Watch live as Donald Trump lays a wreath at the Arlington National Cemetery on Sunday (19 January) ahead of presidential inauguration. Trump will place a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, before addressing a rally at the Capital One Arena.

President-elect Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance appeared solemn as they placed wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Sunday. Lichgate volunteers gathered Saturday beyond the iconic oak to clean the cottage and board up the windows and back door to secure the property.

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Trump will be sworn in shortly after President Joe Biden’s term ends at 12 p.m. EST. The ceremony was moved indoors to the Capitol Rotunda as Monday is expected to be one of the coldest inauguration days in decades.

The pageantry and parties surrounding President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration kick off this weekend with fireworks and a rally before Monday’s Inauguration Day ceremony, parade and balls.

President-elect Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance appeared solemn as they placed wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Sunday.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Sunday.

Usha and JD Vance have three children. Their sons, Ewan and Vivek, are 7 and 4, and their daughter, Mirabel, is 3. The three kids will wear Anagrassia, a South Bend, Indiana, brand, for the inauguration.

President-elect Donald Trump is spending the eve of his inauguration in a series of Washington events that celebrate his return to power as he prepares to move back into the White House at a time of deep national political divisions.

President-elect Donald Trump used one last rally on the eve of his inauguration to again celebrate his election victory, declaring Sunday, “We won” to a crowd celebrating his return to the White House and projecting defiant optimism despite deep national political divisions.

Donald Trump pledged a blitz of presidential actions to end "American decline," telling a fired-up inauguration eve rally on Sunday that he would crack down on woke ideology and immigration.