Trump’s Inauguration Day: Blog updates

With limits to how much can be accomplished through executive order, NewsNation contributor Mick Mulvaney said many of the expected orders will be a way for the Trump administration to message important priorities.

Law enforcement prepared for potential demonstrations for President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration, but they are not anticipating any major problems, The Associated Press reported.

In an interview with CBS News, FBI Director Christopher Wray said his agency was “not tracking any specific or credible threats to the inauguration.

About 7,800 National Guard soldiers and airmen will join the Secret Service, U.S. Capitol Police and D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department to secure the 60th presidential inauguration.

President-elect Donald Trump’s family members will be present for his inauguration, and many will play key roles in his second administration, as they did in his first.

Here’s a guide to the Trump family connections.

Several high-profile people are set to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration as he steps into office for his second nonconsecutive term.

Tech CEOs Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos will be there, as well as former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

Ahead of Trump’s inauguration, Lee Greenwood, who is set to perform his song “God Bless the USA” told NewsNation he feels like a horse with his “paw on the ground, getting ready for the race.”

“I never envisioned, actually, that I would be standing next to the President of the United States,” Greenwood said.

An incoming White House official said Trump plans to sign a series of executive orders on energy and trade, including a national energy emergency.

He is also expected to issue a presidential memorandum on inflation, put an end to electric vehicle mandates and sign an order focusing on unlocking natural resources in Alaska.

President Trump will take a series of executive actions on the border on his first day, following his inauguration.

The first will declare a national emergency at the border, directing the secretary of defense to deploy members of the military and the National Guard to the border. The exact number will be up to the secretary based on need.

Trump’s plans for the border include directing the military to prioritize borders, ending catch-and-release, reinstating Remain in Mexico, building the wall, designating cartels as global terrorists, suspending refugee settlement for four months, ending birthright citizenship, enhancing vetting and screening and restoring the death penalty for public safety, according to an incoming White House official.

President-elect Donald Trump has arrived at St. John’s Episcopal Church, where he is set to attend a service before his inauguration. Trump didn’t speak to reporters as he entered the church.

People are now being let into Capital One Arena. Trump is expected there later this afternoon after he’s sworn in.

Transition adviser Jason Miller tells NewsNation that President-elect Donald Trump plans to sign some of the nearly 100 executive orders he’s vowed to enact while still at the Capitol, soon after he takes the oath of office.

He will sign other orders while at the Capital One Arena watching the revamped parade, Miller says.

People have stayed in line all night to attend today’s inauguration. Some have had to park miles away.

Misti Robinette, who has worked for Ford and been in the union for 25 years, is a former Democrat who voted for Republican President-elect Trump in the 2024 election, citing the economy and inflation.

Robinette drove eight hours to be in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

Being at the inauguration “means a lot for my work, for my kids, for my friends, for America,” she said.

“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.”

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President Joe Biden pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the committee that investigated the Jan. 6 Capitol riots just hours before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration Tuesday.

“These public servants have served our nation with honor and distinction and do not deserve to be the targets of unjustified and politically motivated prosecutions,” Biden said in a statement.

This decision comes after Trump warned of an enemies list filled with those who have crossed him politically or sought to hold him accountable for his attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss and his role in the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Biden said in the statement that the issuance of the pardons “should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense.”

Tech billionaires, former presidents and celebrities are all expected to attend today’s inauguration ceremony. https://bit.ly/4jz06f8

An inside look at Capital One Arena, where the Inauguration Day parade will take place. From NewsNation’s Chelsea Jones

Today’s ceremony will kick off with a procession to the Capitol before Trump is sworn in at noon ET. Find the full schedule of events here.

President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in at noon ET today. Find out how to watch NewsNation’s complete coverage here.