President Trump indicators govt orders within the Oval Workplace on Jan. 20.

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President Trump promised to do lots proper from the beginning if elected, and he definitely did that.

Throughout his first week in workplace, Trump signed dozens of govt orders affecting all the pieces from immigration, local weather change and oil exploration to well being and medical analysis, in addition to eliminating federal range packages, directives defining gender and far, far more.

Among the govt actions could have rapid impacts, and others — like his try at eliminating birthright citizenship for individuals born within the U.S. to oldsters with out everlasting authorized standing — shall be challenged within the courts.

Trump’s actions embrace memorandums, proclamations and executive orders. All might be consequential, however some have extra weight than others. Orders are publicly tracked within the Federal Register and can’t be simply overturned by Congress, although they are often blocked or challenged.

Listed below are the manager orders Trump put ahead between Jan. 20 and 27 (the total checklist of actions, together with memos and proclamations, appears on the White House website):

NPR’s Domenico Montanaro, Christina Gatti, Camila Domonoske and Andrea Hsu contributed to this report.