The Trump executive orders and actions that are having immediate impacts
Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.
Trump executive orders hurt Jackson water, sewer? 'You can never be certain,' Henifin says
Jackson received $600 million in federal funds to repair the city's water system. Will a recent executive order impact those ...
President Donald Trump to deport Hamas sympathizers on college campuses, defund CRT with new executive orders
President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders cracking down on campus antisemitism and stripping federal funds ...
Northeastern changes its DEI website following Trump’s executive order
Any changes coming to DEI are “partly because we need to continue to comply with the law," said Jack Cline, the university’s ...
Trump signs executive order barring transgender people from military service
The order reinstates a policy from Trump's first term that prohibited trans people from enlisting and barred those already in ...
Trump signs executive order restricting 'chemical and surgical' sex-change procedures for minors
The White House announced a new executive order signed by President Trump on Tuesday to "protect[] children from chemical and ...
Throughline on Trump’s executive orders: ignoring the law. So far, he isn’t paying a political price.
But beyond the immediate policy impacts, there is a broader and more troubling pattern emerging: a flagrant challenge to the ...
President Trump’s executive order suspending foreign aid is reckless and cruel
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters onboard Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Jan. 27, 2025. The ...