Trump issues more executive orders as Cabinet picks march toward confirmation: Live updates

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

Donald Trump signed a myriad of executive orders on Monday in a massive crackdown on Day One of his second term.

The orders and actions cover a wide range of issues from immigration policies, to gender identity issues and even addressing the flow of water from shower heads.

DailyMail.com breaks down the most notable and significant orders that Trump signed in the hours after his inauguration.

Jon Michael Raasch, U.S. Political Reporter on Capitol Hill

Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Treasury Department, Scott Bessent, just advanced out of the Senate Finance Committee for full consideration on the floor.

The committee voted 16 – 11 to send the question of Bessent’s confirmation to the floor for a vote by the 100-member Senate.

Democrat Sens. Mark Warner of Virginia and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire voted in favor of Bessent while the remainder voted against the Trump nominee.

Jon Michael Raasch, U.S. Political Reporter on Capitol Hill

Stefanik notes her experience quashing antisemitism by holding Ivy League universities to account when pro-Hamas encampments broke out on their campuses.

‘I have been the leader in combating antisemitism in higher education,’ Stefanik said.

‘My oversight work led to the most viewed testimony in the history of Congress.’

‘This hearing with university presidents was heard around the world and viewed billions of times. It exposed the antisemitic rot in colleges and universities and was a watershed moment in American education.’

Jon Michael Raasch, U.S. Political Reporter on Capitol Hill

Elise Stefanik will talk about unifying the world around U.S. leadership and keeping moral clarity during her confirmation hearing to be ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday, a copy of her opening remarks obtained by DailyMail.com reveals.

In her remarks, she will call out the United Nations for straying from its purpose.

‘As outlined in Article 1, Chapter I of the UN Charter, the purpose of the United Nations is to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations based on a shared respect for the principle of equal rights, solve international problems, and harmonize the actions of nations in the attainment of common ends,’ the copy of her remarks says.

‘The UN has not lived up to this founding mission and we must demand better.’

‘It is imperative to ensure strong American leadership at the United Nations. I share President Trump’s vision of a UN reformed by strong America First peace through strength leadership and a return to its founding mission of promoting peace and security around the world.’

‘If confirmed, my family and I are excited for this next chapter to serve on President Trump’s Cabinet in this role. I commit to the American people that I will work my very hardest in the coming years to lead with moral clarity and American values. Thank you and I look forward to your questions.’

Jon Michael Raasch, U.S. Political Reporter on Capitol Hill

Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Defense Department, Pete Hegseth, was given an affirmative vote by the Senate Armed Services Committee to move on to full consideration by the entire 100-member chamber.

The vote Monday night in the committee broke down on party lines and Hegseth squeaked by with a one-vote margin, 14 – 13.

Soon the former Fox News host will be brought up for a vote before the entire Senate, which has a current breakdown of 51 Republicans to 47 Democrats.

There are two vacant seats due to Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s appointments.

Hegseth will need just a simple majority of 51 votes to be confirmed, which Republicans could do as soon as this week.

Jon Michael Raasch, U.S. Political Reporter on Capitol Hill

Marco Rubio has officially been sworn in as secretary of state.

The ceremony occurred in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building directly next to the White House.

Rubio, with his hand on a Bible held up by his wife Jeannette, was sworn in by Vice President JD Vance.

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

The new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has set up its official government website.

The landing page – and only page so far – features an image of the doge internet meme, which is a Shiba Inu dog with a concerned-looking face that grew popular online in 2013.

‘The people voted for major reform,’ the website reads.

Billionaire Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk is leading the new agency, which seeks to cut government spending and waste and has an end date of July 4, 2026.

I can confirm the American people won’t be hearing from me today because they’ll be hearing from the leader of the free world, President Trump will be speaking to the press later this afternoon at the White House, and we will have a big infrastructure announcement.

Leavitt also celebrated Trump’s sweeping actions on Day One including 42 total executive orders and over 115 personnel actions.

Donald Trump’s agenda is on the march through Congress after the Senate passed the Laken Riley Act on Monday, a bill that would more easily allow illegal migrant criminals to be deported.

The legislation, which passed with bipartisan support in the House 264 – 159 last week, was named to honor the late Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, 22, who was murdered by repeat criminal Jose Ibarra.

Marco Rubio has been unanimously confirmed by the Senate to become the next secretary of state.

The Florida senator, 53, and former presidential candidate was confirmed with a resounding bipartisan vote from his colleagues and himself.

‘The Senate then moved to immediately consider Rubio’s confirmation before the 100 members, even the Florida Republican himself got to vote on his own fate.

Rubio’s confirmation keeps in line with a tradition among the Senate to confirm at least one presidential Cabinet member on Inauguration Day dating back to Bill Clinton’s first day on the job.

Usually the nominees have importance to national security, and as incoming head of the State Department, Rubio will have a lot to handle in that vein.

Donald and Melania Trump hit three inaugural balls in one night in Washington D.C. to mark the beginning of a new MAGA era.

The freshly sworn back in president and his glamorous first lady started at the military-themed Commander in Chief ball, before heading to the nearby Liberty Ball where they danced onstage with the entire Trump family. Then, they motorcading to Union Station for the Starlight Ball.

‘We needed three because we have such support,’ Trump told the crowd at the Liberty Ball at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center Monday night.

The crowds waited hours to see the returned commander-in-chief and he and the first lady were finally played on by the United States Marine Band at the Commander in Chief ball a little before 10:30 p.m.

Melania debuted a leggy, white-and-black gown, which was custom-made by Hervé Pierre, the same designer who crafted her 2017 inaugural outfit.

They did their first slow dance to The Battle Hymn of the Republic, played by the United States Marine Band, before being joined onstage by Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife, Usha.

Both couples then danced with members of the military, as is the custom.

President Donald Trump is in the process of firing thousands of White House staff who are not aligned with his vision to Make America Great Again.

Taking to his social media platform, Truth Social, the newly appointed president publicly fired several senior workers in an unprecedented shake-up.

The post read: ‘Our first day in the White House is not over yet! My Presidential Personnel Office is actively in the process of identifying and removing over a thousand Presidential Appointees from the previous Administration, who are not aligned with our vision to Make America Great Again.