The decision by the Republican administration could affect trillions of dollars and cause widespread disruption in health care research, education programs, and other initiatives.

Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States on Monday 20 January 2025, marking the beginning of a second term in the Oval Office for the businessman-turned-politician.

Here we are, three days into the second Trump administration, and the president has already served up ample reminders of what his political reign is like:

Proclaiming a new American “Golden Age,” Trump consolidated power hours into his new term, wielding massive executive authority in seeking to obliterate large chunks of Joe Biden’s legacy and showing he plans to learn from his first-term failures to pull off a transformational presidency.

Former US President Joe Biden’s presidency was briefly omitted from Google’s list of US presidents. The issue, attributed to a ‘data error’, raised questions about tech giants’ reliability and neutrality in handling politically sensitive content.

President Donald J. Trump, over the course of the 2024 campaign and after his election, made big promises to the American people on everything from the economy to foreign policy. Here’s what he said he would do with a second term.

Tech leaders should have a visible presence at Trump’s inauguration, with Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Shou Zi Chew, Sundar Pichai, and Sam Altman all reported to be present. Musk is also scheduled to speak at a pre-inauguration rally, and Zuckerberg will reportedly host a black-tie event on Inauguration Day.

An AI startup in China just showed how it's closing the gap with America's top AI labs.The Chinese startup DeepSeek released a new AI model last Monday that appears to rival OpenAI's o1.Its reasoning capabilities have stunned top American AI researchers.

On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump issued a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, who ran the dark web marketplace Silk Road under the pseudonym “Dread Pirate Roberts.” Ulbricht has been serving a life sentence without parole since 2015, when he was convicted of multiple charges, including the distribution of narcotics.

On Monday, the biggest names in Silicon Valley, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, joined “First Buddy” Elon Musk to watch Trump be inaugurated as the 47th president. Musk later stole the headlines following an appearance at a rally in which he made an “odd salute”.

The Mercury News headline the day after the Inauguration quoting President Trump’s promise to “end America’s decline” is the irony of all ironies.