Live coverage: Trump fields smattering of questions as inauguration approaches
President-elect Trump answered a plethora of questions from reporters in Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, where he also announced a major investment in data centers in the Sun Belt and addressed his strategy in musing over takeovers of the Panama Canal and Greenland a day after his election was certified in Congress.
Trump's remarks came as some of his legal cases were also making waves, including when U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon temporarily blocked the Justice Department from releasing special counsel Jack Smith’s report on his two prosecutions, granting a request from his legal team. A hearing involving his team's request to block his Jan. 10 sentencing in his hush money case in New York was also underway early Tuesday afternoon.
Back in Washington, the funeral events for former President Carter shift from Georgia, where he has been lying in repose, to the Capitol, where he will lie in state. Vice President Harris and congressional leaders will honor Carter in the Rotunda at 4:30 p.m.
Meanwhile in Congress, the House is expected to vote on the Laken Riley Act. In the Senate, Trump's intelligence director nominee, Tulsi Gabbard, is expected to be meeting with senators.
Follow along all day for developments on these stories and more.