WASHINGTON – As his “big beautiful” bill ran into trouble in the U.S. Senate this week and former best buddy Elon Musk launched a vigorous campaign on X to try to kill the legislation, President Donald Trump sought to change the topic by issuing several headline-grabbing executive orders.

One presidential proclamation — a reinstatement and expansion of the Muslim ban he sought in his first term — was expected.

But Trump also ordered a broad investigation into whether former President Joe Biden covered up a cognitive decline and was incapable of executing presidential decisions. That new probe threatens thousands of Biden’s executive actions and pardons.

And in a third executive order, Trump launched a new attack on Harvard, barring foreign students and scholars from entering the country

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