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Trump has signed more executive orders in 2025 than in his entire first term

One-third of Trump’s executive orders have been explicitly challenged in court, a Post analysis of data from nonprofits CourtListener and Just Security found. Read More

Executive Orders: What They Are, How They Work, and the Trump Orders Affecting the Military Since January 2025

Executive orders are presidential directives that guide how the executive branch carries out existing law. Since January 2025, Trump has issued several affecting military readiness, personnel policy, ... Read More

Trump has already issued more executive orders in his second term than in his first

Before Trump, the last time a president surpassed 100 executive orders in the first year of a term was 1945, when Harry Truman took over the presidency after FDR’s death. Read More

How Trump tested executive power in 2025

Morning Report is The Hill’s a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today’s issue: ▪ Trump asserts executive power ▪ Health care deal possible ▪ Trump orders strikes on ISIS in Nigeria ... Read More

Trump wields executive orders like no president since FDR

Here’s how he’s used the legally-binding directives to raise tariffs, curb immigration, and promote cryptocurrencies. Read More

Trump declared new federal holidays. He once said US has 'too many'

President Donald Trump declared Christmas Eve and December 26 holidays for federal workers. But other businesses are not obligated to do the same. Read More

Trump says he is 'cancelling' Biden's executive orders signed by autopen

In a social media post, President Trump said he was "cancelling" executive orders from the Biden administration that had been signed with an autopen. NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell reports on the statement ... Read More

Trump has signed more executive orders in 2025 than in his entire first term. Here’s why that matters.

Experts on presidential authority said Trump’s frequent use of executive orders reflect not only his ambition to rapidly achieve policy goals, but also to remake the federal government entirely. Read More

Trump Says He Is Canceling Biden Executive Orders Signed With Autopen

President Trump said Friday he was revoking all executive orders former President Joe Biden signed with an autopen, escalating his battle with his predecessor over the use of the signature proxy ... Read More