Before watching Donald Trump return to the presidency and take the oath of office as the 47th president Monday, members of Arkansas’ congressional delegation marveled at what was about to take place.

In less than 24 hours of becoming president, Donald Trump has kept to his word and pardoned convicted Jan. 6, 2021, participants.

President Donald Trump grants pardons and commutations to over 1,500 individuals involved in the Capitol riot, including several from Arkansas.

"It was a weight lifted off," Nathan Hughes of Bentonville said. "It was the feeling that justice was served."

Praising President Donald Trump for "risking his very life and surviving assassination attempts," Secretary of State Cole Jester bestowed the president on Friday with the Arkansas Diamond Award.

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, he has built the most formidable foundation of Republican electoral strength since the Ronald Reagan era in the 1980s.

The celebrations ahead of Donald J. Trump’s inauguration included passionate members of his base along with Trump-loving power brokers partying wildly all around them, but just out of reach.

Among the pardoned are Richard "Bigo" Barnett, who became notorious for a photo taken in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, and Peter Stager, who admitted to beating a police officer with a flagpole.

The potential ban of TikTok in the United States has sparked widespread concern among social media users, many of whom rely on the platform for their livelihood

At noon today, Donald Trump took the presidential oath for a second time, capping a historic political comeback to the White House. As he did on the campaign trail, Trump painted a dark picture of America and took aim at President Joe Biden's leadership as his predecessor sat just steps away.

Arkansas and Oklahoma lawmakers made their way to the U.S. Capitol Rotunda Monday morning for the second inauguration of President Donald J. Trump. Attendees included Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt. Both Sanders and Stitt ordered flags in their states to be flown at full staff for Inauguration Day.