Donald Trump returned to the spotlight on Sunday telling enthusiastic conservatives that he may run for president again in 2024, as he sought to reassert his dominance over a Republican Party that is out of power, AFP reported.

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday lifted a freeze on green cards issued by his predecessor Donald Trump during the pandemic that lawyers said was blocking most legal immigration, AP reported.

Former US President Donald Trump is set to deliver next Sunday his first speech before an audience since he left the White House, local media reported Saturday.

US senators voted on Tuesday to move forward with Donald Trump's impeachment trial on a charge of inciting the deadly assault on the Capitol, rejecting a claim the proceeding was unconstitutional after viewing graphic video of the January attack, Reuters reported.

Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial is opening today with a sense of urgency both by Democrats who want to hold the former president accountable for the violent Capitol assault and by Republicans who want it over as fast as possible, AP reported.

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed executive orders to undo the Trump administration's immigration policies, dpa reported. "I'm not making new law, I'm eliminating bad policy," Biden told reporters.

The second impeachment trial of former US president Donald Trump was set in motion on Monday after the US House of Representatives forwarded the article of impeachment to the Senate. Carrying the charge of "incitement of insurrection," the article was read before the second chamber of Congress shortly after 7 pm on Monday (0000 GMT Tuesday), dpa reported.

The White House announced early Wednesday that Donald Trump was pardoning his former chief strategist Steve Bannon and 72 others. The last-minute clemency came just hours before president-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony was set to begin. Trump also commuted the sentences of 70 people.

Trying to repair his tarnished legacy, President Donald Trump trumpeted his administration’s accomplishments and wished his successor luck in a farewell video as he spent his final full day in office preparing to issue a flurry of pardons in a near-deserted White House, surrounded by an extraordinary security presence outside.

Outgoing US President Donald Trump on Monday said limits on arrivals from Europe and Brazil will be lifted from 26 January, though the incoming Biden administration responded that restrictions would remain in place, dpa reported.