President Trump’s first 100 days have upended norms in the White House and across the federal government with a slew of executive actions and policies that aim to fulfill his key campaign promises.

It has included the slashing of several agencies, the firings of thousands of federal workers and the skirting of courts amid a wide swath of legal cases challenging the administration.

Here are five ways Trump has reshaped the government in the first three months of his second term.

Federal agency overhauls, cuts

The president brought in billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which aimed to overhaul the federal government by identifying what it sees as waste at agencies.

At least 121,000 federal workers have been fired or laid off, according to a CNN analysis, and at least 30 agencies have been impacted.

DOGE gutted the U.S. Agency for International Development, massively reduced the staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and teamed up with secretaries for restructuring at agencies like the Department of Health and Human Services. Some of the eliminations were swift and widespread, prompting Trump to relay publicly that he wanted Musk to cut with a “scalpel” instead of a “hatchet.”

Senior White House officials argue that the overhaul is necessary to “return power” to the elected officials and away from the unelected bureaucrats of the federal government. Musk came on as a Trump adviser during his campaign, and the president put him in charge of DOGE.

“We’re living in the prison of bureaucracy that is completely antithetical to democracy. One of the biggest changes the president has made — primary fight is an intrabranch fight. A fight between the president and the bureaucracy,” officials said.

Following his work, Musk is easing off of his special government role and will leave secretaries at the helm of ongoing changes. Musk’s Tesla car company has become a target, and some public perception of his work has been panned.

Executive orders bypassing Congress

Trump has signed more than 140 executive orders in his first 100 days in........

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