Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Beginning his second term as president, Donald Trump's upheaval of U.S. policies behind executive action and a congressional budget has shifted the nation's direction on global trade, foreign aid, education, immigration and more in 2025.
The Trump administration's policies sparked a year filled with protests and court battles. The temperature around public discourse was turned up by the killing of conservative debater Charlie Kirk and the battle in Congress over the long-awaited release of the Epstein files.
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Immigration crackdown
Trump's return to the White House was marked with an almost immediate declaration of a national emergency at the southern border.
