President Donald Trump signed dozens of executive actions on his first day in office, including two that could impact the IRS—and your tax refund.

President Trump on Monday signed an executive order suspending any new U.S. foreign development assistance for three months, and directed a review of foreign assistance programs to ensure they

This is radical stuff, at least relative to the status quo in the government for decades: 01/21/25 EXECUTIVE ORDER ENDING ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION AND

according to an August 2024 report from the federal Office of Management and Budget

In the 6 p.m. hour, Mr. Trump signed more orders before a packed Capital One Arena, in Washington, D.C. Among them, a requirement that federal workers return to full-time work in person immediately, a freeze on all federal hiring, except by the military and some other excluded categories.

"If you are a federal worker now, you need to be prepared for an all-out assault on where you work and the security of your job."

(TNND) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order temporarily suspending all U.S. foreign assistance programs for 90 days pending reviews to determine whether they are aligned with his policy goals.

Federal workers are scrambling to make sense of the flurry of decrees issued Monday evening by President Donald Trump, parsing through emails from interim agency heads and skimming reports of lawsuits filed by unions to try to understand whether they have to report to work in person, or if they will soon have a job at all.

Shortly after taking office on Monday, President Donald Trump signed several executive orders impacting federal workers, many of whom live in the D.C. area.

Some have an immediate policy impact. Others are more symbolic. Some already are being challenged by federal lawsuits.