Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump slams Biden at World Economic Forum

The White House is touting a major Trump announcement on infrastructure.

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Last updated: Thursday, January 23, 2025 5:08PM GMT
Trump deals with the fallout over his flurry of executive actions
President Donald Trump has kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, the economy, DEI and more.

President Donald Trump has kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, the economy, DEI and more.

Federal agencies are being directed to place all employees working on DEI programs and initiatives to be put on paid administrative leave by Wednesday at 5 p.m.

Meanwhile, legal challenges have been mounted against Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship and action that makes it easier to fire career government employees. Fallout also continues from his pardoning more than a thousand rioters convicted in connection with the violent Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Jan 22, 2025, 8:12 PM GMT

Senate panel advances nomination for Trump's transportation pick

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation voted to advance the nomination of Sean Duffy to be Trump's transportation secretary.

Duffy's nomination was unanimously approved by the committee by a vote of 28-0.

Former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., testifies before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.
Former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., testifies before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.

His nomination will now advance to the Senate floor for a confirmation vote. The date and timing of the vote has not yet been determined.

Duffy is a former congressman and co-hosted "The Bottom Line" on Fox Business. When Trump tapped Duffy for the post, he said he would prioritize rebuilding the nation's infrastructure and on eliminating DEI in certain fields.

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Jan 22, 2025, 8:12 PM GMT

Trumps celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary

Trump and first lady Melania Trump are celebrating a major milestone Wednesday -- their 20th wedding anniversary.

Trump took to his social media platform to wish his wife a happy anniversary.

The couple was married 20 years ago in a star-studded wedding in Palm Beach, Florida. The ceremony was held at Bethesda-By-the-Sea Episcopal Church and the reception was held at Mar-a-Lago.

The guest list included Bill and Hillary Clinton, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Simon Cowell, Usher, Billy Joel and others.

ByArthur Jones II, Jay O'Brien, John Parkinson, and Lauren Peller ABCNews logo
Jan 22, 2025, 8:02 PM GMT

House Republicans launching select committee to investigate Jan. 6

Despite Trump's pardons of Jan. 6 rioters, House Republicans are announcing that they're creating a new select subcommittee to continue Rep. Barry Loudermilk's efforts to investigate the investigators, as some pundits have put it -- to "bring all the facts to the American people."

The work will fall under the jurisdiction of the House Judiciary Committee, with Loudermilk overseeing the select subcommittee.

Lawmakers who received a preemptive pardon from President Joe Biden -- Sen. Adam Schiff, Reps. Jamie Raskin, Bennie Thompson and Zoe Lofgren, former Rep. Liz Cheney and other members of the Jan. 6 select committee -- are sure to become a central focus of the GOP's effort to probe "all events leading up to and after January 6."

Earlier Wednesday, Speaker Mike Johnson strongly criticized Biden's pardons, calling them "breathtaking" and "shocking."

"It is disgusting to us. It probably proves the point, the suspicion that, you know, they call it the Biden crime family, if they weren't the crime family, why do they need pardons?" Johnson said, adding that they will be "looking at it as well."

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Jan 22, 2025, 6:45 PM GMT

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department will not enforce immigration violations

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department will not enforce immigration violations, the department said in a statement on Tuesday.

"It is the policy of this department to recognize the dignity of all persons, regardless of their national origin or immigration status," LVMPD said in a statement posted to X. "Officers will not stop and question, detain, arrest, or place an immigration hold on any individuals on the grounds they are an undocumented immigrant."

LVMPD said the department will share criminal intelligence regarding transnational organized crime and international terrorism and said it will defer citizens to report undocumented immigrants to ICE.

"LVMPD will not delay the release of an inmate for ICE," the police department added."However, LVMPD will honor federal judicial warrants for arrest from ICE. If ICE is not present at the time of the inmate's release, and there is no judicial warrant (the Detention Services Division) will notify ICE at the time of both booking and release."

- ABC News' Laura Romero