President pledges immigration crackdown, rolls back climate rules and pardons 1,500 January 6 rioters

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Donald Trump launched his second term as US president with a barrage of day one executive orders reaching into a broad swathe of American life, from pardoning hundreds of his supporters who attacked Congress on January 6, including rightwing extremists convicted of seditious conspiracy, to rolling back LGBTQ+ rights and environmental rules while declaring an immigration emergency on the southern border.

Trump and his allies had long promised a “shock and awe” approach to regaining control of the US government. They did not hold back.