48 minutes ago Barron Trump shows his true colours with telling gesture moments after Donald's inauguration

Barron Trump has been praised for his "class" after he was seen offering a handshake to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris moments after his father was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States

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1 hour ago White House unveils slick new website as Trump takes office to 'save America': Live updates

DAILYMAIL.COM BLOG: Follow live updates from Donald Trump's presidential inauguration as he is sworn in as the 47th President to succeed Joe Biden.

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58 minutes ago Trump vows to issue flood of executive orders, with January 6 pardons and immigration crackdown expected – live updates

Trump airs familiar grievances and attacks on opponents after taking the oath of office to become 47th US presidentTrump expected to sign barrage of executive ordersFactchecking Trump’s inaugural addressElon Musk appears to make back-to-back fascist salutesMy colleague Joseph Gedeon in Washington DC also had this look at what Trump might have planned for day one:In the grand theatre of American politics, presidential inaugurations typically follow a familiar script: the oath, the speech, a few carefully chosen executive orders to satisfy campaign promises. Franklin D Roosevelt used his first day to tackle the banking crisis. Barack Obama moved to close Guantánamo Bay (though it remains open). Donald Trump’s first term began with a single executive order targeting Obamacare. Joe Biden signed 17 executive orders on his first day in 2021. Continue reading...

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50 minutes ago Trump inauguration live updates: President to speak at Capital One rally and begin signing promised executive orders

President-elect sworn-in at Capitol rotunda as freezing conditions blast Washington DC

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4 hours ago Trump pulls no punches as he warns illegal migrants and liberals the crackdown starts NOW in moving speech to Americans after his swearing in: 'The decline is over'

Donald Trump promised a 'new golden age of America' after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday.

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1 hour ago Donald Trump inauguration LIVE: Trump to address supporters at rally amid 'plan' to pardon January 6 rioters

Trump to address supporters after inauguration pledges to ‘drill, baby, drill’ for oil and gas and to ramp up deportations

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5 hours ago Trump said he will label Mexican cartels as terrorists in his inaugural speech. What’s at stake?

President confirms push to ‘wage war’ on drug cartels; critics say he should stop US arms used in drug warDonald Trump inauguration – live updatesAl-Qaida, Hezbollah, the Islamic State – the list of foreign terrorist organisations (FTOs) is a who’s who of America’s enemies. Now Donald Trump wants to add a new one: Mexican cartels.Experts say the designation, which Trump confirmed in his inauguration speech on Monday, will not give the US many more tools to go after organised crime, and that it may simply be a threat to force more action from Mexico itself. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Keir Starmer’s pragmatic approach to handling President Trump is the right one

Editorial: The prime minister should resist pressure from those urging him to ‘stand up’ to Trump. There is little for the UK to gain by pillorying the 47th US president

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8 hours ago 'Daddy's back!': Florida rep Byron Donalds says Americans will celebrate Trump deporting immigrants

Americans will thank Donald Trump for deportations after he is sworn in as the 47th president, Florida representative Byron Donalds said ahead of the inauguration.

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2 hours ago Trump’s return to the White House is a carefully choreographed display of brute force

Trump’s team has learned how to weaponize his power over the Republican party to achieve their political goalsDonald Trump inauguration – live updatesDonald Trump swept back into the presidency in a display of brute force power on Monday, seizing control of the optics of the inaugural ceremony and then the federal government before he is expected to sign more than 200 executive orders as his aides took over the West Wing.The return of Trump to office was choreographed on his terms – and notably, for television – after he announced in a Truth Social post without telling anyone first that he was moving the outdoor ceremony inside the rotunda of the US Capitol because of the cold.Trump sworn in as 47th president – follow live inauguration updatesA who’s who of far-right leaders in WashingtonMigrant groups at US-Mexico border await mass deportations‘Doge’ violates federal transparency rules, lawsuit claims Continue reading...

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15 hours ago Donald Trump inauguration sees Washington DC on lockdown as 'Ring of Steel' security on high alert

Trucks, concrete blocks and unclimbable fencing have been put in place for Washington's 'longest ever blockade' as Donald Trump is set to be sworn in as the 47th President on Monday

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2 hours ago Starmer pledges to continue special UK and US relationship in inauguration message to Trump

Sir Keir Starmer offered his congratulations to Donald Trump as the Republican was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday, 20 January.

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20 hours ago Ivanka, Tiffany, Kai, and Usha get glam on inauguration eve as MAGA gals set to take DC by storm

Donald Trump will be sworn in as 47th President of the United States on Monday, marking a monumental comeback for the 78-year-old Republican.

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2 hours ago A rebrand, not a revolution: our panel reacts to Trump’s inauguration speech | Panel

While today’s speech certainly struck a more measured tone than his 2017 address, it was still Trump through and throughThe Guardian view on Donald Trump’s inauguration: fear, division and the facade of national populismDonald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the US today, promising a slew of executive actions that put America first. Here our columnists reflect of a return to Trump.Moustafa Bayoumi is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Trump inauguration live updates: Musk gives salute after vowing to take DOGE ‘to Mars’; Trump signs executive orders

President-elect sworn-in at Capitol rotunda as freezing conditions blast Washington DC

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2 hours ago Mark Zuckerberg and tech bros awkwardly rub shoulders with DC Democrats at Trump inauguration lunch: Live coverage

DAILYMAIL.COM BLOG: Follow live updates from Donald Trump's presidential inauguration as he is sworn in as the 47th President to succeed Joe Biden.

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2 hours ago Factchecking Trump’s inauguration speech, from inflation to healthcare

Following up on key claims made by 47th US president during his day one addressDonald Trump inauguration – live updatesDonald Trump repeatedly made false and misleading claims during his inaugural address.Here are the facts on some of the false claims offered during Trump’s speech.First, I will declare a national emergency at our southern border. All illegal entry will immediately be halted, and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came. We will reinstate my remain in Mexico policy. I will end the practice of catch and release, and I will send troops to the southern border to repel the disastrous invasion of our country.A short time from now, we are going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and we will restore the name of a great president, William McKinley to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs. President McKinley made our country very rich through tari...

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3 hours ago Trump plans to withdraw US from Paris climate agreement for second time

In 2021, Biden had rejoined 2015 treaty that seeks to curb climate crisis effects after Trump first pulled out in 2017Donald Trump inauguration – live updatesDonald Trump’s new administration confirmed on Monday on his first day in office that he will repeat his first-term move and pull the world’s second biggest emitter of planet-heating pollution out of the 2015 Paris agreement, the global treaty seeking to avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis.The confirmation was in a White House document entitled President Trump’s America First Priorities, in a package of measures under the headline “Make America affordable and energy dominant again”. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Trump inauguration: Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk seated in front of cabinet picks

Stagecraft comes under fire from Trump critics as sign of oligarchy and the powerful influence they wieldDonald Trump inauguration – live updatesThe stagecraft of Donald Trump’s inauguration that placed global billionaire tech titans in front of his own cabinet picks has come under immediate fire from Trump critics as sign of oligarchy and the powerful influence they wield.During the ceremony at the Capitol rotunda, tech leaders including Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg; Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook; Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai; Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos; and Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, gathered together to symbolize the increasingly close relationship between the tech industry and the new American president.Trump sworn in as 47th president – follow live inauguration updatesFactchecking Trump’s speechA who’s who of far-right leaders in WashingtonMigrant groups at US-Mexico border await mass deportations‘Doge’ violates federal transparency rules, lawsuit claims Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Carrie Underwood labelled 'star' of Donald Trump's inauguration after technical blunder

Donald Trump's inauguration as the 47th President of United States took place on Monday and American Idol winner Carrie Underwood was among those who performed at the occasion

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3 hours ago Watch the moment Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th President of the United States

The inauguration ceremony was held indoors for the first time in 40 years

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3 hours ago Donald Trump returns with boast of golden age for America built on oil and tariffs

After taking the oath of office, America’s 47th president tells crowds in freezing cold Washington DC he was ‘saved by god to make America great again’

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3 hours ago ‘It’s worth it’: Trump supporters brave cold to celebrate inauguration in DC

Thousands squeeze into Capital One Arena for televised viewing of president’s swearing-in despite frigid weatherDonald Trump inauguration – live updatesIn bitter cold, thousands of Donald Trump’s faithful gathered at the Capital One Arena in Washington for a televised viewing of his inauguration, sharing stories of unwavering support despite not being able to see the president up close.The weather-forced move indoors scaled back what Capitol police had anticipated would be a crowd of a quarter-million ticketed guests, though die-hard supporters still made their way through the capital’s frozen streets to be as close as possible to the historic moment. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Trump praises 'young and beautiful' inauguration crowd in speech after waving off Joe and Jill Biden: Live updates

DAILYMAIL.COM BLOG: Follow live updates from Donald Trump's presidential inauguration as he is sworn in as the 47th President to succeed Joe Biden.

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4 hours ago Trump announces slew of hardline executive actions on day one and attacks Biden over pre

Trump airs familiar grievances in first speech of second term; Biden pardons members of his family before leaving officeTrump sworn in as 47th president Factchecking Trump’s inaugural address My colleague Joseph Gedeon in Washington DC also had this look at what Trump might have planned for day one:In the grand theatre of American politics, presidential inaugurations typically follow a familiar script: the oath, the speech, a few carefully chosen executive orders to satisfy campaign promises. Franklin D Roosevelt used his first day to tackle the banking crisis. Barack Obama moved to close Guantánamo Bay (though it remains open). Donald Trump’s first term began with a single executive order targeting Obamacare. Joe Biden signed 17 executive orders on his first day in 2021. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Best inauguration day photos as Donald Trump becomes 47th US president

Extraordinary images show Donald Trump’s return to the White House as US president

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