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The transition to President Donald Trump's second administration will have far-reaching implications at the national, state and local levels. "Changing of the Guard" highlights news from WFAE, NPR and partner news sites to help you understand the changes in the new Trump administration — and how it will affect your community.

Trump signs slew of executive orders in front of supporters

President Trump holds up an executive order after signing it during an indoor inauguration parade at Capital One Arena.
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President Trump holds up an executive order after signing it during an indoor inauguration parade at Capital One Arena.

Trump capped off his appearance at the Capital One Arena by signing a series of executive orders while thousands of his supporters cheered him on.

"I'm not only signing the release of the J6 hostages," he told his supporters. "I am signing other things that you're going to love, oh, you're going to be happy reading newspapers tomorrow and the next day and the next day and the next day."

Trump signed executive orders:

  • rescinding 78 Biden era executive actions
  • imposing a regulatory freeze in some federal agencies
  • imposing a hiring freeze for federal agencies
  • requiring federal workers return to work in-person
  • directing agencies to address the cost of living crisis
  • notifying the United Nations we are withdrawing from the Paris Climate Treaty
  • directing an end what the White House is calling "the weaponization of government against the political adversaries of the previous administration"
  • directing the federal government to restore "freedom of speech and preventing government censorship of free speech going forward."


Trump is also expected to continue signing executive orders when he returns to the White House later this evening.
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  • Ashley Lopez
    Ashley Lopez is a political correspondent for NPR based in Austin, Texas. She joined NPR in May 2022. Prior to NPR, Lopez spent more than six years as a health care and politics reporter for KUT, Austin's public radio station. Before that, she was a political reporter for NPR Member stations in Florida and Kentucky. Lopez is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and grew up in Miami, Florida.