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President-elect says he has ordered inauguration and speeches to take place in the Capitol Rotunda ‘as used by Ronald Reagan in 1985’
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The inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance will be moved indoors to the Capitol Rotunda on Monday because frigid temperatures are expected in the nation’s capital.
It’s set to be the coldest inauguration day in four decades.
“I have ordered the Inauguration Address, in addition to prayers and other speeches, to be delivered in the United States Capitol Rotunda, as was used by Ronald Reagan in 1985, also because of very cold weather,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Friday.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who has overseen a number of January 6 cases, said during a sentencing hearing Friday that her recent visit to the Capitol served as a reminder that “people came in and desecrated that beautiful space,” Politico reported.
The number of Democrats who have reportedly said they will skip the inauguration continues to grow.
Washington, D.C. is playing host not just to celebrations to mark Trump’s return to the White House but also to a large protest in the heart of the city. Thousands are marching, echoing the demonstrations of eight years ago when Trump first assumed office.
While the numbers are smaller, protesters are keen to show they have not gone away.
Rachel Scott of ABC News has spoken with Donald Trump, who told her that the three themes of his inauguration speech will be “unity, strength and fairness.”
The president-elect also revealed the focus of his executive actions on Day One — immigration and a rollback of President Joe Biden’s electric mandates.
Trump confirms he will “likely” do a 90-day extension for TikTok and that he plans to travel to California on Friday or sometime early next week.
Alex Woodward writes:
Civil rights groups and immigration attorneys are preparing for what they expect will be a flood of actions from Donald Trump within his first days in office, laying the groundwork for his “mass deportation operation” that could impact millions of immigrants and their families.
Trump is expected to swiftly announce plans to gut legal immigration pathways while reinstating policies reversed under Joe Biden and demanding members of Congress approve billions of dollars in new funding to arrest and detain people living in the country illegally, along with their citizen children.
Following his inauguration on January 20, Trump is widely expected to “flood the zone with anti-immigration actions,” according to Naureen Shah, deputy director for government affairs at ACLU.
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Immigrants and advocates are expecting a blitz of actions that gut legal immigration pathways and swiftly reverse Biden-era policies, Alex Woodward reports
A Florida man was arrested after aggressively tearing down a pro-Trump flag from his elderly neighbor’s fence that he claimed he was “intimidated” by, according to a criminal complaint.
Lee Jonathan Farber, 55, allegedly tore down the flag and another political sign that were screwed into the fence and threw them into a nearby lake, while his wife watched on.
Mike Bedigan reports.
Lee Jonathan Farber, 55, allegedly tore down the flag and another political sign that were screwed into the fence and threw them into a nearby lake, while his wife watched on
Eric Garcia writes about how Trump’s rhetoric on immigration was seen as racist and coarse. Now, it’s the consensus.
Trump’s rhetoric on immigration was seen as racist and coarse. Now, it’s the consensus, Eric Garcia writes
In a phone interview Saturday, President-elect Donald Trump told NBC News’s Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker that he will likely travel to California next week to observe the aftermath of the devastating wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area.
“I will be, probably, at the end of the week,” Trump said, with his second inauguration just two days away.
“I was going to go, actually yesterday,” the president-elect added, “but I thought it would be better if I went as president. It’s a little bit more appropriate, I suspect.”
Wildfires ravaged suburban Los Angeles for days, destroying homes and businesses, displacing residents, and leaving at least 25 people dead.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, invited Trump to come to his state to view the destruction last week as Trump unleashed an escalating series of attacks on social media against him, outgoing President Joe Biden, and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
Rapper Nelly is set to perform at the Inaugural Liberty Ball on January 20 with Donald Trump in attendance.
The 50-year-old artist will join the Village People and country star Jason Aldean as the entertainment for the night.
Kaleigh Werner reports.
Other musical guests throughout inaugural events include Village People, Carrie Underwood and Kid Rock
The Trump administration is reportedly planning to begin its promised campaign of unprecedented mass deportations with a series of raids in Chicago.
The raids will begin the day after the Republican is inaugurated, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Josh Marcus reports.
Trump immigration czar Tom Homan has already threatened to prosecute Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson
In a phone interview with NBC News’s Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker on Saturday, President-elect Donald Trump said he would “most likely” give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a potential ban in the U.S. after he takes office on Monday.
Trump said he hadn’t made a final decision but was considering a 90-day extension of the Sunday deadline for TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell to a non-Chinese-buyer or face a U.S. ban.
“I think that would be, certainly, an option that we look at. The 90-day extension is something that will be most likely done, because it’s appropriate. You know, it’s appropriate. We have to look at it carefully. It’s a very big situation,” Trump said.
“If I decide to do that, I’ll probably announce it on Monday,” he said.
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