How Donald Trump's presidential inauguration unfolded as he was sworn in as the 47th President to succeed Joe Biden.

President Donald Trump has pardoned 1,500 Jan. 6 rioters as he signed a flurry of executive orders on his first day in office. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Washington mourned Jimmy Carter last week at the National Cathedral, which has been a guide for activism in the Trump era.

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Biden’s team struggled in the final days and weeks of his term, as it did for four years, to drive a message that might capture the country’s attention and bolster a battered legacy.

(AP Photo/Nonthemba Kwela, File) FILE - President Jimmy Carter meets with Zimbabwean Prime Minister Robert Mugabe in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Aug. 27, 1980. (AP Photo ...

As he sat down to sign a fresh round of executive orders Trump joked with reporters, opining on everything from foreign policy to drones to the way he’s redecorated the Oval Office.

Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, was sworn in Monday as the 47th U.S. president, taking charge as Republicans claim unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country’s institutions.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, will be sworn in Monday as the 47th U.S. president taking charge as Republicans claim unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country’s institutions.

Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, was sworn in Monday as the 47th U.S.

Trump’s administration is directing that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave, and that agencies develop plans to lay them off, according to a memo from the Office of Personnel Management.

Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to maintain all records concerning what he has branded as “political persecutions” to expose instances of “abuse of power.” He said he would move forward with these probes even though former President Joe Biden issued pardons for “many of these people.”