Democrats take stock as Trump turns talk into executive action

Published January 23, 2025 6:00am ET



Democrats are weighing how forcefully to push back against President Donald Trump as the White House moves quickly to turn campaign promises into executive action.

In the first hours after his inauguration, Trump offered sweeping pardons to Jan. 6 defendants, declared a national emergency at the southern border, and moved to ax diversity programs that employ hundreds of federal workers.

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