Day One

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Across
  1. 1. Type of "clemency" granted to 1,500+ January 6 defendants (6)
  2. 6. Federal body that must approve the creation of an actual government department (8)
  3. 8. Language declared official by executive order (7)
  4. 9. These independent government watchdogs were fired on Day 5 (10)
  5. 11. DOGE was set to terminate on July 4 of this year (10)
  6. 15. What the Gulf of Mexico was renamed (7)
  7. 17. Type of "freeze" imposed on all civilian federal hiring (6)
  8. 18. The buyout email's metaphor, offering workers a "fork in the ____" (4)
  9. 20. Number of Biden-era orders rescinded on Day 1, approximately (6)
Down
  1. 2. Airport near D.C. where a plane and helicopter collided on Day 10 (6)
  2. 3. Federal employees classification system reinstated to allow political firings (9)
  3. 4. Acronym for the office renamed to create DOGE (4)
  4. 5. Abbreviation for the act used to deport people under an 18th-century wartime law (3)
  5. 7. Homeland Security secretary who revoked TPS for Venezuelans and Haitians (4)
  6. 10. The ethics ____ from the previous administration was rescinded on Day 1 (6)
  7. 12. Climate agreement the president withdrew from on Day 1 (5)
  8. 13. This existing service was renamed to create DOGE (7)
  9. 14. Month of the inauguration (7)
  10. 16. Organization the U.S. withdrew from on Day 1, acronym (3)
  11. 19. Program ending diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives across federal agencies, acronym (3)