Hours after President Donald Trump took his second-term oath of office, he signed an executive order describing his commitment to the First Amendment and the right he said it affords people to "speak freely in the public square without government interference.

In Trump’s second term, efforts to flood the zone are making it hard for the courts, the opposition and even his supporters to keep up. Injunctions are halting some actions. But many have happened so quickly that they may be difficult or impossible to unpick: USAID largely shuttered and foreign aid slashed;