Inside Trump’s first-year power plays – and the court fights testing them
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Trump has signed more executive orders this year than all four years of his first presidency, combined. Can they survive the fights in federal court?
Breanne Deppisch is a national politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering the Trump administration, with a focus on the Justice Department, FBI and other national news. She previously covered national politics at the Washington Examiner and The Washington Post, with additional bylines in Politico Magazine, the Colorado Gazette and others. You can send tips to Breanne at Breanne.Deppisch@fox.com, or follow her on X at @breanne_dep.
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