President Donald Trump has ordered the closure of all executive departments and agencies of the federal government on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, and Friday, December 26, 2025, excusing most federal employees from duty on the days immediately before and after Christmas.

On Thursday (Dec. 18), President Donald Trump issued an executive order entitled "Ensuring American Space Superiority." Dominance off Earth is vital to the nation's security and prosperity, according to the document.

President Donald Trump is on pace in his second term to issue more executive orders than any president since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Trump issued just 55 executive orders in 2017, the first year of