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Explainer: what are executive orders? And what force do they have in US politics?
US President Donald Trump has signed a flurry of executive orders and actions in his first week-and-a-half in office.
These have ranged from those starting the process to build a border wall with Mexico and withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership to construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines.
But the executive…