Death penalty opponents fear President Donald Trump is poised to start an "execution spree" after returning to the White House on Monday. Just hours after his inauguration, Trump signed a executive order that directs the attorney general to seek the death penalty in appropriate federal cases and to help preserve capital punishment in states that have had difficulty obtaining lethal injection drugs.

Trump signed his first wave of executive orders around 7 p.m. Monday, after his swearing-in ceremony a parade, and before the inaugural balls.

"Trump really just said, 'Free expression will no longer be limited,' and 'There are now only two genders, male and female' in the same breath."

Donald Trump axed all that yesterday as he signed a flurry of new executive orders. One of his first actions was to rescind 78 Biden-era executive actions, including Executive Order 14110 on “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.”

"We think we have really good grounds," the president said of the order, which has already been challenged in federal court.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will revoke nearly 80 executive actions of the previous administration, with the Republican adding he also will implement an immediate regulation freeze and a hiring freeze.