President-elect Donald Trump is set to return to the White House and will be sworn in later this month. Even those who aren’t attending live can watch Inauguration Day events at home. The inauguration will air live on major broadcast networks, including Fox News. Audiences can stream the proceedings online through digital sources, including the White House’s live stream. The official time for the swearing-in ceremony is at 12 pm EST on Jan. 20.

This inauguration is the 60th and will be themed ‘Our Enduring Democracy: A Constitutional Promise.’ Celebrate the occasion at home with your own Inauguration Day party. Here are some items to help you celebrate and make the occasion memorable:

Cake topper: $9.99

Make patriotic cupcakes topped with Donald Trump and JD Vance flags to serve to guests. These flag appetizer toothpicks are perfect for bakeries, parties or any gathering where you want to add a special decorative touch. These Republican elephant cupcake toppers, $14.99 at Walmart, include 24 paper cutouts and stickers.

Donald Trump Cardboard Cutout: $54.95 

This life-size cutout is the perfect accessory for a photo booth. Your guests will love taking a photo with President-elect Donald Trump.

Patriotic tablecloth: on sale for $7.99

Line your table with patriotic flair. These red, white and blue tablecloths will quickly transform your space and are disposable for an easy clean-up.

Inauguration Day napkins: $43.65

These beverage napkins from Zazzle, which come in a pack of 50, are a great way to mark the historic occasion. They are printed with the President-elect’s image and make a great keepsake.

Presidential Inauguration banner: $13.99

Show your pride with this Inauguration Day banner, which is perfect for hanging outside or on the wall as a party decoration.

Election Balloons: $12.09

No part is complete without balloons. Make this giant mylar republican elephant balloon from Walmart the focal point of your arrangement. This set, $11.49 on Amazon, comes with 32 balloons, some printed with the image of the President-elect.

Trump-Vance 2024 America First paper cups: $12.96

These paper cups from Zazzle are a commemorative way to serve beverages on Inauguration Day. Keep warm or cool drinks in your cup with the optional lid. Buy Trump-themed paper plates and cups for $11.99 on Amazon. 

Inauguration day plates: $11.92

Serve snacks on the day on a plate from Zazzle that they’ll want to take home. These Inauguration Day paper plates are sold in sets of eight and are customizable.

Vice President-elect JD Vance, in a role that he’s likely to repeat with frequency in the years ahead, hosted a top-dollar fundraiser that attracted some of the leading figures and donors in President-elect Trump’s political orbit.

The $250,000-a-plate fundraiser, which was confirmed to Fox News by a source familiar with the details, was held Wednesday at Le Bilboquet, a French restaurant in Palm Beach, Florida, located just a few miles from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, which has long served as the former and future president’s political headquarters.

Among those in attendance was the president-elect’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., who is a top friend and political ally of Vance, and who pushed hard last summer for the elder Trump to name Vance, then the junior senator from Ohio, as his running mate on the 2024 Republican Party’s national ticket.

A number of Trump mega donors, including billionaire investor John Paulson and tech entrepreneur David Sacks, as well as tech and cryptocurrency titans, also attended, according to the source. 

The money hauled in at the fundraiser, which will likely top seven figures, will go toward MAGA Inc., the top super PAC that supported Trump during his two-year campaign to win back the White House in 2024.

With Trump term-limited and prevented from running again for re-election in 2028, Vance is seen as the heir-apparent to the president-elect’s America First movement and MAGA world of devout supporters. He will likely be considered the frontrunner when the next GOP presidential nomination race formally kicks off following the 2026 midterm elections.

Hosting and headlining top dollar fundraisers that attract the leading donors in Trump’s political orbit will likely enhance Vance’s position as the politician best equipped to carry on the president-elect’s legacy in 2028.

Politico was first to report news of the Vance fundraiser.

House Republicans are eyeing new limits on food stamps driven by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s mission to ‘Make America Healthy Again.’

Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., is leading ‘The Healthy SNAP Act’ to bar most junk foods from being eligible for purchase under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), he first told Fox News Digital.

‘President Trump has been given a mandate by the majority of Americans to Make America Healthy Again, and those in his administration, like RFK Jr. and Senator Marco Rubio, have directly advocated for eliminating junk food purchases with SNAP,’ Brecheen told Fox News Digital.

‘If someone wants to buy junk food on their own dime, that’s up to them. But what we’re saying is, don’t ask the taxpayer to pay for it and then also expect the taxpayer to pick up the tab for the resulting health consequences.’

Brecheen’s bill would bar the use of food stamps to buy ‘soft drinks, candy, ice cream, prepared desserts such as cakes, pies, cookies, or similar products,’ according to legislative text obtained by Fox News Digital.

Seven Republicans have backed the legislation as co-sponsors.

As the Oklahoma Republican referenced, Secretary of State nominee Rubio did back efforts to reform SNAP last year.

He unveiled a bipartisan bill with Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., to enable the federal government to collect more data on SNAP purchases and ‘add improving nutrition security and diet quality to Congress’ declaration of policy for SNAP.’

Rubio had also called for a crackdown on SNAP funds going toward junk food in a Wall Street Journal op-ed last year.

Brecheen said of his bill, ‘In addition to the obvious health improvements, this bill will also result in significant savings in taxpayer funds for such programs as Medicaid, where approximately 1 in 4 Americans (79 million total) are currently enrolled.’

‘Federally funded healthcare for obesity and obesity-related diseases has reached $400 billion per year, according to the Senate Joint Economic Committee (JEC) 2023 report. We can’t afford to go down this road any longer as a nation,’ he said.

Republicans embracing a focus on nutrition and health is a notable shift from even a decade ago, when conservatives pushed back on former first lady Michelle Obama’s effort to get more nutritional meals in schools.

Kennedy, who was a self-described Democrat before running for president as an Independent candidate, has driven a significant shift in the national dialogue on the issue since forging a relationship with President-elect Donald Trump.

Trump tapped Kennedy to be his secretary of Health and Human Services – though his history of vaccine skepticism may make his confirmation an uphill battle.

President Biden was widely panned by conservatives on social media after warning in his final speech to the nation of an ‘oligarchy taking shape in America.’

‘That’s why my farewell address tonight, I want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern,’ Biden said in his farewell speech on Wednesday night. ‘And this is a dangerous — and that’s the dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultrawealthy people, and the dangerous consequences if their abuse of power is left unchecked. Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead.’

‘We see the consequences all across America. And we’ve seen it before.’

Conservatives on social media quickly reacted to that comment with criticism pointing to the billionaires that Biden has associated with over the years, including liberal megadonor George Soros, who he recently awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Fox News Digital previously reported on several billionaires who donated to President Biden’s re-election campaign last year, including Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Steve Jobs, and Alphabet Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt.

‘Joe Biden didn’t call out Iran, China, or the wars he helped create in his farewell speech—but he attacked American citizens, calling them ‘oligarchs’ and ‘a threat to democracy,’’ GOP Congresswoman Nancy Mace posted on X. ‘A fitting end to a presidency defined by blame and failure.’

Mace added in another post, ‘Joe Biden discussing democracy, a free press, institutions and the abuse of power in his final farewell speech is rich.’

‘Joe Biden, who just awarded the Medal of Freedom to George Soros and gave his own son a free pass for any and all federal crimes he committed over the course of a decade, now wants you to know that oligarchies are bad,’ conservative commentator Matt Walsh posted on X.

‘Yes, Biden, opponent of the wealthy and powerful…who just gave the nation’s highest civilian honor to…George Soros, Hillary Clinton, Ralph Lauren (net worth $11 billion), and Magic Johnson (net worth $1.6 billion)’ American Compass managing editor Drew Holden posted on X. 

‘Biden’s oligarchy warning, while with merit, rings hollow from the leader of a party fueled by billionaires,’ former White House correspondent Ron Fournier posted on X. ‘Truth is, the monied class rules both halves of the corrupt duopoly.’

‘INCREDIBLY RICH for Biden to warn about ‘power concentrated in the hands of a few wealthy people’ when their entire political apparatus has been fueled by Arabella Advisors and George Soros for decades,’ Republican communicator Matt Whitlock posted on X.

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

A group of House Republicans is urging the Senate to act fast on confirming President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees amid dramatic hearings and some recent delays in the process.

‘As elected officials, Congress is tasked with reflecting the will of the American people. The results of last November make clear that the country wants to see a departure from the past four years of failed Biden-Harris leadership,’ the letter said.

‘We all have a role to play, and for this reason I respectfully urge my Senate colleagues to proceed swiftly with the confirmation of President Trump’s executive branch nominees.’

The letter is led by Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, and signed by at least 16 House Republican lawmakers, though more may join. 

It comes after former Fox News Channel host Pete Hegseth clashed with Democrat senators during a hearing on his nomination to be defense secretary on Tuesday. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and others grilled Hegseth on allegations of infidelity and sexual misconduct, which he emphatically denied.

The following day, multiple Senate confirmation hearings were interrupted by protesters. 

Hearings for South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to be Homeland Security secretary, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to be Interior secretary and former Rep. Doug Collins to be Veterans Affairs secretary were all delayed, reportedly for various procedural reasons.

‘President Trump has selected these nominees based on their shared, strong, and demonstrated commitment to restoring American values and pursuing the best interests of the nation,’ Fallon’s letter read. ‘When it comes to President Trump’s slate of nominees, the sum of the whole is even greater than its parts – we need a united executive branch if we are to right the ship.’

‘Thank you for the strong support that many of you have already espoused for President Trump’s nominees. We cannot falter nor rebuke the mandate of the American people as we turn the page on the past four years of failed executive leadership.’

The letter closed by urging Senate Republicans to give Trump’s nominees their ‘full and unwavering support.’

As Fallon’s letter noted, the majority of Senate Republicans are expected to fall in line behind Trump’s choices. But with just a 53-seat majority, they can afford little dissent to still get the nominees over the line.

First-term Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, said Wednesday that he intends to support Hegseth’s confirmation after hearing his testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee. But at a Politico event on Tuesday, he raised doubts about Trump’s nominee to be director of national intelligence, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii.

Hegseth, meanwhile, managed to clear a key hurdle on Tuesday when Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said on local Iowa radio station WHO News Radio 1040 that she would support his nomination after previously signaling she had some concerns.

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, plans to skip President-elect Trump’s inauguration next week, her office told ABC News on Thursday.

Pelosi has attended 11 inauguration ceremonies, including Trump’s first in 2017. Her office has not provided an explanation for her absence, but she has a history of dramatic displays of opposition to the president-elect.

Pelosi’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

Trump has also made no attempts to play nice with the former speaker, frequently calling her out as an ‘enemy’ at his campaign rallies.

‘She’s a crooked person. She’s a bad person, evil. She’s an evil, sick, crazy,’ Trump said before appearing to mouth the word ‘b*tch,’ at a campaign rally in Michigan. ‘Oh no. It starts with a B– but I won’t say it. I want to say it. I want to say it.’

Pelosi infamously tore apart a copy of Trump’s State of the Union address while standing just behind him on the floor of Congress in 2020.

Former first lady Michelle Obama also plans to skip Trump’s inauguration, though her husband, the former president, plans to attend. Michelle was also absent from the funeral for President Jimmy Carter last week, where Trump was also present.

Former presidents Trump, Bush and Clinton and their spouses all attended Carter’s funeral on Jan. 9 at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., as did former President Barack Obama. Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband also attended, along with former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife.

Former President Bill Clinton will attend next week’s swearing-in ceremony, a person familiar with the former president’s schedule confirmed to the AP. Former first lady Hillary Clinton will also attend, a spokesperson said. The Office of George W. Bush said he and former first lady Laura Bush are attending.

All three former presidents and their wives attended Trump’s first inauguration in 2017, including Hillary Clinton, after she lost the 2016 presidential election to Trump. Carter also attended.

President-elect Trump and former first lady Melania Trump did not attend President Biden’s inauguration in 2021.

Fox News’ Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.

Trump’s transition team has reportedly asked three senior career diplomats to step down from their roles, according to Reuters. Dereck Hogan, Marcia Bernicat and Alaina Teplitz, the career diplomats who were allegedly asked to leave their roles, oversee the State Department’s workforce and internal coordination. This request could signal the Trump team’s desire to implement major changes within the department.

‘There’s a little bit of a concern that this might be setting the stage for something worse,’ a U.S. official familiar with the matter told Reuters.

All three of the career diplomats named in the report have worked under Democratic and Republican administrations, Reuters noted. Unlike political appointees, diplomats do not typically resign when a president leaves office.

Throughout his political career, Trump has gone after the ‘deep state,’ and this move could be seen as part of his efforts to fundamentally change the government on a bureaucratic level.

‘It is entirely appropriate for the transition to seek officials who share President Trump’s vision for putting our nation and America’s working men and women first. We have a lot of failures to fix and that requires a committed team focused on the same goals,’ Trump’s team told Reuters in response to a request for comment.

This report comes as the world sees itself in the middle of a chaotic period with wars between Ukraine and Russia, and Israel and Hamas raging.

While there are those who are skeptical at best when it comes to Trump’s foreign policy plans, others see shifts on the world stage as early signs of success.

One of the hallmark foreign policy moves of Trump’s first term was the Abraham Accords, which saw peace break out in the Middle East. After more than a year of fighting, Israel and Hamas have come close to ending their war. In fact, Biden White House national security communications adviser John Kirby recognized Trump’s incoming Middle East special envoy Steve Witkoff as a key figure in brokering the potential deal.

‘The president made it clear to us on the national security team that we needed to make sure that the Trump team, in particular Mr. Witkoff, were part and parcel and fully invested in everything we were doing because they were going to own it when we left office,’ Kirby told ‘Your World’ on Wednesday.

A spokesperson for the Trump transition team did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

The conservative House Freedom Caucus has released a proposal for Republicans’ planned conservative policy overhaul that would raise the debt limit by two years or roughly $4 trillion.

Congressional Republicans are preparing for a massive conservative policy overhaul through the budget reconciliation process. By lowering the threshold for passage in the Senate from 60 votes to 51, reconciliation allows the party controlling Congress and the White House to pass broad policy changes — provided they deal with budgetary and other fiscal matters.

However, there has been some disagreement over whether to pass all of their goals – touching on border security, defense, spending cuts, tax cuts, and energy – in one single bill to not risk any items falling behind, or split the priorities into two separate pieces of legislation to ensure early victory on at least some measures.

President-elect Donald Trump has said he favors the one-bill approach, but would be open to two. He also tasked Republicans with raising or suspending the debt limit, with the U.S. Treasury projected to run out of funds to pay its debts by mid-June.

Freedom Caucus members are among the Republicans calling for two separate bills. The plan being unveiled on Thursday, first reported by Fox News Digital, calls for border security, defense, and steep spending cuts.

It would raise the debt limit ‘with commitment from congressional leadership on dollar-for-dollar savings over 10 years across both reconciliation bills and appropriations bills.’

Those cuts would then be used to offset tax breaks being extended in the second bill, Fox News Digital was told.

But the plan for the first bill calls for roughly $100 billion for border security across four years, and up to $200 billion for defense in the same time frame.

It also calls for repealing key Biden administration policies to cut spending, including President Biden’s electric vehicle tax credits, added funding for the IRS, and his student loan relief programs, among other items.

The conservative lawmakers presented the plan to Trump at Mar-a-Lago last Friday, but it is unclear how he responded.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., previously backed a two-bill approach in public comments. 

Opponents of that plan, which include Republicans on the House Ways & Means Committee, have warned that leaving Trump’s tax cuts for a second bill would all but guarantee that provisions he passed during his previous term would expire by the end of the year, raising taxes for millions of Americans.

Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., previously pointed out to FOX Business host Maria Bartiromo that two reconciliation bills have not been passed in one term since the 1990s.

However, GOP negotiators have not decided whether to include action on the debt limit in their reconciliation bill, with both measures known to require difficult political maneuvering. 

The Freedom Caucus’ expected plan is a way for fiscal hawks who have traditionally scorned action on the debt limit to agree to do so.

That same group is also concerned that putting all the agenda items into a single bill will not result in sufficient cuts to offset the added spending. 

With two House Republicans departing for the Trump administration on Jan. 20, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will have to navigate a razor-thin majority until special elections are expected in April.

Until then, just one Republican ‘no’ vote will be enough to derail any piece of legislation that does not get Democratic support.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Trump transition team and the House Freedom Caucus for comment.

President Biden is warning Americans of an ‘ultra-wealthy’ ‘oligarchy’ taking shape that is presenting a danger to the country, but did not mention in his farewell speech Wednesday night the numerous billionaires that have supported his campaigns in recent years. 

Biden spoke about the ‘dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few, ultra-wealthy people’ and said ‘an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights, freedoms, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead.’ 

Here are five billionaires who have recently supported President Biden: 

1. George Soros 

George Soros, a left-wing billionaire, investor and philanthropist, sent $250,000 to the Biden Victory Fund in September 2023, filings reviewed by Fox News Digital show. 

Soros’ check followed a maxed-out contribution directly to Biden’s campaign that summer. Soros and his son Alex, who recently took control of the Open Society Foundations network that funnels large amounts of money to left-wing nonprofits and causes, both pushed $6,600 to Biden’s campaign on June 30. 

During the last presidential election, George provided $500,000 to the Biden Victory Fund while sending millions more to super PACs backing him. Alex added $721,300 to the Biden Victory Fund in 2020. 

On Thursday morning, Alex Soros shared an Instagram story with a caption of Biden and the message ‘Joe Biden warns an ‘oligarchy’ is emerging in America in his final White House address.’

2. Reid Hoffman 

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman donated $699,600.00 on April 26, 2023, to the Biden Victory Fund, the campaign’s joint fundraising vehicle, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records. 

Biden attended a fundraiser that Hoffman hosted on behalf of the super PAC at the private residence of Shannon Hunt-Scott and Kevin Scott in Los Gatos, California, in June 2023. 

3. Michael Bloomberg  

Former New York City mayor, billionaire entrepreneur and media magnate Michael Bloomberg contributed nearly $20 million to help boost President Biden in his 2024 election rematch with former President Trump, sources confirmed to Fox News last year. 

Bloomberg, a one-time Republican-turned-independent-turned-Democrat, wrote a massive $19 million check to the Future Forward PAC, known as the FF PAC, which was the leading super PAC supporting Biden’s bid for a second term in the White House. 

4. Howard Schultz 

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced in 2020 that he would be voting for Biden that year and would be contributing to the former vice president’s campaign. 

‘In my view, our choice this November is not just for one candidate over another,’ Schultz wrote in a letter to supporters at the time. ‘We are choosing to vote for the future of our republic.’ 

Schultz went on to say, ‘What is at risk is democracy itself: Checks and balances. Rigorous debate. A free press. An acceptance of facts, not ‘alternate facts.’ Belief in science. Trust in the rule of law. A strong judicial system. Unity in preserving all of our rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.’ 

5. Tom Steyer 

In 2020, Biden reportedly brought in $4 million during a virtual fundraiser hosted by a small group of billionaires and other Silicon Valley donors. 

The virtual event was held by Climate Leaders for Biden, a group of environmental activists that includes billionaire and former Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer, according to an invitation. 

6. Michael Moritz 

Moritz, a billionaire Democrat mega-donor and venture capitalist, contributed at least $7.8 million to pro-Biden and anti-Trump causes during the last election cycle, according to The New York Times. 

However, in July last year, Moritz called on Biden to drop out of the race following his debate performance against Trump in June. 

‘He can either condemn the country to dark and cruel times or heed the voice of Father Time. The clock has run out,’ Moritz told the newspaper at the time.  

‘I would vote for Biden, but I would not give another penny to any fund-raising appeals from Democrats,’ he added in a statement.