President Trump indicators government orders within the Oval Workplace on Jan. 20.
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President Trump promised to do so much proper from the beginning if elected, and he actually did that.
Throughout his first week in workplace, Trump signed dozens of government orders affecting every little thing from immigration, local weather change and oil exploration to well being and medical analysis, in addition to eliminating federal range applications, directives defining gender and far, rather more.
A number of the government actions can have quick impacts, and others — like his try at eliminating birthright citizenship for individuals born within the U.S. to folks with out everlasting authorized standing — might be challenged within the courts.
Trump’s actions embrace memorandums, proclamations and executive orders. All will be consequential, however some have extra weight than others. Orders are publicly tracked within the Federal Register and can’t be simply overturned by Congress, although they are often blocked or challenged.
Listed here are the chief orders Trump put ahead between Jan. 20 and 27 (the complete listing of actions, together with memos and proclamations, appears on the White House website):
NPR’s Domenico Montanaro, Christina Gatti, Camila Domonoske and Andrea Hsu contributed to this report.
