Day: January 21, 2025

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos were among those invited inside the Capitol for Donald Trump’s swearing in.source

US President Donald Trump says that he’s “not confident” that the Gaza ceasefire will hold as it enters it’s third day. Responding to questions from reporter, Trump said: “That’s not our war, it’s their war. But I’m not confident.” However, he added that Hamas had been “weakened” adding that Gaza looked like a “massive demolition […]

Watch: President Donald Trump signs first executive orders in arena From behind his desk in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders and decrees aimed at cracking down on immigration. From one order tackling the definition of birthright citizenship, to another declaring illegal immigration at the border a national emergency, […]

Elon Musk’s appearance at a Trump rally this afternoon is garnering significant attention online over a one-armed gesture. He made the gesture while thanking supporters for contributing to Trump’s victory. Musk thanked the crowd for “making it happen”, before placing his right hand over his heart and then thrusting the same arm out into air […]

US President Donald Trump issued executive orders shortly after he was sworn in to change the US government’s policies on gender and diversity, following through on promises he made on the campaign trail. He rolled back orders from the Biden administration that the Trump White House called “unpopular, inflationary, illegal, and radical practices within every […]

Stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region made modest gains on Tuesday after President Donald Trump said he is thinking of imposing new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China. Shares were flat to a little higher after Trump pledged in his inaugural address to bring in a “golden age” for America and stopped short of announcing […]

Getty Images Donald Trump has vowed to end automatic citizenship for anyone born in the US President Donald Trump has said he plans to end “birthright citizenship”, which refers to automatic American citizenship granted to anyone born in the US. On Monday, he signed an executive order addressing the definition of birthright citizenship, though the […]

Getty Images Carrie Underwood’s performance was interrupted by a tech malfunction It’s a rite of passage in the United States: A newly elected president takes the oath of office before his people. On Monday, Trump was sworn in for a second time, assuming his role as the 47th president of the United States amid pomp […]

Panama’s president has rejected a plan by Donald Trump to “take back” the Panama Canal, telling his US counterpart the key trade route “is and will remain” in the country’s hands. In his inaugural speech, President Trump claimed that Panama had “broken” a promise to remain neutral, alleging that “China is operating the Panama Canal”. […]