Here are the executive actions and orders Trump signed on Day 1

by Washington Post staff (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Donald Trump began issuing executive actions Monday after being sworn into office as the 47th president of the United States, kicking off his second term in office at a signing desk inside Washington’s Capital One Arena with family members and allies behind him onstage, and […]

Texas judge says states can revive challenge to abortion pill access nationwide

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press The Texas judge who previously halted approval of the nation’s most common method of abortion ruled last Thursday that three states can move ahead with another attempt to roll back federal rules and make it harder for people across the U.S. to access the abortion drug mifepristone. […]

Texas judge says states can revive challenge to abortion pill access nationwide

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press The Texas judge who previously halted approval of the nation’s most common method of abortion ruled last Thursday that three states can move ahead with another attempt to roll back federal rules and make it harder for people across the U.S. to access the abortion drug mifepristone. […]

In farewell speech, Biden warns of the rise of a new American ‘oligarchy’

By Toluse Olorunnipa, Cleve R. Wootson Jr. (c) 2025 Washington Post Video: In his farewell address from the Oval Office on Jan. 15, President Joe Biden warned that a “dangerous” concentration of wealth and power was forming in the U.S.(c) 2025 , The Washington Post President Joe Biden used his final address from the Oval […]

In farewell speech, Biden warns of the rise of a new American ‘oligarchy’

By Toluse Olorunnipa, Cleve R. Wootson Jr. (c) 2025 Washington Post Video: In his farewell address from the Oval Office on Jan. 15, President Joe Biden warned that a “dangerous” concentration of wealth and power was forming in the U.S.(c) 2025 , The Washington Post President Joe Biden used his final address from the Oval […]

Biden and Trump jockey for credit in Israel-Hamas hostage deal

By Hannah Knowles, Toluse Olorunnipa, Karen DeYoung (c) 2025 Washington Post President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump jockeyed Wednesday for credit for a ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Hamas and Israel that Biden had long pursuedand that came together days before Trump is set to retake the White House. The Biden and Trump teams […]