Donald Trump inauguration live updates: President pardons roughly 1500 January 6 rioters for ‘reconciliation’

Donald Trump has officially pardoned roughly 1500 of his supporters who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

The executive order grants a “full complete and unconditional pardon” to all individuals, bar 14, convicted for “offences related to events that occurred at or near” the Capitol.

“This proclamation ends a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated upon the American people over the last four years and begins a process of national reconciliation,” the order says.

Fourteen people have had their sentences over the deadly riot commuted to time served, meaning they’ll be eligible for immediate release if they are in prison.

Children of undocumented immigrants, who were born in the US, will no longer be considered US citizens after Donald Trump signed an executive order to redefine birthright citizenship.

“This is a good one, birth right, a big one,” the President said as the order to reinterpret the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, which grants citizenship to all people born on US soil, was handed to him.

“It is ridiculous, we’re the only country in the world that does this with birthright, as you know. It is just absolutely ridiculous.”

The US is one of 33 countries (and two territories) - all in the Americas - in the world with unrestricted birthright citizenship and another 32 nations have some form of restricted birthright citizenship.

Birthright citizenship is a government policy underwhich any child born within a country’s borders or territory is automatically granted citizenship in that country, whether their parents are citizens or not.

Ending birthright citizenship is one of 10 immigration-related executive orders expected to be signed today.

“The people have wanted to do this for decades,” Trump said of the order, which scholars have argued would be illegal and quickly challenged in the courts.

The changes would apply to future births, a Trump insider told the Washington Post.

Donald Trump has signed an executive order designating Mexican cartels and “other organisations” to be “terrorist organisations”.

After signing the order in the Oval Office, Trump told reporters gathered in the room the order had been a long time coming.

“Is a big one,” he said. “People have wanted to do this for years. They are now designated as terrorist organisations.”

He said “Mexico probably does not want that but we have to do what is right.”

“They are killing our people, they’re killing 250,000 people a year, not 100, as has been reported for 15 years, probably 300,000.”

Trump did not rule out whether he would send special forces to the southern border and “into Mexico to take them (cartels) out”.

To the notion, he replied, grinning: “Could happen. Stranger things have happened.”

The US Senate has confirmed Florida senator Marco Rubio to serve as Secretary of State.

Senator Rubio was unanimously confirmed by a vote of 99-0 as his former Republican colleagues touted his qualifications to be the US’ top diplomat.

Exiting the Senate floor, Mr Rubio told reporters his confirmation is a “great honour”.

It is a historic appointment, as Mr Rubio is the first Latino to occupy the job. He is also the first Trump cabinet official to be approved for a role in this new administration.

He replaces Antony J. Blinken in the job, and is set to confront a laungry list of foreign policy tests - including the war in Ukraine, the tentative ceasefire in Gaza, and, in what Mr Rubio has called the century’s defining challenge, China’s global ambitions.

Read about the key members of Trump’s inner circle set to shape his next administration.

President Donald Trump has left Capital One Arena, flanked by hoards of security, and is heading back to the White House to sign more executive orders.

Mr Trump has multiple balls that he will attend on Monday evening attended by a mix of dignitaries and doners.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order withdrawing from the Paris Climate agreement, a move he says will save the United State $1 trillion.

Crowds cheered as he signed the orders.

Trump signed a further two executive orders around government censorship and ending the weaponisation of government against political adversaries of the previous administration.

Mr Trump then threw the pens he used into crowd before leaving the stadium with wife Melania.

President Donald Trump is signing numerous executive orders before the live crowd.

“Can you imagine Biden doing this? I don’t think so,” Mr Trump said.

Mr Trump has so far signed a hiring freeze for Government, an order for politicians to do everything within their power to combat inflation and an order bringing federal workers back into the office.

“So I’m going to go right over here and I’m going to sign in front of you. Is that OK?” Mr Trump said.

First he removed 78 “Biden era executive actions and presidential memorandum and others”.

“We’re going to make our country great again,” Mr Trump said to the packed Capital One Arena.

“Make America great again. How good a name is MAGA, you know.

“I was going to say ‘Keep America great’ but unfortunately, America wasn’t great.

“It will be great again.

“But KAGA, KAGA, I don’t think that it’s ever going to replace MAGA.

“MAGA was the most successful political operation, political movement, in the history of our country. Maybe in the history of the world.”

“I’ll also sign an executive order to immediately end Federal Government censorship of the American people,” Mr Trump said.

“In America, we believe in free speech and we’re bringing it back starting today.

“To stop the weaponisation - oh, do I know about that, these creeps,” Mr Trump said before talking about “deranged Jack Smith”