Donald Trump’s increasingly close relationship with tech leaders has been noted for weeks now. They’ve donated millions to his inauguration fund, taken trips to the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago resort and, in the case of Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, altered Facebook’s moderation policies to accommodate conservative concerns.

Trump also reiterated baseless claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election and blasted former President Joe Biden for pardoning members of the Jan. 6 committee, which he called “the unselect committee of political thugs,” including former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who he called a “crying lunatic,” and Gen. Mark Milley.

The inauguration of Donald Trump saw political leaders, industrial barons and far-right world leaders attend. Here's who was in the audience.

Donald Trump is set to be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States at noon. We'll be posting live updates.

Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden—are expected to attend the inauguration, and many more political figures will be at Monday’s ceremony. While it is unclear exactly who will be at the intimate indoor ceremony under the Capitol’s central dome,

In letters to Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Uber, the lawmakers express concerns about the companies making contributions to “avoid scrutiny, limit regulation, and buy favor.” These sizable donations surpass the amount most of these companies contributed to President Joe Biden’s inauguration fund in 2021.

Popular video sharing app TikTok is facing a potential ban in the US if Biden administration does not give assurances to Google and Apple.

Biden shocked many of his supporters last month when he pardoned his son Hunter from all present and future crimes out of fear that the coming Trump administration would single him out. Monday’s pardons seem to be protecting some of the right’s favorite bogeymen from Trump’s vengeance, which could come soon after he is sworn in later in the day.

If anyone was expecting a softer, more conciliatory US leader than the one sworn in eight years earlier, they and other global leaders were sorely disappointed

Donald Trump is set to be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States at noon. We'll be posting live updates.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts began administering the oath to Trump and told him to raise his right hand before first lady Melania Trump, who was holding the Bible, made it to Trump’s side. Video and images of the ceremony show that Trump repeated the oath but never moved his left hand onto the Bible.