What are executive orders? The powerful tool used by US presidents - BBC News

A US leader can weigh in on anything affecting federal government by issuing their own directions.

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Executive orders are a key tool for any US president wanting to make their mark on government policy - and it appears that Donald Trump will waste no time on his return to the White House.

He is expected to sign more than 200 executive actions on Monday. This will include executive orders, which are legally-binding, and other presidential directives like proclamations, which are usually not.

Trump has promised orders that will ramp up artificial intelligence programmes, form the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), make records available related to the assassination of John F Kennedy in 1963, direct the military to create an Iron Dome missile defence shield and eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies from the military.

During his previous term, he signed 220 executive orders, some of which were challenged in the courts.

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