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During his first 12 hours in office, the 47th president issued 46 presidential actions.

Some were expected: Donald Trump designated acting chairs of the CFTC (Caroline Pham) and SEC (Mark Uyeda). Others were promised, like the executive orders mandating a federal hiring freeze and declaring a national energy emergency. 

Some were symbolic: ordering the Gulf of Mexico to become the Gulf of America, and renaming Alaskan peak Denali to Mount McKinley.  

Trump got to work on his immigration crackdown, issuing two executive orders: “guaranteeing the states protection against…

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