President Donald Trump began his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient U.S. government priorities.

The move is one of many executive actions focused on the federal workforce enacted since Trump took office Monday afternoon. His other actions addressed DEI hiring more broadly, froze hiring in most executive agencies and directed a return to in-person work for many federal employees, among other directives.

President Donald Trump has signed a barrage of executive orders that feel impossible to keep up with. What do they mean? When do they take effect? Is this legal? At first glance, it can be hard to tell which of these orders are just for show and which are actually a huge deal.