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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward,Andrew Feinberg,Kelly Rissman,Katie Hawkinson and James Liddell

The most significant executive orders Trump signed on day one of his second US presidency term

Within the first hours after he was sworn into office, Donald Trump reversed dozens of Biden administration executive policies, withdrew from the Paris Agreement, upended the 14th Amendment to end birthright citizenship, and signed a directive to the federal government to “restore” freedom of speech.

After signing a stack of executive orders in front of a raucous crowd at the Capital One Arena on Monday, he threw his Sharpie into the audience before heading to the Oval Office to push through further orders.

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