On the first day of assuming the presidency, Trump made some big decisions, including a notable step against the World Health Organization (WHO).
Trump’s sweeping executive orders, from ending birthright citizenship to targeting TikTok and dismantling DEI programs, face mounting legal battles.
Beijing was steeling itself for a first-week assault from Donald Trump. That hasn’t happened — yet — so Chinese leaders are making nice and hoping to cut a deal.
President Donald Trump's flurry of day-one actions included a reprieve for TikTok, the creation of a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an order on social media "censorship," a declaration of an energy emergency, and reversal of a Biden order on artificial intelligence.
President Donald Trump set a record on his first day back in office by issuing 26 executive orders, aiming to fulfill many of his campaign promises.
President Trump stopped short of setting down fresh tariffs on China in his first hours in office, but he cited Beijing in signing several of his executive orders, including decisions to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord and the World Health Organization,
Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office to sign a series of pardons and executive orders, including his promise to delay implementation of a law restricting TikTok. The order delays implementation of a law for 90 days,
Trump signed a slew of executive orders that initiated the US withdrawal from the Paris climate accords and WHO, ordered troops to the border with Mexico, pardoned about 1,500 January 6 rioters and restarted permitting for natural gas export terminals. He also rescinded 78 Biden-era directives.
Trump's new orders also include mandates for how the U.S. government recognizes gender on federal documents and change official names of Mount Denali in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico. And they could grant the second Trump administration expansive authority to enforce border security and immigration laws.
President Trump made major policy moves immediately after taking office, withdrawing from major international agreements, promising steep tariffs and pardoning nearly all of the Jan. 6 rioters.
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