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.
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.
On his first day as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump signed numerous executive orders, overturning several policies from former President Joe Biden's administration. Trump issued nearly 80 orders,
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,
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,
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.
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 He also rescinded 78 Biden-era directives.
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Trump also signed an executive order to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO ... the implementation of a law requiring TikTok to be sold to a company in the U.S ...
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). This marks the second time in less than five years that the US has taken steps to leave the global health body.
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