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List of executive orders in the first presidency of Donald Trump
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United States presidents issue executive orders (in addition to other executive actions) to help officers and agencies of the executive branch manage the operations within the federal government itself.
Donald Trump signed a total of 220 executive orders during his first term, from January 2017 to January 2021. As of January 2025,[update] 72 of them (33%) have been revoked, many by his successor, Joe Biden.
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2018
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2019
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2020
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2021
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Notes
- On April 25, 2017, United States District Judge William Orrick III of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that Trump exceeded his presidential authority when he signed EO 13768 on January 25, 2017, directing his administration to withhold all federal funding from local jurisdictions deemed to be "sanctuary jurisdictions" including "sanctuary cities" by issuing a preliminary injunction.[10][11][12][13][14] Judge Orrick subsequently issued a nationwide permanent injunction on November 20, 2017, declaring that section 9(a) of EO 13768 was "unconstitutional on its face"[15][16] and violates "the separation of powers doctrine and deprives [the plaintiffs] of their Tenth and Fifth Amendment rights".[17][18] With lawsuits brought by San Francisco and Santa Clara counties, Orrick ruled that the Trump administration cannot set new conditions on spending approved by Congress.[19][20] Orrick said that the order was written broadly to "reach all federal grants" and potentially jeopardized hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to San Francisco and Santa Clara.[21]
- Supersedes: EO 13490 of January 21, 2009.
- Revokes: EO 13762 of January 13, 2017.
- Revokes: EO 13532 of February 26, 2010.
- Revokes: EO 13769 of January 27, 2017. Supplemented by Proclamation 9645 of September 24, 2017.
- On March 15, 2017, Judge Derrick Watson of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii issued a temporary restraining order enjoining the government from enforcing several key provisions of the order (sections 2 and 6). The judge claimed the executive order was likely motivated by anti-Muslim sentiment and thus breached the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution. On the same date, Judge Theodore Chuang of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland reached a similar conclusion (enjoining section 2(c) only). The Department of Justice stated that it "will continue to defend [the] Executive Order in the courts".[54] Shortly following arguments from the state of Hawaii and the Department of Justice, the restraining order was converted by Watson into an indefinite preliminary injunction on March 29.[55][56] On May 25, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia, refused to reinstate the ban, citing religious discrimination.[57] On June 1, 2017, the Trump administration appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court for the cancellation of the preliminary injunctions and to allow the order to go into effect while the court looks at its ultimate legality later in the year.[58] On June 26, 2017, the Supreme Court partially lifted the halt and would hear oral arguments for the petition to vacate the injunctions later in the year.[59] On October 17, 2017, Watson issued another temporary restraining order that was asked by the state of Hawaii. Watson's decision stated that the latest ban "suffers from precisely the same maladies as its predecessor" as it "plainly discriminates based on nationality" and as such violates federal law and "the founding principles of this Nation".[60] In June 2018, the Supreme Court upheld the third travel ban.[61]
- Revokes: EO 13653 of November 1, 2013.
- Revokes: EO 13775 of February 9, 2017.
- Amended by: EO 13858 of January 31, 2019.
- Revokes: EO 13575 (Establishment of the White House Rural Council) of June 9, 2011.
- Revokes: EO 13754 of December 9, 2016.
- Amends: EO 13597 of January 19, 2012.
- Supersedes: EO 12675 of April 20, 1989.
- Amends: EO 13761 of January 13, 2017.
- Revokes: EO 13690 of January 30, 2015.
- Revokes: EO 13688 of January 16, 2015.
- Revokes: EO 13522 of December 9, 2009.
- Amends: EO 13223 of September 14, 2001.
- Revokes: EO 11580 of January 20, 1971.
- Amended by: EO 13953 of September 30, 2020.
- Supersedes: EO 13756 of December 27, 2016.
- Revokes: EO 13799 of May 11, 2017.
- Revokes: EO 13492 of January 22, 2009.
- Revokes: EO 13693 of March 19, 2015.
- Amends: EO 13658 of February 12, 2014.
- Revokes: EO 13519 of November 17, 2009.
- Amended by: EO 13853 of December 12, 2018.
- Amended by: EO 14088 of October 24, 2022.
- Amends: EO 13845 of July 19, 2018.
- Supersedes: EO 13819 of December 22, 2017.
- Amends: EO 13788 of April 18, 2017.
- Revokes: section 3 of EO 13732 of July 1, 2016.
- Amends: EO 13581 of July 24, 2011.
- Supersedes: EO 13856 of December 28, 2018.
- Amended by: EO 14117 of February 28, 2024.
- Revokes: EO 10582 of December 17, 1954.
- Amends: EO 12851 of June 11, 1993.
- Supersedes: sections 1 and 2 of EO 13811 of September 29, 2017.
- Amended by: EO 14142 of January 15, 2025.
- Revokes: EO 13539 of April 21, 2010.
- Revokes: EO 13495 of January 30, 2009.
- Supersedes: EO 13866 of March 28, 2019.
- Amends: EO 13803 of June 30, 2017.
- Revokes: EO 13244 of December 18, 2001.
- Amended by: EO 13978 of January 18, 2021.
- Amends: EO 13817 of December 20, 2017.
- Supersedes: EO 13901 of December 26, 2019.
- Revokes: EO 13763 of January 13, 2017.
- Amends: EO 13959 of November 12, 2020.
- Amends: EO 13934 of July 3, 2020.
- Revokes: EO 13770 of January 28, 2017.
- Amends: EO 13694 of April 1, 2015.
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See also
- Executive order
- List of executive actions by Barack Obama, EO #13489–13764 (2009–2017)
- List of executive actions by Donald Trump
- List of executive actions by Joe Biden, EO #13985–14146 (2021–2025)
- List of executive orders in the second presidency of Donald Trump, EO #14147–present (2025–present)
- List of bills in the 115th United States Congress
- List of bills in the 116th United States Congress
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