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WSJ What’s News

Trump Returns With Executive Orders and Pardons

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for Jan. 21. WSJ reporter Gavin Bade breaks down the dozens of executive orders Donald Trump signed on his return to the Oval Office, targeting immigration, energy and government reform. Plus, the president is giving TikTok 75 days to work out a deal to prevent a nationwide ban, as China signals it might be open to a sale or 50-50 joint venture with the U.S. And investors react to early clues about the new administration’s priorities, sending oil lower and the Mexican peso and Canadian dollar down against the USD. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Donald Trump kickstarts his second term with a flurry of day one executive orders.

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Plus, China changes its tune on the potential sale of TikTok and an update on this weekend's

0:57.0

Gaza ceasefire. It's Tuesday, January 21st. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal,

1:02.6

and here is the AM edition of What's News. The top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

1:13.3

Just hours after being sworn into office at the Capitol Rotunda,

1:17.9

President Donald Trump got the ball rolling yesterday on his agenda,

1:22.1

signing a series of executive orders touching on immigration,

1:25.9

trade, energy, government reform, and much more.

1:29.8

Journal Trade and Economic Policy reporter Gavin Bade was tracking Trump's first day actions.

1:35.2

As the president put his pen to paper at events across D.C., including at a raucous evening rally

1:41.3

at a downtown arena, and he joins us now to walk through some of the highlights.

1:46.2

Gavin, let's begin with immigration, shall we? This is something Trump brought up during his inaugural

1:50.3

speech and that he got to work on quickly via several executive orders. Talk to us about the

1:55.5

steps that he's taken there. Yeah, absolutely. This is one of the cornerstones of Trump's campaign

1:59.7

is dealing with immigration

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