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Live updates on wave of Trump executive orders and actions
What to know as Trump continues flurry of executive actions in his first week:
- President Trump is set to give his first interview as president, after issuing a flurry of wide-ranging executive actions and orders that covered everything from birthright citizenship — which has long been interpreted as enshrined in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution — to mandating federal employees back to the office.
- Citing Mr. Trump's extraordinary move to close the American asylum system, U.S. border agents have been instructed to summarily deport migrants crossing into the country illegally without allowing them to request legal protection, according to internal government documents and agency officials.
- The stalemate over Mr. Trump's Cabinet picks continued on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Although Marco Rubio was confirmed unanimously on Monday and sworn in on Tuesday, the bulk of Mr. Trump's Cabinet has yet to be confirmed. Senate Democrats are threatening delays on a handful of nominees, including among the most controversial, defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.
- Follow along for more live updates from Mr. Trump's first week in office:
Trump warns he'll adjourn Congress to make recess appointments. How would that work?
Mr. Trump is threatening to use his powers to adjourn Congress so he can make recess appointments for at least some of his top Cabinet nominees and their deputies, enabling them to begin running the largest federal departments.
Mr. Trump most recently raised the prospect of plunging the executive and legislative branches into uncharted constitutional territory during his White House meeting Tuesday with Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson, mulling the option if Democrats opt to slow-walk or delay his top national security and public health nominees, according to two people familiar with the meetings.
"This remains a significant possibility in the eyes of the White…