Trump signs executive order walking back Biden’s offshore drilling ban

Published January 20, 2025 7:26pm ET



President Donald Trump has attempted to reverse a ban on future oil and gas drilling in more than 625 million acres of federal water in a sweeping day-one executive order rescinding nearly 80 executive actions issued by former President Joe Biden

Trump signed the executive order at the Capital One Arena on Monday evening as roughly 20,000 of his supporters watched on in an unprecedented show of executive power.

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