Trump dismisses bishop’s call for mercy; ban on immigration raids in churches and schools scrapped – as it happened

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• Bishop calls on Trump to have mercy' on migrants and LGBTQ+ people

Donald Trump supporters who attacked the US Capitol four years ago will begin to leave prison on Tuesday, after the newly installed president issued a sweeping pardon that signalled he intends to make aggressive use of his executive power, Reuters reports.

The Republican president's pardon of 1,500 defendants on Monday drew outrage from lawmakers who were endangered in the 6 January, 2021, attack, when thousands of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent Congress from certifying his 2020 loss to Joe Biden.