President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities.

He also announced private sector investments of up to $500 million to build artificial intelligence infrastructure. Keep up with the USA TODAY news team for updates. Start the day smarter.

Armed with plenty of black Sharpies, President Donald Trump shattered the record for most executive orders signed on his first day in office and became the only commander-in-chief to partly do so in an arena packed with thousands of people.

Trump picked Leah B. Foley, a longtime federal prosecutor who has investigated money laundering and drug trafficking, to lead the US Attorney’s office for Mass.

Hours after returning to the White House, President Donald Trump made a symbolic mark on the future of artificial intelligence by repealing former President Joe Biden’s guardrails for the fast-develop

"Trump really just said, 'Free expression will no longer be limited,' and 'There are now only two genders, male and female' in the same breath."

President Donald Trump wasted no time signing an executive order Monday that aims to give him more control over the federal workforce – whom he has long vilified as the “deep state.”

President Trump's bid to cut off birthright citizenship is "flagrantly unlawful," attorneys for 18 states said in a lawsuit challenging the president's executive order.

Donald Trump has rescinded an executive order from President Joe Biden that sought to lower the price of drugs.

President Trump signed an executive order aiming to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to noncitizen parents. Attorneys general from 22 states filed lawsuits in Massachusetts arguing that the order violates the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

After his second inauguration, President Donald Trump signed a host of executive orders, some with important implications for science

An executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend refugee admissions has magnified the fears of one Afghan American soldier who has long been worried about the fate of his sister in Kabul.