The United States will be one of only four countries outside the Paris Agreement, which is designed to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

Executive orders are regularly used by incoming presidents to kick off their administrations. The orders - the most formal type of “executive actions,” which derive their power from Article II of the Constitution - are official statements from the president about how US federal agencies are to use their resources,

One of the most prominent actions was a mandate requiring federal employees to return to their offices five days a week, ending remote work.Donald Trump, Executive orders, Mexico, Cuba, Paris climate agreement,

Trump’s famous black Sharpie scrawl is back. He’s showing off his signature as he signs an initial round of executive orders.

His action has led to some calling the 'planned' US withdrawal 'unfortunate' and others reminding him of climate-driven disasters like the most-recent Los Angeles wildfires.

President Trump began his pledge to give America a MAGA makeover Monday, taking a slew of executive actions to walk back Biden-era policies and fulfill bold campaign promises. The big picture: Trump's radical expansion of executive power will dramatically change life for millions of people if the orders withstand the barrage of legal challenges that are already coming.

The withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the WHO, and the pact to tax large multinationals adds to the president’s expansionist rhetoric and his conviction that ‘everybody needs’ the United States

In a controversial move, President Trump officially withdrawn the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement for the second time, challenging global efforts to address climate change as extreme weather events escalate worldwide.

The Paris agreement is complex and works in a slow bureaucratic manner. It’s a mostly voluntary climate pact originally written in ways that would both try to reduce a worsening climate change problem and withstand the changing political winds in the United States.

Trump signed an executive order that begins the process of withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement, which he also did during his first term.

Donald Trump has begun a second term as president of the United States on Monday, as the world braces itself for the return of an unpredictable leader. Follow DW for the latest.