Here are most of the orders Donald Trump signed on his first day in office:

  • Freeze federal hiring, except for members of the military or “positions related to immigration enforcement, national security, or public safety.”

  • Restore a category of federal workers known as Schedule F, which would lack the same job protections enjoyed by career civil servants.

  • Halt new federal rules from going into effect before Trump administration appointees can review them.

  • Review the investigative actions of the Biden administration “to correct past misconduct by the federal government related to the weaponization of law enforcement and the weaponization of the intelligence community.”

  • Grant top-secret security clearances to White House staff without going through traditional vetting procedures.

  • End remote work policies and order federal workers back to the office full time.

  • Bar asylum for people newly arriving at the southern border.

  • Move to end birthright citizenship, which is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment, for the children of undocumented immigrants. The president cannot change the Constitution on his own, so it is not yet clear how Mr. Trump plans to withhold the benefits of citizenship to a group of people born in the United States. Any move is all but certain to be challenged in court.

  • Suspend the Refugee Admissions Program “until such time as the further entry into the United States of refugees aligns with the interests of the United States.”

  • Declare migrant crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border to be a national emergency, allowing Mr. Trump to unilaterally unlock federal funding for border wall construction, without approval from Congress, for stricter enforcement efforts.
  • Direct federal agencies to begin an investigation into trade practices, including persistent trade deficits and unfair currency practices, as well as examine flows of migrants and drugs from Canada, China and Mexico to the United States.

  • Assess China’s compliance with a trade deal Mr. Trump signed in 2020, as well as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which Trump signed in 2020 to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement.

  • Order the government to assess the feasibility of creating an “External Revenue Service” to collect tariffs and duties.

  • Carry out a full review of the U.S. industrial and manufacturing base to assess whether further national security-related tariffs are warranted.

  • Consult federal agencies on any national security risks posed by the social media platform, then “pursue a resolution that protects national security while saving a platform used by 170 million Americans.” Mr. Trump ordered his attorney general not to enforce a law that banned the site for 75 days to give the Trump administration “an opportunity to determine the appropriate course forward.”

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