Kylie Morris

Donald Trump says he wants an “elegant and dignified” confirmation process for the man he’s nominated to the Supreme Court. And he’s threatened Democrats who try to block Neil Gorsuch he could use the “nuclear option” to force a simple majority vote.

To Washington now, where the Homeland Security Secretary, John Kelly, has said the restrictions on migrants from seven countries is not a ban on Muslims and is and will remain in compliance with judicial orders.

A new poll has revealed that the majority of US voters support President Trump’s ban on refugees and visitors from those seven predominantly Muslim countries.

Donald Trump is dealing with quite a lot today – fallout from his comments on torture, what seems like the breakdown of another important alliance – with Mexico – over the wall, and high level departures in the State Department – some of America’s best and brightest diplomats among them.

There will be a wall along the Mexican border, with the planning work starting right now. And, Donald Trump declared today, Mexico will “absolutely” pay.

Kylie Morris has the latest on today’s White House briefing.

Welcome to Washington DC, where Donald Trump has been issuing executive orders on his first full day in the White House behind me.

This day will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again.

By this time tomorrow Donald Trump will be the 45th President of the United States – poised to begin rolling back the legacy of the Obama years from day one.

While we’ve been on air President Obama has been giving his final press conference.

As preparations for President Elect Trump’s inauguration continue all around us here in Washington, today his picks for cabinet positions faced some quite serious question about their views and business interests at confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill.

New polling suggest Trump’s popularity has slumped to the lowest for an incoming President in four decades.

This isn’t the first time we’ve heard Mr Trump attack NATO or the EU, but there has been some pushback: Marco Rubio, the Republican senator, has said that NATO is “as important today as its been since the end of the cold war”;

Nine days to the inauguration of Donald Trump and his first news conference as President-elect became a damage limitation exercise as he angrily dismissed allegations that Russia had compromising material on him.

To Washington now, where the approaching Trump presidency continues to take shape, with a senate committee beginning confirmation hearings for his Cabinet appointees.