President Donald Trump crossed 100 days in office this week.Since returning, Trump has signed a record 143 executive orders 鈥� the most any 21st-century president has issued in their first 100 days, according to a Hearst Television Data Team analysis.Of those orders, nearly 40% focused on government reform, accountability and deregulation, while about 20% pertained to foreign policy and national security. An executive order grants presidents the power to issue a written directive without Congressional approval. Presidents have generally used orders to execute their campaign promises or policy goals that may face opposition or roadblocks in Congress. On the campaign trail, Trump promised to dismantle the Department of Education, reduce the size of the federal government, deport undocumented immigrants, issue tariffs, and more. The president's executive orders have touched upon many of his campaign promises, but the data team鈥檚 analysis found that about one-third have been met with legal challenges. That analysis does not include other presidential actions like proclamations and memoranda.To count as a legal challenge in the analysis, the lawsuit needed to explicitly mention the executive order.The administration has faced more than 120 lawsuits challenging the legality and implementation of these executive orders, with nine actions currently fully blocked by the courts. Orders that have received partial blocks or are still pending were not included in the data above.Some of Trump鈥檚 executive orders push the legal boundaries of what the executive branch can and cannot implement.On his first day back to the Oval Office, Trump signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship. The order was challenged by roughly 10 lawsuits, arguing it was unconstitutional. Since then, several federal judges have blocked the executive order.Several of the executive orders that sought to limit the rights of transgender people have been temporarily blocked by judges. Those orders included attempts to ban transgender people from serving in the military, prohibit gender-affirming care for those under the age of 19, transfer transgender women prisoners to men's facilities, and halt the issuance of passports with the gender marker "X."Prominent law firms such as Perkins Coie, Paul Weiss, Jenner & Block, WilmerHale and Susan Godfrey have also faced executive orders targeting them. Trump issued executive orders against each firm to revoke their security clearances, bar the firms鈥� lawyers from accessing federal buildings, and terminate existing contracts.Trump rescinded the order against the New York law firm Paul Weiss after it agreed to do $40 million worth of pro bono work for the administration.Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, WilmerHale and Susan Godfrey each filed lawsuits challenging the orders related to their firms. The judges handling their cases each blocked the administration from implementing the orders.Many of these cases are still pending, but some judges have ruled to uphold the administration鈥檚 actions while the legal proceedings continue. The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the reinstatement of federal probationary employees on April 8, stating that the nonprofits that brought the lawsuit against the Trump administration lacked legal standing to challenge the terminations.There is no official figure available for the total number of federal employees laid off by the administration, but an analysis by the Hearst Television Data Team shows at least 49,000 employees were laid off. Trump鈥檚 newly created department tasked with maximizing efficiency in the federal government known as DOGE has faced mixed rulings. But a Washington, D.C., federal judge declined to temporarily block billionaire CEO Elon Musk鈥檚 appointment to the department.Trump鈥檚 immigration policies have also received mixed rulings. While the administration was permitted to discontinue the CBP One app鈥攖he primary method asylum seekers used to schedule appointments at the border鈥攊t was blocked from withholding federal funds from sanctuary cities.Sanctuary cities are jurisdictions that limit their cooperation with federal immigration agencies' efforts to deport undocumented immigrants. A Washington, D.C., federal court declined to temporarily block the IRS from sharing immigrants' data with the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement or other federal agencies seeking the information to enforce immigration laws.The table below lists all the executive orders Trump has signed in his first 100 days of his second administration. 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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump crossed 100 days in office this week.
Since returning, Trump has signed a record 143 executive orders 鈥� the most any 21st-century president has issued in their first 100 days, according to a Hearst Television Data Team analysis.
Of those orders, nearly 40% focused on government reform, accountability and deregulation, while about 20% pertained to foreign policy and national security.
An executive order grants presidents the power to issue a written directive without Congressional approval. Presidents have generally used orders to execute their campaign promises or policy goals that may face opposition or roadblocks in Congress.
On the campaign trail, Trump promised to dismantle the Department of Education, reduce the size of the federal government, deport undocumented immigrants, issue tariffs, and more.
The president's executive orders have touched upon many of his campaign promises, but the data team鈥檚 analysis found that about one-third have been met with legal challenges. That analysis does not include other presidential actions like proclamations and memoranda.
To count as a legal challenge in the analysis, the lawsuit needed to explicitly mention the executive order.
The administration has faced more than 120 lawsuits challenging the legality and implementation of these executive orders, with nine actions currently fully blocked by the courts.
Orders that have received partial blocks or are still pending were not included in the data above.
Some of Trump鈥檚 executive orders push the legal boundaries of what the executive branch can and cannot implement.
On his first day back to the Oval Office, Trump signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship. The order was challenged by roughly 10 lawsuits, arguing it was unconstitutional. Since then, several federal judges have blocked the executive order.
Several of the executive orders that sought to limit the rights of transgender people have been temporarily blocked by judges. Those orders included attempts to ban transgender people from serving in the military, prohibit gender-affirming care for those under the age of 19, transfer transgender women prisoners to men's facilities, and halt the issuance of passports with the gender marker "X."
Prominent law firms such as Perkins Coie, Paul Weiss, Jenner & Block, WilmerHale and Susan Godfrey have also faced executive orders targeting them. Trump issued executive orders against each firm to revoke their security clearances, bar the firms鈥� lawyers from accessing federal buildings, and terminate existing contracts.
Trump rescinded the order against the New York law firm Paul Weiss after it agreed to do .
Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, WilmerHale and Susan Godfrey each filed lawsuits challenging the orders related to their firms. The judges handling their cases each blocked the administration from implementing the orders.
Many of these cases are still pending, but some judges have ruled to uphold the administration鈥檚 actions while the legal proceedings continue.
The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the reinstatement of federal probationary employees on April 8, stating that the nonprofits that brought the lawsuit against the Trump administration lacked legal standing to challenge the terminations.
There is no official figure available for the total number of federal employees laid off by the administration, but an analysis by the Hearst Television Data Team shows were laid off.
Trump鈥檚 newly created department tasked with maximizing efficiency in the federal government known as DOGE has faced mixed rulings. But a Washington, D.C., federal judge declined to temporarily block billionaire CEO Elon Musk鈥檚 appointment to the department.
Trump鈥檚 immigration policies have also received mixed rulings. While the administration was permitted to discontinue the CBP One app鈥攖he primary method asylum seekers used to schedule appointments at the border鈥攊t was blocked from withholding federal funds from sanctuary cities.
Sanctuary cities are jurisdictions that limit their cooperation with federal immigration agencies' efforts to deport undocumented immigrants.
A Washington, D.C., federal court declined to temporarily block the IRS from sharing immigrants' data with the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement or other federal agencies seeking the information to enforce immigration laws.
The table below lists all the executive orders Trump has signed in his first 100 days of his second administration.
