Feeling burned by the holdover of Obama administration appointees during his first go-around, Trump swiftly exiled Biden holdovers and moved to test new hires for their fealty to his agenda.

Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, will be sworn in Monday as the 47th U.S. president taking charge as Republicans claim unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country’s institutions.

Capitol pushes him to the top of the rankings for most pardons issued by a president in modern history. /iStockphoto President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardon for the approximately 1,500 people convicted of participating in the Jan.