Live updates ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration. Follow the latest news as the incoming president attends events ahead of tomorrow’s ceremony.

"Never before in the history of this country has a president been, I mean, literally receiving cash from foreign governments and from foreign companies"

As Donald Trump takes the oath of office again, the world watches with a sense that, this time, those outside the U.S. have a better idea what to expect.

For instance, Trump’s pick as Treasury secretary, hedge fund mogul Scott Bessant, blew up a pet fairytale of the Albanese Government after one Democrat insisted the US was in a “clean energy arms race with China”.

Temperatures during the inauguration on Monday are expected to be about minus 10 degrees in Washington, DC, forcing the Trump administration to host his swearing in inside. Now based in Washington, DC, after he was ambassador for Australia from 2016 to 2020, Hockey told ABC News Breakfast it would be a calm inauguration.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong revealed ahead of the inauguration that ambassador Kevin Rudd was granted a quick meeting at Trump’s Florida golf course.

U.S> Sen. Marco Rubio is promising to implement President-elect Donald Trump’s “ America First” vision as Secretary of State, vowing in his confirmation hearing Wednesday that the incoming administration will forge a new path by placing American interests “above all else.”

A USA TODAY review of almost 100 of the administration's top hires shows nearly half of states could have a representative in the second Trump term.

Watch live as Donald Trump’s pick to be the next US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, is questioned in a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, 15 January. Senator Rubio was once a rival to the president-elect for the Republican presidential nomination,

Senator Marco Rubio warned of China’s growing threat, and he backed NATO but said Europe needed to do more to help protect itself. His friendly, five-hour confirmation hearing seemed to all but guarantee he would be the next secretary of state.

Donald Trump's nominee to head the Department of State — was corned by his colleague Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) during his confirmation hearing Wednesday over the Florida lawmaker's refusal to answer questions about the incoming president's ongoing business dealings with foreign governments,