Speaking at an inauguration eve rally in Washington, Trump claimed that the forthcoming pardons would make his supporters “very happy,” once again referring to the convictees—who tore through the U.S. Capitol complex in a deadly riot, halting Congress’s certification of votes in delirious support of his failed presidential bid—as “hostages.”

The inauguration guestlist features unlikely names including MMA fighter Conor McGregor and influencer Jake Paul.

Trump on Monday signed an executive order to create Elon Musk's DOGE, with a mandate to improve federal IT systems.

Elon Musk's increased influence in Trump's administration leads to a shakeup at the Department of Government Efficiency, resulting in Vivek Ramaswamy's exit. Musk's dominance and clash with Washington's status quo are highlighted,

The sight of Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and others at President Trump’s swearing-in was another sign of how business is adapting to a new Washington.

Silicon Valley’s tech billionaires were at loggerheads with Mr Trump during his first presidency, culminating in Twitter, Facebook and YouTube banning him from their platforms following the insurrection at the US Capitol on Jan 6 2021. The picture could not be more different as Trump is sworn in for his second term.

The world’s richest man is about to have a stunning amount of access—physically and digitally—to the White House.

“Do not move seat cards,” instructed a list of etiquette rules placed on each of the approximately 600 folding chairs. The rules also directed those with seats on the stage to refrain from holding up phones or other recording devices when Trump was sworn in. Those in the general audience showed no such restraint.

On the surface, Donald Trump has tapped Elon Musk and failed White House hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy to oversee the advisory ... The New York Times reported: An unpaid group of billionaires, tech executives and some disciples of Peter Thiel, a powerful ...

Musk's ability to ice out Ramaswamy, who for a variety of reasons had irked some Republicans in Trump's circle, is the latest sign of his influence in the incoming administration. It presages an encore of all of the infighting that marked Trump's first term.

Vivek Ramaswamy was pushed out of the fledgling Department of Government Efficiency because his vision didn’t align with the sieg heil-ing shadow president Elon Musk, according to an exclusive report from The Washington Post.