Donald Trump to take executive actions after being sworn in

Donald Trump is preparing to sign executive actions on his first day in the White House on Friday to take the opening steps to crack down on immigration, build a wall on the US-Mexican border and roll back outgoing President Barack Obama's policies.

Trump, a Republican elected on 8 November to succeed Democrat Barack Obama, arrived in Washington on a military plane with his family yesterday, a day before he will be sworn in during a ceremony at the US Capitol.

Trump plans on Saturday to visit the headquarters of the CIA in Langley, Virginia. He has harshly criticised the agency and its outgoing chief, first questioning the CIA's conclusion that Russia was involved in cyber hacking during the US election campaign, before later accepting the verdict. Trump also likened US intelligence agencies to Nazi Germany.

Trump's advisers vetted more than 200 potential executive orders for him to consider signing on healthcare, climate policy, immigration, energy and numerous other issues, but it was not clear how many orders he would initially approve, according to Reuters news agency who cited a member of the Trump transition team who was not authorised to talk to the press.

Trump is expected to impose a federal hiring freeze and take steps to delay a Labor Department rule due to take effect in April that would require brokers who give retirement advice to put their clients' best interests first.