Live updates on wave of Trump executive orders and actions …

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 House," one of the people familiar with the meetings said, emphasizing this is not expected to happen this week, but remains under active consideration.
Mr. Trump has signaled he wants the Senate to move quickly to confirm his top Cabinet picks, and Republican senators have said for weeks they want to move swiftly, particularly on his top national security appointments. On Monday night, the Senate unanimously confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state, but votes on John Ratcliffe to serve as CIA director, Pete Hegseth to serve as defense secretary, and Kristi Noem to serve as homeland security secretary, are still in the queue for consideration.
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— Ed O'Keefe, Major Garrett
Trump monitoring Nashville shooting, White House says
The White House said in a statement on Wednesday afternoon that Mr. Trump and his are monitoring the shooting at a high school in Nashville, where at least one student had died and two others were wounded before the teen gunman shot and killed himself, authorities said.
"As details unfold, the White House offers its heartfelt thoughts and prayers to those impacted by this senseless tragedy and thank the brave first responders responding to the incident," the White House said.
Murkowski says she is "factoring that affidavit in with everything else" in Hegseth considerations
Moderate Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who could be one of the swing votes on several parts of Mr. Trump's agenda, said that on Pete Hegseth's nomination for Defense Secretary, she is "factoring that affidavit in with everything else that I'm considering."
In a sworn affidavit obtained by CBS News on Tuesday, Hegseth's former sister-in-law told senators that he caused his second wife to fear for her personal safety and abused alcohol over the course of many years.
Hegseth's nomination was advanced out of committee in a party-line vote. Murkowski's vote could be critical, since Hegseth can only afford to lose three votes in the GOP-controlled Senate.
Lawmakers concerned over Jan. 6 case retaliation
Lawmakers are voicing their concerns over potential retaliation as some involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attacks begin to leave prison after President Trump's pardons. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane breaks down the latest news on Capitol Hill.
Maryland lawmakers respond to executive order ending federal workers' remote work
Maryland is home to 160,000 federal employees, the second highest concentration in the country behind the District of Columbia, according to the state.
Mr. Trump's new executive order will require all federal employees to work at their office and end remote opportunities.
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen said the return-to-the-office policy for federal workers requires a scalpel and not a meat axe. He also pointed out the government had a telework policy before the pandemic.
Read more here from CBS Baltimore.
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