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After signing 220 executive orders during his first term, Trump has already signed 142 orders just three months into the job this go-round, according to the University of California Santa Barbara’s American Presidency Project.
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Audrey Fahlberg, National Review, 29 Apr. 2025
These are battles of Trump's own making: The second term president has been signing executive orders at a record pace, with 139 through April 24, that each test the boundaries of presidential power in areas such as government spending and immigration enforcement.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 May 2025
What To Know Trump signed two executive orders related to immigration on Monday.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
What Trump’s executive order does Trump’s new executive order sets the stage for further federal influence over discipline policy and practices.
—F. Chris Curran, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2025
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Audrey Fahlberg, National Review, 29 Apr. 2025
These are battles of Trump's own making: The second term president has been signing executive orders at a record pace, with 139 through April 24, that each test the boundaries of presidential power in areas such as government spending and immigration enforcement.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 May 2025
What To Know Trump signed two executive orders related to immigration on Monday.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
What Trump’s executive order does Trump’s new executive order sets the stage for further federal influence over discipline policy and practices.
—F. Chris Curran, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Executive order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/executive%20order. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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