All the executive orders Trump has signed after 1 week in office
President Trump promised to do a lot right from the start if elected, and he certainly did that.
During his first week in office, Trump signed dozens of executive orders affecting everything from immigration, climate change and oil exploration to health and medical research, as well as eliminating federal diversity programs, directives defining gender and much, much more.
Some of the executive actions will have immediate impacts, and others — like his attempt at getting rid of birthright citizenship for people born in the U.S. to parents without permanent legal status — will be challenged in the courts.
Trump’s actions include memorandums, proclamations and executive orders. All can be consequential, but some have more weight than others. Orders are publicly tracked in the Federal Register and cannot be easily overturned by Congress, though they can be blocked or challenged.
Here are the executive orders Trump put forward between Jan. 20 and 27 (the full list of actions, including memos and proclamations, appears on the White House website):
NPR’s Domenico Montanaro, Christina Gatti, Camila Domonoske and Andrea Hsu contributed to this report.
Israel launches deadly series of attacks on Gaza
Israel said the early Tuesday attacks were launched after Hamas refused to release more hostages held in Gaza. The strikes appeared to end the current ceasefire that took began in mid-January.
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A U.S. airman is charged in death of a South Dakota woman who had vanished in August
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Harvard will be free for students whose families make $100,000 or less
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The VA will deny gender dysphoria treatment to new patients
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