President Donald Trump started his second term with a flurry of executive orders on Monday, many of which he signed live for a cheering audience before throwing pens into a crowd of MAGA true-believers. Some of the most egregious orders are already being challenged in court, including Trump’s attempts to change the very definition of U.S. citizenship and to overhaul the federal workforce. Many more will be before judges soon.

Tucked inside many of the orders are homework assignments for the Trump administration with hard deadlines — for strategies to be drafted about enforcing the gender binary (within 30 days), for meetings to be held about fighting DEI and environmental justice (monthly), and for a certain body of water to be formally renamed (also within 30 days). The first Trump administration blew past many of these deadlines, so The Intercept is once again compiling them.

As we wade into Trump 2.0, we’ll see if the administration can keep up with the paperwork. Here’s a sampling:

Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship
(signed Jan. 20, 2025)

• Within 30 days: Agency and department heads shall issue public guidance regarding implementing the order with respect to their operations.

Clarifying the Military’s Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity of the United States (signed Jan. 20, 2025)

• Within 10 days: Secretary of Defense shall deliver to the President a revision to the Unified Command Plan that “assigns United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) the mission to seal the borders and maintain the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and security of the United States by repelling forms of invasion including unlawful mass migration, narcotics trafficking, human smuggling and trafficking, and other criminal activities.”

Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States (signed Jan. 20, 2025)

• Within 30 days: Secretary of Defense shall submit a report outlining all actions taken to fulfill the emergency proclamation’s requirements and objectives.
• Within 90 days: Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security shall submit a joint report to the President about the conditions at the southern border with recommendations, “including whether to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807.”

Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness (signed Jan. 20, 2025)

• Review due within 7 days: All agencies that appoint members to the Board on Geographic Names “shall review their respective appointees and........
  

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