Live updates: Trump pardons Jan. 6 rioters and signs sweeping orders on TikTok, border, energy

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In his first hours as the nation's 47th president, President Trump issued a flurry of executive orders, fulfilling a promise he had made beforehand.

The Day One orders impact immigration procedures, extend pardons to individuals convicted in the January 6, 2021, riot; reverse the Biden administration's changes; retreat from international partnerships; and extend the ban on TikTok.

Trump delivered the first of three speeches in the Capitol Rotunda after being sworn in at noon. He then quickly gave a less scripted address in Emancipation Hall to a crowd that spilled out of the Rotunda. Before signing executive orders, Trump addressed the crowd attending the parade.

President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, were scheduled to attend three inaugural balls on Monday evening.

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5. As a federal law enforcement matter, any agreement with the House would mean the size of a probe into the Jan. 6 insurrection will be largely left up to the collaboration of states.

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