section_path: Second presidency (2025–present)/Early actions, 2025–present
section_name: Early actions, 2025–present
paragraph_text: Early actions, 2025–present
  
  Upon taking office, Trump signed a series of executive orders. Many of these tested his legal authority, and drew immediate legal action. He issued more executive orders on his first day than any other president; he also granted clemency to all January 6 rioters convicted or charged, including those who violently attacked police, by pardoning more than 1,500 and commuting the sentences of 14. Four days into his second term, analysis conducted by Time found that nearly two-thirds of his executive actions "mirror or partially mirror" proposals from Project 2025. In his first weeks, several of his actions have ignored or violated federal laws, regulations, and the Constitution according to American legal scholars. In his administration's first month, Trump issued ninety executive orders, memorandums, and directives. He used the government to target his political opponents and his actions against civil society were described by legal experts and hundreds of political scientists as authoritarian and contributing to democratic backsliding. By May 1, his orders and actions had been challenged by over 300 lawsuits nationwide, with most of them still moving through the courts.