Opera tenor Christopher Macchio will sing the national anthem at the presidential inauguration in front of a smaller live crowd than he was expecting.

Country singer Lee Greenwood is set to perform as as Trump walks out to take the oath of office, according to Trump’s inaugural committee. Greenwood’s biggest hit, the patriotic anthem “God Bless the U.S.A.,” has been a mainstay at the president’s campaign rallies. Greenwood also performed as part of Trump’s inauguration festivities in 2017.

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President Donald Trump has pardoned 1,500 Jan. 6 rioters as he signed a flurry of executive orders on his first day in office. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

The State Historical Museum on the Capitol Square, shown in September, is surrounded by fencing ahead of its demolition. Madison has begun the process of redesigning the neighboring Mifflin Plaza so it can be rebuilt after the new museum is completed.

Trump and incoming first lady Melania Trump will then go to the White House and join President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden for a tea before they travel to the U.S. Capitol for the inauguration ceremony. Vance will go first, and then at noon Trump will take his oath of office, The New York Times reported.

Watch operatic tenor Christopher Macchio perform rousing rendition of the national anthem at 2025 presidential inauguration.

For those folks who might not have voted for President Trump, I hope that they’ll give me that kind of opportunity to just listen and just really connect.”

Greenwood, a frequent fixture at Trump's rallies, counts the businessman-turned-politician as one of his close friends.

Donald Trump’s second inauguration is getting underway in Washington, DC on a chilly Monday as he becomes the 47th president of the United States and only the second president in history to serve non-consecutive terms.

He previously joined Trump at the Republican’s infamous October 2024 Madison Square Garden rally, where he delivered a powerful rendition of Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York.” He also sang at Trump’s second Butler, Pennsylvania rally ...