Trump’s Inaugural Address:
He signed the first batch in front of a packed crowd at Capital One Arena, drawing cheers, before then moving to the Oval Office to sign more.
Trump and his officials signalled many other executive actions to come soon, ranging from campaign priorities like border security to culture war issues like DEI policies.
Here are some of the key orders either signed or signed on Monday.
Jan. 6 pardons –
Trump issued pardons Monday for some 1,500 defendants who participated in the siege on the U.S. Capitol four years ago, wiping away scores of convictions for people who helped delay the certification of the 2020 election and upend the peaceful transfer of power. Those pardoned include rioters convicted of violence against police.
Enrique Tarrio — the former head of the far-right Proud Boys, who had been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison — also received a pardon.
In addition, Trump commuted the sentences of 14 people, including Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers group.
Trump also directed the Justice Department to dismiss pending cases that stem from the attack on the Capitol.
Pausing the TikTok ban –
Trump signed an order pausing a law that would ban the mega-popular social media app TikTok unless its China-based parent company spun off its U.S.-based operations.
The TikTok app logo is shown on an iPhone on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Business –
Trump signs executive order to pause TikTok ban, provide immunity to tech firms
The bipartisan divest-or-ban law passed Congress in April 2024 and was signed into law by then-President Biden. Trump sought to ban the app during his first term in 2020, but the courts blocked that effort.
I am instructing the Attorney General not to take any action to enforce the Act for a period of 75 days from today to allow my Administration an opportunity to determine the appropriate course forward in an orderly way that protects national security while avoiding an abrupt shutdown of a communications platform used by millions of Americans,
Trump’s order states.
(SOURCES: BBC, CNN, Washington Post)