Donald Trump news LIVE: 538 illegal immigrants arrested, ‘hundreds’ deported

Donald Trump news LIVE updates: US authorities have arrested 538 illegal migrants and deported hundreds in a mass operation according to press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

Donald Trump news LIVE updates: The head of Tibet’s government-in-exile said he would welcome tariffs against China by US President Donald Trump.

“The only way China will listen to others is when they don’t have money to splurge on ‘Belt and Road’ initiatives, create all these debt economies,” he said.

Donald Trump news LIVE updates: The Justice Department plans to file papers next week to urge a Seattle judge to not extend a temporary block on President Donald Trump's executive order on ending birthright citizenship.

A Justice Department spokesperson said that they plan to "vigorously defend" Trump's order.

"We look forward to presenting a full merits argument to the court and to the American people, who are desperate to see our nation's laws enforced," the spokesperson said.

Donald Trump news LIVE updates: In a video posted on X, President Donald Trump announced low taxation rates for businesses ready to make their products in America.

“My message to every business in the world is very simple.Come make your product in America, and we will give you among the lowest taxes of any nation on earth. But if you don't make your product in America, you will have to pay a tariff,” he said.

Donald Trump news LIVE updates: Congressman Jerrold Nadler, senior Democratic member of the House Judiciary Committee slammed President Trump for his hardline immigration policies, including an executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship.

“Right now, if both parents have H-1B status, a child was born abroad, but who has lived in the United States for nearly their entire lives must leave the country when they turn 21 unless they have their own immigration status,” he said on Thursday.

“Does it make sense to send children who are born in the United States to countries that they don't know, may never have been to and where they have no support network?” Nadler asked.

Donald Trump news LIVE updates: President Donald Trump will visit western North Carolina which has been dealing with hurricanes and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles on Friday, for the first trip of his second term in office.

The Republican president has criticized former President Joe Biden for his administration's response in North Carolina, and expressed contempt on California leaders for water policies that he blames for the fires.

Donald Trump news LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump said that he will issue an order removing windmills as an energy source.

"We don't want windmills in this country. I'm going to put it — we're putting an order out. I've already sort of done it. We don't want windmills," Trump said in a Fox News interview.

Donald Trump news LIVE updates: Outgoing Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday that American consumers will have to pay more if President Donald Trump decides to apply 25% tariffs on Canadian products.

Trudeau said that Canada would respond with retaliatory tariffs and that "prices for American consumers on just about everything will go up."

“We don’t think he wants that,” Trudeau said.

Donald Trump news LIVE updates: China's currency Yuan gained after Donald Trump said in an interview that he would rather not have to use tariffs against China.

Previously, the Yuan had slipped against the dollar due to Trump's threat that a 10% tariff was being considered on all Chinese imports due to China's role in the global fentanyl supply chain.

Donald Trump news LIVE updates: Kash Patel will appear before a US Senate committee on January 30 for a confirmation hearing to be the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Patel holds the title for the highest-ranking Indian-American nominated by President Donald Trump in his administration and if confirmed, would be the first-ever Indian American to lead the FBI.

Donald Trump news LIVE updates: Representative Andy Ogles introduced a resolution that would amend the Constitution and allow Trump to seek a third term in office on Thursday.

“This amendment would allow President Trump to serve three terms, ensuring that we can sustain the bold leadership our nation so desperately needs,” Ogles said in a statement, as reported by NBC.

His resolution states: “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than three times, nor be elected to any additional term after being elected to two consecutive terms, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.”

Donald Trump news LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to declassify files on the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

The executive order has instructed the director of national intelligence to present a plan within 15 days for the "full and complete release" of all John F. Kennedy assassination records and to release the same for Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy's assassination in 45 days.

"That's a big one. A lot of people are waiting for years, for decades. And everything will be revealed," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

Donald Trump news LIVE updates: A federal judge in Seattle has temporarily blocked former President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship in the country, calling the policy “blatantly unconstitutional,” reported CNN.

Judge John Coughenour, said it "boggled" his mind that any legal professional would assert the order's constitutionality.

Donald Trump news LIVE updates: President Donald Trump on Thursday stated that he would like to avoid levying tariffs on China, after previous declarations that he was considering a 10 per cent duty on Chinese imports due to China's role in supplying fentanyl to Mexico and Canada.

“We have one very big power over China, and that’s tariffs, and they don’t want them. And I’d rather not have to use it. But it’s a tremendous power over China,” he said.

Donald Trump news LIVE updates: Donald Trump again criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying that he was “no angel” and “shouldn't have allowed the war to happen”.

In an interview on Thursday he said, "Zelenskyy was fighting a much bigger entity, much bigger, much more powerful," Trump said. “He shouldn't have done that, because we could have made a deal.”

Donald Trump news LIVE updates: Donald Trump in an interview on Thursday revealed that he plans to reach out to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who he described as a “smart guy.”

“I got along with him. He’s not a religious zealot,” said Trump about Kim Jong Un. A working relationship had been developed between the two leaders during Trump's first term.

Donald Trump news LIVE updates: US President Donald Trump said that his conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week was “friendly” and that a trade deal could possibly be negotiated between the two countries.

"It went fine. It was a good, friendly conversation," Trump said in an interview on Thursday.

When asked about whether a deal could be made regarding fair trade practices with China, Trump responded "I can do that."

Donald Trump news LIVE updates: Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the creation of a internal working group tasked with proposing new regulations for cryptocurrency in the country.

The order also banned the creation of central bank digital currencies which could compete with existing cryptocurrencies.

Donald Trump news LIVE updates: President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order on artificial intelligence that will revoke past government policies which “act as barriers to American AI innovation", reported AP.

Trump's order says, "we must develop AI systems that are free from ideological bias or engineered social agendas. Under the order, all existing policies, regulations and orders under Joe Biden's 2023 AI executive order will be reviewed and rescinded.

The order seeks to use AI to “promote human flourishing, economic competitiveness, and national security.”

Donald Trump news LIVE updates: US immigration agents on Thursday arrested undocumented migrants as well as U.S. citizens during a raid in New Jersey in light of Donald Trump's executive orders on illegal immigration.

New Jersey mayor Ras Baraka criticised the move saying that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents failed to produce a warrant as they detained “undocumented residents as well as citizens”.

"One of the detainees is a U.S. military veteran who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned," Baraka said.