7 key focal points of Trump’s first-day executive orders
President Donald Trump speaks to the media while signing a series of executive orders at the White House on Monday. (Jabin Botsford /The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump speaks to the media while signing a series of executive orders at the White House on Monday. (Jabin Botsford /The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Kenneth Cuccinelli, a former top official with the Homeland Security Department during the first Trump administration, cautioned senators last week against an official designation of drug cartels as terrorist groups.
Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump's nominee to be Defense secretary, testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Jan. 14. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
U.S. security forces prevent migrants coming to the border from crossing into the U.S. in April 2024.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Presiden Donald Trump’s nominee to be Homeland Security secretary, testifies during her Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing Friday.
President Donald Trump speaks to supporters Monday at the Capitol after his inauguration as Vice President JD Vance looks on.
Scott Bessent, left, President Donald Trump’s intended nominee for Treasury secretary, and Senate Finance Chairman Michael D. Crapo arrive for Bessent's confirmation hearing on Jan. 16.
Elon Musk is seen on a television during a watch party for the second inauguration of President Donald Trump at Union Pub on Capitol Hill on Monday.
Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. in the Capitol Rotunda as his wife, Melania Trump, holds a Bible. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AFP via Getty Images)
The true history of civil rights struggles is high on the GOP’s list of "divisive" concepts, Curtis writes. But the carvings on the side of the King memorial offer an important reminder for Inauguration Day and beyond.
President Donald Trump speaks to the crowd alongside Vice President JD Vance (Left), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), his wife Kelly Johnson, and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) in the VIP overflow viewing area in Emancipation Hall after his inauguration at the Capitol on Monday.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., center, met Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and ranking member Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., at his confirmation hearing last week.
Former Rep. Liz Cheney receives the Presidential Citizens Medal from President Joe Biden on Jan. 2. Cheney and other members of the select committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack were among those pardoned on Biden's last day in office.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of state, is likely to be confirmed Monday.
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday.
President Grover Cleveland speaks to the crowd at the Capitol during his second inauguration on March 4, 1893.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., maintains there is 'no legal basis' for an extension of the law's effective date.
Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, here at a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Friday, is up for reelection in 2026.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., nominated to be secretary of State, spoke about concerns regarding the canal at his confirmation hearing on Jan. 15. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Barack Obama was the most recent president before Donald Trump to deliver a second inaugural address.