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What executive orders has Trump signed? Here they are – from TikTok to the January 6 rioters

President Trump began signing executive orders on his first day back in the White House, which range from pardoning the January 6 rioters to halting the TikTok ban.

Trump began signing his first wave of executive orders on Monday around 7 p.m., after his swearing-in ceremony and a parade, and just before that evening’s inaugural balls, which lasted well past midnight.

He began by rescinding 78 executive orders approved by his predecessor Joe Biden, including efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, protect federal lands from oil drilling and lower prescription drug costs.

Trump also declared a state of emergency at national borders and ordered US forces to repel “forms of invasion” at the US-Mexico border, including illegal migration and drug trafficking. The new president’s moves also include halting enforcement of a ban on TikTok in the US for 75 days, mandating how the US government recognizes gender on federal documents and changing the official names of Alaska’s Mount Denali and the Gulf of Mexico.

Here are some of the executive orders signed by President Trump:

Gulf of Mexico is renamed ‘Gulf of America’

President Donald Trump officially renamed the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” ​​in an executive order signed Monday evening.

The order, part of a series of executive orders issued in the hours after taking office, directs the Interior secretary to change the name of the 1,100-mile-wide gorge on official U.S. government maps and documents.

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Earlier this month, Trump promised to change the name in retaliation for what he calls Mexico’s failure to stop illegal immigration and drugs entering the US.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum snapped back the next day, sarcastically suggesting that the U.S. should be called “Mexican America.”

Leaders of oath keepers, proud boys with the longest sentences who expect release

The two men who received the longest sentences in the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, as leaders of far-right militias – Enrique Tarrio and Stewart Rhodes – each expected a reprieve on Monday from President Donald Trump’s proclamation pardoning almost all suspects and the term was shortened. sentences of others.

Neither Tarrio, who headed the Proud Boys, nor Rhodes, who headed the Oath Keepers, entered the Capitol. But they were all convicted of seditious conspiracy for organizing their groups during the riot. Tarrio received 22 years in prison and Rhodes received 18 years.

Rhodes was listed by name as a commutation recipient. His attorney, Ed Tarpley, told USA TODAY that he expected to be released Monday evening.

“We’re excited about it,” Tarpley said. “This is an answered prayer and we are all very happy.”

Nayib Hassan, a lawyer for Tarrio, said he was unsure whether Tarrio would receive a pardon or commutation but also expected to be released.

President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned about 1,500 people charged in the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, fulfilling a campaign promise that critics say would “condone attacks on democracy.”

According to the Justice Department, that figure would represent nearly all of the nearly 1,600 people charged during the Fourth Anniversary riot on Jan. 6.

About 1,270 people have been convicted of charges related to the riot. More than 1,000 pleaded guilty and 260 were convicted at trials. The guilty pleas included 327 people who admitted crimes and 682 people who admitted crimes.

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“These are the hostages, about 1,500 for pardon. Full pardon,” Trump said in the Oval Office. “We have about six commutations there that we are doing further research on. This is a big one. We hope they come out tonight.”

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Donald Trump issues executive order to halt TikTok ban

After posting Sunday that he would end the ban on the social media app TikTok, President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Sunday to do so. The order stops the ban in the country for 75 days.

The popular app was shut down over the weekend, but the company said it was working to restore its services based on Trump’s post. The app was back on Sunday, but is still not available for download in the App Store and Google Play.

“The order will also confirm that there will be no liability for any company that helped prevent TikTok from going dark before my order,” Trump promised.

Federal employees must return to work in person

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing department heads to require federal employees to “immediately return to work in person on a full-time basis at their respective workplaces,” with exceptions allowed.

The American Federation of Government Employees, a union representing approximately 800,000 federal employees, immediately filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) seeking compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA).

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The lawsuit, AFGE along with watchdog groups Public Citizen and State Democracy Defenders Fund (SDDF), alleges that Trump and his Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) “do not represent the interests of everyday Americans… (they) will. ” consider cuts to government agencies and programs that protect health, benefits, consumer finance and product safety.”

With Trump’s return-to-work mandate expected to face major pushback from federal workers, the president is also threatening legal action against the latest AFGE contract, which extended protections for remote workers through 2029.

“AFGE will not stand idly by as a secretive group of ultra-wealthy individuals with major conflicts of interest attempt to deregulate themselves and give their own companies prized government contracts, while firing government officials and dismantling the institutions designed to serve the American people,” AFGE said. President Everett Kelley said in a statement. “This fight is about fairness, accountability and the integrity of our government. Federal employees are not the problem – they are the solution.”

President Donald Trump on Monday evening issued an executive order aimed at automatic citizenship for U.S.-born children of immigrants who are in the country illegally, in violation of the 14th Amendment.

The order was part of a series of executive actions Trump took on the first day of his second term.

“The federal government will not recognize the automatic birthright rights of children of illegal aliens born in the United States. We will also increase vetting and screening of illegal aliens,” a Trump official said in a briefing Monday.

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Savannah Kuchar, Marina Pitofsky, Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, Joey Garrison, Francesca Chambers, Erin Mansfield, Elizabeth Weise contributed to this article.

This article originally appeared in the Louisville Courier Journal: President Donald Trump executive orders: TikTok, January 6, Gulf of America

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