Donald Trump returned to the White House on Monday afternoon, announcing a set of dramatic executive orders — from attempting to end parts of birthright citizenship to pardoning hundreds of people convicted of crimes connected to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, including commuting the sentences of those charged with seditious conspiracy.

ProPublica has already started to report on how the second Trump administration has taken shape, informed by his first-term record and a radical plan to cut a vast array of government services and reshape the federal government. 

We’ve written about how Trump will be able to appoint the financial regulator of his publicly traded social media platform, what’s at stake for pandemic and other infectious disease research, and how crisis-hit communities that voted for the president may find themselves in funding limbo because of his policies.

ProPublica has also reported on Trump nominees who have dubious credentials or are fundamentally at odds with key missions of their prospective agencies. We covered how Las Vegas’ experience with Elon Musk’s Boring Company is a case study of the regulatory climate the presidential adviser favors, as well as a potential end to a long-term federal investigation of one of Trump’s allies. 

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