President Donald Trump dismissed retired Gen. Mark Milley from a federal position and targeted celebrity chef Jose Andres as one of his first acts as president. Hours after he was sworn into office as the country’s 47th president,

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he plans to remove over 1,000 appointees from the administration of former President Joe Biden and that he had fired four individuals immediately, including celebrity chef Jose Andres and former top general Mark Milley.

Trump signs series of executive orders, including pardoning Jan. 6 rioters and pulling U.S. from Paris climate accord. Follow along for live updates and analysis.

The heads of the Jan. 6 committee say they're grateful for the decision by President Joe Biden to pardon them “not for breaking the law but for upholding it.”

Mark Milley and the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol. As Trump stepped in, one of his first actions back in the White House was to pardon those involved in the U.S. Capitol riots.

President Donald Trump defended the pardons he issued to January 6 participants in his first interview since returning to the presidency. "They were very minor incidents, and it was time," Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity in an interview held at the Oval Office.