5 things to know for Jan. 20: Inauguration Day, Immigration, TikTok ban, Ceasefire deal, Severe weather
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Donald Trump will be sworn in today as the 47th president of the United States, a couple of months after one of the most polarized presidential elections in US history. His inauguration coincides with MLK Day, when our country pauses to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. Donald Trump today will recite the oath of office and officially return to power to enact his sweeping vision of America. Trump’s inauguration is set to take place inside the US Capitol Rotunda due to freezing temperatures projected in the nation’s capital. On Sunday, Trump previewed a stack of executive orders he plans to unleash hours after being sworn in. Some of the promises he has made for Day 1 include pardoning some January 6 defendants, imposing steep tariffs on imports from overseas and launching mass deportations. His expected executive orders will likely face immediate legal challenges. 🇺🇸 How to watch Trump’s inauguration:CNN’s special coverage begins at 7 a.m. ET and carries through the ceremony, the oath of office around noon ET and the inaugural balls in the evening. Coverage will also stream live on CNN.com and CNN Max. The Trump administration has promised to quickly enact a wide-ranging agenda that is expected to include immediate executive actions on immigration. Trump plans to invoke a national emergency at the border as a way to unlock funding from the Defense Department for the administration’s use, according to Stephen Miller, Trump’s incoming deputy chief of staff for policy. Trump will move to designate a series of drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and direct his administration to roll back Biden-era policies. His plans also include ICE raids in major metropolitan areas and placing additional restrictions on who is eligible to enter the US. TikTok is back online after shutting itself down in the US over the weekend. Late Saturday night, TikTok became unusable for Americans who were met with a message saying the app was offline due to a ban — which the Supreme Court affirmed on Friday — and asking users to “stay tuned.” Around 14 hours later, TikTok welcomed users back with a notification that said: “Thanks for your patience and support. As a result of President Trump’s efforts, TikTok is back in the U.S.!” Donald Trump has expressed confidence in TikTok’s future and proposed a “joint venture” where the US could take “a 50% ownership position” in the app.
The message seemed designed to reach Washington as one administration prepares to hand the baton to the next: If the United States keeps messing with Venezuela, then Caracas will retaliate by “liberating” the US territory of Puerto Rico, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed last week.
Before he leaves office for the final time, President Joe Biden plans to pen President-elect Donald Trump a letter, CNN is told.
President-elect Donald Trump took a victory lap on Sunday night, telling his supporters at a campaign-style rally that his first day in office will come with a flurry of executive orders to fulfill his 2024 campaign promises.
Trump’s team outlines suite of executive orders to top lawmakers ahead of his first day as president
President-elect Donald Trump will quickly implement executive actions on immigration, energy policy, and federal government operations to check off dozens of campaign policy priorities.
More than 80 people were killed in the country’s northeast over the weekend following the government’s failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army, a Colombian official said.
President-elect Donald Trump and his team have drafted a slate of pardons for people convicted for their role in the January 6 Capitol attack to be issued on Day 1, shortly after Trump is sworn in as president, two sources familiar with the plans told CNN.
Two federal death row inmates are asking to be exempted from outgoing President Joe Biden’s order commuting their sentences to life in prison without parole, as they seek to appeal their cases and prove their claims of innocence.
Wildfires are still blazing across Los Angeles, but victims of the
In the wake of the 2024 election, most supporters of the Democratic Party say it needs to make significant changes and that they feel “burned out” by politics, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. The party faces its lowest ratings in more than 30 years.
Daybreak on the Atlantic is a slow, hypnotic explosion of color. Black skies turn ash gray; next, a sideways sliver of orange divides the vast horizon.
For many African Americans who built their lives and businesses in historically Black communities like Altadena, the combined loss of generational wealth and personal heirlooms is indescribable.
At noon Monday, a new Donald Trump era begins.
Georgia has suspended all poultry activities after bird flu was confirmed in a commercial poultry operation, officials said Friday.
Donald Trump has privately told his advisers he wants to visit China after being sworn in to office, three sources familiar with the talks told CNN, as the president-elect seeks to facilitate an open dialogue with Beijing while also pursuing hardline stance on the country.
President-elect Donald Trump said mass deportations will begin “very quickly” after taking office, one of a number of plans he discussed in a phone interview with NBC News on Saturday.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused the country’s supreme court of persecuting him on Saturday after his appeal against a travel ban was rejected.
Donald Trump has not yet taken office, but prominent Democrats have already started weighing in on one of the party’s most pressing strategic questions: is there room to work with the new administration?
GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna repeatedly tried to convince Speaker Mike Johnson that he — as a pro-family champion — should back her push to allow new mothers to vote remotely for six weeks while they are recovering from birth.