet of old, he told of his dream that one day America would rise up and treat all its citizens as equals before the law and in the heart. Martin Luther King’s dream was the American Dream. His quest is our quest: the ceaseless striving to live out our true creed. Our history has been built on such dreams and labors. And by our dreams and labors we will redeem the promise of America in the 21st century,” Clinton said of King during his 1997 address.
Obama took the oath office in 2013 year using two Bibles, one belonging to Martin Luther King Jr. and another that belonged to President Abraham Lincoln.
CNN commentator Van Jones said Monday that he feels “hopeless” about President-elect Donald Trump’s second term in office, citing action on immigration and the environment he said he expects will to be taken during Trump’s second term.
“He’s going to unleash this blitzkrieg of attacks on everything we care about,” Van Jones said of Trump.
“Immigrants, clean energy— there’s nothing we can do about it but watch this stuff,” he added.
His remarks come just hours before Trump’s Inauguration Day ceremony.
“I’m miserable, I’m sad, I’m frustrated, I’m mad at everybody,” Jones told other attendees on the panel.
Educational institutions and college-affiliated groups are preparing for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration by offering mental health advice, delivering travel notices to international students, and organizing anti-Israel rallies.
Most schools will be closed on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, due to it falling on a federal holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Similar to Trump’s first inauguration and the weeks following his victory in the 2024 election, universities and education groups are offering different outlets for students on Monday.
Several anti-Israel college groups in Chicago are planning demonstrations. The University of Illinois Chicago’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJPUIC) and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) chapters intend to hold an anti-Israel protest, according to social media posts. The groups will reportedly meet to “fight back against Trump’s racist and reactionary program,” wrote SJPUIC in a post on Instagram.
Other schools are offering mental health advice ahead of the Republican’s swearing-in.
President-elect Donald Trump traveled from Blair House to St. John’s Episcopal Church ahead of his inauguration as the nation’s 47th president.
Trump was joined by members of his family, as well as Vice President-elect JD Vance. Beginning Inauguration Day at St. John’s is a long-standing tradition for presidents. The church is located at Lafayette Square, which is just a short walk from the White House and has earned its nickname as the Church of the Presidents.
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Trump will be sworn in as president at noon on Monday, before heading to the Capital One Arena for his inaugural parade. Trump’s second inauguration was moved indoors due to frigid weather.
SIERRA VISTA, ARIZONA – AUGUST 22: Republican Presidential Candidate and former President Donald Trump walks along the U.S.-Mexico border on August 22, 2024 south of Sierra Vista, Arizona. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty)
President-elect Donald Trump on Monday will order the deployment of U.S. troops to the southern border, stamp out Biden-era parole policies and designate international cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations— a slew of nearly a dozen executive orders designed to drastically overhaul U.S. border and immigration policy.
Fox News Digital’s Adam Shaw obtained exclusive details of three of the expected 11 executive orders Trump will sign related to border security and immigration after he is inaugurated.
In one order, Trump will immediately direct the federal government to resume construction of the border wall.
That order will also end Biden-era parole policies, including the use of the CBP One app to parole migrants into the U.S., and the parole processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (CHNV)— under which 30,000 nationals a month were allowed to fly in and be admitted under parole.
Nearly 1.5 million migrants have been allowed in the U.S. under those programs.
A second order will order U.S. troops to be deployed to the border under U.S. Northern Command and will “instruct the military” to prioritize U.S. borders and “territorial integrity” in strategic planning for its operations.
A third order will designate international cartels and organizations, including MS-13 and the bloodthirsty Tren de Aragua, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
“This Executive Order sends a clear message that the United States intends to exercise its sovereignty over its land and borders and that the Armed Forces have a role to play in protecting our borders,” Fox News is told.
A visibly agitated Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., had a busy day on social media on Sunday, taking to Instagram to make a series of rants related to President-elect Donald Trump.
She started out early scolding TikTok for sending a notification thanking “President Trump” for restoring the app.
“A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can’t use TikTok for now. We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned,” the notification stated.
In her Instagram stories, she says that Trump is not yet the president and is still currently a private citizen, suggesting that referring to him as such raises concerns about TikTok’s word. “First of all, Donald Trump is not president right now. He is a private citizen. He does not have access to presidential powers, he does not have the ability to do any of that,” AOC said.
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News’ Christina Shaw.
President-elect Donald Trump said in a new video that his second term represents a “new chapter” for America and promises the American people that the country’s “best days are yet to come.”
Trump made the pledge in a video his team released Monday morning, hours before his swearing-in ceremony as the 47th president of the United States.
The video, titled “It all comes down to this: Inauguration Day 2025,” features the president’s journey from leaving office in 2021, to the FBI’s unprecedented raid on his Mar-a-Lago home, to days in court, to the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where he was nearly assassinated, to highlights from the campaign trail.
“If I give you one message to hold in your hearts today, it’s this: never ever give up,” Trump says in the video. Then, reporter voices reflecting on the “FBI raid at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence… Deadly force being authorized.”
“Nothing worth doing ever, ever, ever came easy,” Trump says, followed by clips of the news of his indictment from Special Counsel Jack Smith and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
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President Donald Trump‘s first inauguration took place on Jan. 20, 2017.
Protestors created chaos across Washington D.C. ahead of Inauguration Day in 2017, shattering glass storefronts and torching cars, with police arresting more than 200 people in demonstrations that spanned several days.
Trump’s actual swearing-in on Capitol Hill and the parade to the White House happened, however, without any incident.
The day after Trump was sworn into office as the 45th president of the United States, several hundred thousand people from across the country descended on the nation’s capital to protest Trump’s presidency in the “Women’s March on Washington.”
Many of the protesters were indeed women, and were largely peaceful by comparison to the rioters who wreaked havoc in D.C. ahead of the inauguration. The march moved from the National Mall to the streets and took place as the newly inaugurated president attended a National Prayer Service after waking up in the White House for the first time.
Celebrities like America Ferrera, Madonna, Ashley Judd, Cher, Katy Perry, Amy Schumer, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Michael Moore, Debra Messing, Patricia Arquette, and more attended the protest.
Madonna, during that protest, said she had “thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House.”
But Trump, in his inaugural day address called for a “new national pride” to heal divisions and asked for unity.
President Biden pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley (Ret.), and others who some speculated may have faced investigations under the incoming Trump administration on Monday.
Biden’s pardons come just hours before he is set to depart the White House and President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office once again.
The line to celebrate President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration at Capital One Arena stretched four city blocks on Monday morning as excited supporters braved the cold for the historic event.
Susan from Michigan said she arrived at 11:30 p.m. on Sunday night and had been waiting outside for hours, dressed in six layers with a plastic bag around her head to fend off the chill. But she doesn’t mind the cold “because we need to support our president and our first lady.
Some in line have been drinking whiskey as the January air feels like 12 degrees. Others have been singing the national anthem to keep their spirits up.
Jackie Brown from Alabama said she arrived at 8:30 on Sunday night with her brother in law and nephew, but they ditched her because it was “too cold.”
The Capital One Arena can hold 20,000 people, but law enforcement officials have said more than 200,000 individuals had Inauguration Day tickets to the inauguration, a show of overwhelming support for the newly-elected president.
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Tickets to attend presidential inaugurations are made publicly available through Congress. They are available at no cost, but there is a limited number to be dispersed.
A ticket to the inauguration allows attendees to see the president and vice president be sworn in on January 20, 2025, in person.
In order to request a ticket, people must go through their members of Congress or senators. Tickets are available in the weeks before the inauguration, and depending on the member, they could be open for requests even earlier.
Tickets are in very high demand, and not everyone who requests them can get one. However, people can still watch Inauguration Day. The ceremony can be viewed at the National Mall where large video screens will broadcast it to crowds gathered there.
Additionally, people can gather along the inaugural parade route. After being sworn in, President Donald Trump will ceremonially travel from the Capitol to the White House along Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Inauguration Day is always held on Jan. 20, as per the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The amendment states, “The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January.”
The amendment was ratified on January 23, 1933.
The Constitution originally dictated that presidents were to be inaugurated on March 4. And most of them have been.
However, the lengthy “lame duck” period began to present an issue for Congress as there were often pressing matters that needed to be addressed.
Further, some of the original justifications for the March date had been remedied, such as travel time and news regarding the election results being spread across the country.
The date of January 20th was decided on, as it would significantly move up the event but also still allows time for certification to take place and any disputes to be settled.
The first president to be inaugurated on Jan. 20 was Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.
Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on Monday.
President-elect Donald Trump will call on all Americans to act with courage and restore the vitality of the nation in his inaugural address on Monday.
“I return to the presidency confident and optimistic that we are at the start of a thrilling new era of national success. A tide of change is sweeping the country,” Trump will say, according to excerpts of his prepared remarks that were shared with Fox News Digital.
That change will come swiftly, with Trump expected to sign more than 200 executive actions on Inauguration Day, covering his policy priorities on border security, energy, reducing the cost of living for families, ending diversity, equity and inclusion policies across the federal government and more.
“Today, I will sign a series of historic executive orders. With these actions, we will begin the complete restoration of America and the revolution of common sense,” Trump will say.
“My message to Americans today is that it is time for us to once again act with courage, vigor, and the vitality of history’s greatest civilization.”
Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this update.
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Inauguration Day now takes place on Jan. 20, or the 21st if the former date falls on a Sunday, but that was not always the case.
The first inauguration of a U.S. president came on April 30, 1789, when George Washington was sworn in as commander-in-chief.
The date was moved to March until 1937, when the January tradition began.
Most Americans who have been to or watched a presidential inauguration are also familiar with it taking place facing the national mall and Washington Monument, a tradition first started by former President Ronald Reagan in 1981.
Much of the pomp and circumstance of the day is governed by tradition, not the Constitution.
The first inaugural parade, for example, was held by Washington in 1789 when he journed from Mount Vernon to New York. According to a website on inaugural history, it was Thomas Jefferson who made the parade a formal affair.
Former President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1937 inauguration was the first televised parade, the website said.
“After four years of inflation, chaos at our borders, and weakness on the world stage, the United States is turning the page. President Trump’s inauguration will usher in a new era focused on American strength – including a strong economy, a strong border and a strong military,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., writes in an op-ed for Fox News Digital.
“I expect we will see the president take action immediately to secure the border and undo Biden administration policies that threaten America’s energy security. And Republicans in Congress will work tirelessly to amplify his efforts.
“We are already hard at work on legislation to accomplish two of our biggest priorities – providing the resources necessary to secure the border and extending the tax relief Republicans passed during the first Trump administration.
“The Senate took an initial step on border security this past week with consideration of the Laken Riley Act, which will ensure that illegal aliens who steal, assault a law enforcement officer, or kill or seriously injure another person are detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement instead of being allowed out on the streets.
“We’re looking to pass the bill in the Senate Monday and get it to the president’s desk shortly thereafter. Congressional Republicans will also deploy the Congressional Review Act to undo burdensome Biden administration regulations.
“The Senate is also hard at work making sure President Trump has the team he needs in place. Senate committees have held hearings on 12 of President Trump’s nominees so far, with more on the way.”
“…in this moment of President Trump’s second inauguration, our country has a bright, new opportunity to come together and come roaring back once again. If President Trump succeeds, all of us will succeed together,” House Speaker Mike Johnson writes in an op-ed for Fox News Digital.
“It’s no secret that the last four years have been needlessly difficult for the American people. Joe Biden’s open-border policies have left our cities ransacked and our state budgets bankrupted. Fentanyl has poured into our schools and neighborhoods and poisoned our children. 40-year high inflation has left Americans poorer and produced interest rates that put homeownership out of reach for young people. Over-regulation has strangled our industries. Virtually every policy decision of the Biden White House has put America last.
“But with Donald Trump, a new Golden Age can be realized. He has promised to make America safe, strong, and prosperous again. He has proven before he can fulfill those promises. Life will be better for every family in his second term. We have a plan to get there.”
That plan includes deregulation, border security, promoting fossil fuel industries and rooting out “woke” ideologies from the federal government.
“Common sense will be a central theme of Trump’s presidency,” Johnson wrote.
Top members of the three branches of government will come together in a rare display of national unity and tradition when the presidential and vice-presidential oaths of office are delivered at Monday’s inauguration. A swear-in rookie, and perhaps funny hats, will be indispensable parts of the ceremonies.
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh will continue a nearly 240-year-old tradition of administering the oaths to President-elect Donald Trump and his No. 2, JD Vance. The other seven members of the high court are expected to attend the event in the Capitol Rotunda, all in their judicial robes.
Whatever political differences exist, they surely will not be on display at this most cordial and dignified of ceremonies. After all, the first person the president thanks will likely be the chief justice. But an undercurrent of tension remains.
During his first run for high office in 2016, candidate Trump took the unusual step of attacking a member of the federal judiciary, labeling Roberts “an absolute disaster” among other personal insults. This will be the “Chief’s” fifth presidential swearing-in, his second with Trump.
The choice of Kavanaugh is no surprise: incoming second lady Usha Vance clerked for Kavanaugh when he was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington.
She then went on to a prestigious law clerkship at the Supreme Court with Roberts. Sources say Kavanaugh gave an especially strong job recommendation for Usha Vance to his now bench colleague.
In an August interview with “Fox and Friends,” Usha Vance said Kavanaugh was “such a good boss” and “decent person” who “hired people from all over the political spectrum.”
“My experience working for him was overwhelmingly positive,” she added.
Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Clarence Thomas are among recent justices who have performed similar vice-presidential swear-in honors.
This is an excerpt from an article by Shannon Bream and Bill Mears.
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Several traditions on Inauguration Day are dedicated to reaffirm the importance of the peaceful transition of power, from White House staff to the commanders-in-chief.
The cooks and cleaners who aid the president and their family every day traditionally take time to say goodbye to the White House’s outgoing residents before public events begin, hours before meeting with the new first family, according to White House History.
It’s also common for the outgoing first lady to give her successor a tour of the East Wing. Notably, Melania Trump bucked this particular tradition with Jill Biden, and it’s not clear if the latter will do the same.
The departing president also is normally known to leave a letter for their successor to open after being sworn in, the contents of which historically are largely undisclosed.
The outgoing president attending the new president’s inauguration is also generally seen as a cornerstone of the peaceful transition of power on Inauguration Day, though this does not always occur.
Just before noon on Monday inside the U.S. Capitol, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States.
Two and a half months after his convincing election victory over Vice President Harris, the president-elect returns to office in what will symbolize his reinvention and redemption four years after being ushered out of the White House by the American electorate.
“We put America first, and it all starts tomorrow,” Trump told thousands of supporters jam-packed into Washington, D.C.’s, Capitol One Arena at his inauguration eve rally. “We begin a brand-new day of American strength and prosperity, dignity and pride.”
President Biden, Harris, former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Republican and Democrat members of Congress, foreign dignitaries, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos – three of the wealthiest men in the world – other tech and business executives and some high-profile celebrities will crowd into the U.S. Capitol’s Rotunda for Trump’s inauguration, which will be held indoors for the first time in four decades due to an arctic blast that’s sweeping much of the nation.
After Trump’s inaugural address, there will be a rapid-fire series of events, including a formal farewell for Biden and Harris as they leave the Capitol. Minutes later, members of Congress will watch as Trump and JD Vance, the nation’s new vice president, take part in a signing ceremony followed by an inaugural lunch and then a review of the troops.
Trump then returns to Washington, D.C.’s, downtown arena for an abbreviated parade, which was moved indoors because of the frigid weather, in front of thousands of supporters. After that, the new president heads to the White House for an Oval Office ceremony before making his way to the traditional inaugural balls in the evening.
Trump is also expected to get to work immediately, signing more than 200 executive actions on his first day in office, as Fox News Digital first reported Sunday.
“I will act with historic speed and strength and fix every single crisis facing our country,” Trump vowed at his inauguration eve rally. “You’re going to see executive orders that are going to make you extremely happy, lots of them, lots. We have to set our country on the proper course.”
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