Presidential Actions
2025/01/20 - Restoring The Death Penalty And Protecting Public Safety
2025/01/20 - Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis
2025/01/20 - Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program
2025/01/20 - Restoring Freedom Of Speech And Ending Federal Censorship
2025/01/20 - Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing
2025/01/20 - Putting America First In International Environmental Agreements
2025/01/20 - Securing Our Borders
2025/01/20 - Ending The Weaponization Of The Federal Government
2025/01/20 - Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California
2025/01/20 - The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Tax Deal (Global Tax Deal)
2025/01/20 - Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government
2025/01/20 - President Trump Announces Cabinet and Cabinet Level Appointments
2025/01/20 - Flying The Flag Of The United States At Full-Staff On Inauguration Day
2025/01/20 - Protecting The American People Against Invasion
2025/01/20 - Withdrawing The United States From The World Health Organization
2025/01/20 - President Trump Announces Sub-Cabinet Appointments
2025/01/20 - President Trump’s America First Priorities
2025/01/20 - Establishing And Implementing The President’s “Department Of Government Efficiency”
2025/10/20 - Presidential Message on Diwali
2025/10/20 - Gas Prices Hit Four-Year Low Under President Trump ⛽
2025/10/19 - America 250: Presidential Message on the 244th Anniversary of General Cornwallis’s Surrender at Yorktown
2025/10/14 - Presidential Message on the Birthday of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
2025/10/14 - National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk
2025/10/14 - Widespread Acclaim for President Trump’s Diplomatic Triumph
2025/10/10 - Presidential Message on National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
2025/10/10 - Presidential Message on Down Syndrome Awareness Month
2025/10/09 - Leif Erikson Day, 2025
2025/10/07 - ICYMI: “Illegal crossings along U.S.-Mexico border plummet to lowest annual level since 1970”
2025/10/06 - Presidential Message on German-American Day, 2025
2025/10/01 - Presidential Message on Yom Kippur
2025/09/29 - Presidential Message on the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel
2025/09/22 - Presidential Message on Rosh Hashanah
2025/09/19 - National POW/MIA Recognition Day, 2025
2025/09/18 - Presidential Message on the 78th Birthday of the United States Air Force
2025/09/17 - ICYMI: Mortgage Rates Fall to Three-Year Low
2025/09/05 - Congressional Bill H.R. 1316 Signed into Law
2025/09/03 - U.S. Goods Inflation Lower than Other Countries
2025/09/02 - For J.B. Pritzker, When Will Enough Be Enough?
2025/06/12 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Empowers Commonsense Wildfire Prevention and Response
2025/06/12 - REPORT: Failure to Pass One Big Beautiful Bill Will Kill 1.1+ Million Manufacturing Jobs
2025/06/12 - Congressional Bill S.160 Signed into Law
2025/06/12 - Statement from Secretary of State Marco Rubio
2025/06/12 - Statement by the President
2025/06/11 - The One Big Beautiful Bill Will Supercharge Our Economy
2025/06/11 - ICYMI: “For the first time in decades, the US-Mexico border is silent”
2025/06/10 - America’s Job Creators Back the One Big Beautiful Bill
2025/06/10 - The Largest Tax Cut in History for Working and Middle-Class Americans
2025/06/09 - Trump Accounts Will Chart the Path to Prosperity for a Generation of American Kids
2025/06/08 - SUNDAY SHOWS: Pass the One Big Beautiful Bill
2025/06/07 - MEMO: The One Big Beautiful Bill Improves the Fiscal Trajectory
2025/06/06 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Takes Action to Lead the World in Supersonic Flight
2025/06/06 - National Ocean Month, 2025
2025/06/06 - MYTHBUSTER: There’s No “Pork” in the One Big Beautiful Bill — Only Wins
2025/06/06 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Unleashes American Drone Dominance
2025/06/05 - CEQ-led Permitting Innovation Center Debuts Tech to Streamline NEPA Reviews – CE Explorer
2025/06/05 - ICYMI: Texas Ends In-State Tuition for Illegals After DOJ Lawsuit
2025/06/04 - Reviewing Certain Presidential Actions
2025/06/04 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restricts Foreign Student Visas at Harvard University
2025/12/05 - National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2025
2025/12/02 - Congressional Bills H.J. Res 133 and H.R. 1512 Signed into Law
2025/12/01 - Yes, “There’s Something Wrong with Walz” — and it Cost Taxpayers $1 Billion
2025/11/24 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Unveils the Genesis Mission to Accelerate AI for Scientific Discovery
2025/11/24 - President Trump Launches the Genesis Mission to Accelerate AI for Scientific Discovery
2025/11/01 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Strikes Deal on Economic and Trade Relations with China
2025/10/31 - White House Public Tours to Reopen in December 2025
2025/10/29 - U.S. – Korea Technology Prosperity Deal
2025/10/27 - Implementation of the Agreement Toward a NEW GOLDEN AGE for the U.S. – Japan Alliance
2025/10/26 - Agreement Between the United States of America and Malaysia on Recipricol Trade
2025/10/26 - Joint Statement on United States-Vietnam Framework for an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade
2025/10/26 - Joint Statement on a Framework for a United States-Thailand Agreement on Reciprocal Trade
2025/10/26 - Joint Statement on United States-Cambodia Agreement on Reciprocal Trade
2025/10/24 - First Lady Melania Trump Announces Halloween at the White House 2025
2025/10/20 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Closes Billion-Dollar Deals with Australia
2025/10/17 - National Energy Dominance Month, 2025
2025/10/15 - National Security Presidential Memorandum/NSPM-8
2025/11/24 - Launching the Genesis Mission
2025/11/04 - Modifying Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China
2025/10/26 - Joint Statement on United States-Malaysia Agreement on Reciprocal Trade
2025/10/15 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Ensures Continued Accountability in Federal Hiring
2025/10/15 - Ensuring Continued Accountability in Federal Hiring
2025/10/07 - Fire Prevention Week, 2025
2025/09/29 - Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees
2025/09/23 - Presidential Message on National Gang Violence Prevention Week
2025/09/19 - Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers
2025/09/18 - Constitution Week, 2025
2025/09/08 - President Trump’s Top 100 Victories for People of Faith
2025/08/28 - Further Exclusions from the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program
2025/08/25 - Additional Measures to Address the Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia
2025/08/15 - The Office of Federal Procurement Policy Launches Landmark Update to FAR, Ushering in a New Era for Commercial Buying
2025/09/29 - Adjusting Imports of Timber, Lumber, and their Derivative Products into the United States
2025/09/21 - H-1B FAQ
2025/09/05 - Restoring the United States Department of War
2025/09/05 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Implements A Historic U.S.-Japan Framework Agreement
2025/09/05 - Modifying The Scope of Reciprocal Tariffs and Establishing Procedures for Implementing Trade and Security Agreements
2025/09/04 - Implementing The United States–Japan Agreement
2025/08/25 - Taking Steps to End Cashless Bail to Protect Americans
2025/08/21 - Joint Statement on a United States-European Union Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade
2025/08/07 - Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
2025/08/06 - Addressing Threats to The United States by the Government of the Russian Federation
2025/08/05 - Establishing the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics
2025/08/05 - Remarks by Director Kratsios at the APEC Digital and AI Ministerial Meeting
2025/07/31 - Further Modifying the Reciprocal Tariff Rates
2025/07/30 - Addressing Threats to The United States by the Government of Brazil
2025/07/24 - Saving College Sports
2025/07/23 - Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure
2025/07/23 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Secures Unprecedented U.S.–Japan Strategic Trade and Investment Agreement
2025/07/23 - White House Unveils America’s AI Action Plan
2025/07/21 - ✅ President Trump Has Kept His Promises — and Then Some
2025/10/17 - National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, 2025
2025/04/09 - Addressing Risks from Susman Godfrey
2025/04/09 - Reducing Anti-Competitive Regulatory Barriers
2025/01/30 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Takes Forceful and Unprecedented Steps to Combat Anti-Semitism
2025/01/23 - Remarks By President Trump at the World Economic Forum- Part 1
2025/01/20 - Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions
2025/01/20 - Unleashing American Energy
SB0536: Require Report on Tuition Waiver Use and Outcomes
HB0194: Require Report on Tuition Waiver Use and Outcomes
HB1227: Revise THEC Duties and Expand Grant Credential Eligibility
HB1298: Create Scholarship for Spoken Word Poetry Excellence
SB1212: Create Scholarship for Spoken Word Poetry Excellence
SB1368: Revise THEC Duties and Expand Grant Credential Eligibility
HB0738: Expand TN Promise to NACCAS Schools With Enrollment Limits
SB0803: Expand TN Promise to NACCAS Schools With Enrollment Limits
SB1085: Allow Lottery Aid for Certain Private Postsecondary Institutions
SB1151: Allow Lottery Aid for Certain Private Postsecondary Institutions
SJR0231: Honor Dr. Erika Stevens for Distance Learning Excellence
SB1083: Prohibit DEI-Based Hiring in Local Governments and Colleges
HB0622: Prohibit DEI-Based Hiring in Local Governments and Colleges
SB0148: Ban Cell-Cultured Meat in Schools and Public Institutions
SB1312: Transfer TSAC Governance to THEC, Rename Technical Skills Grant
SB0603: Require Annual Report on State Scholarship Program Metrics
SB0125: Study Expanding Aid for Workforce Credential Programs in Tennessee
HB1324: Transfer TSAC Governance to THEC, Rename Technical Skills Grant
SB1077: Require American Civics Course for Public College Degree Completion
SB0189: Provide $250 Grant for Voluntary STD Testing in College
Analysis Category Scoring
- Each analysis category is scored by the tool according to the criteria in the Granular Risk Assessment below.
- The Granular scores are then averaged to create the Average Relevance Score.
- Presidential Actions are updated on a near-daily basis as new actions are released.
Average Relevance Score
| Relevance Score | Risk Level | Definition |
| 1.0-1.9 | Low | Minimal impact; no immediate action required. |
| 2.0-2.9 | Low- Med | Some relevance, but limited impact on operations. |
| 3.0-3.4 | Medium | Requires monitoring and possible intervention. |
| 3.5-3.9 | High- Med | Significant impact; proactive response recommended. |
| 4.0-4.4 | High | Major impact; immediate action required. |
| 4.5-5.0 | Critical | Urgent response is needed; high-level intervention is required. |
Granular Risk Assessment
| Factor | Low (1) | Low- Med (2) | Medium (3) | High- Med (4) | High (5) |
| Federal Organizations Impacted | 1-2 Agencies | 3-5 agencies | 6-10 Agencies | 11-15 Agencies | 16+ agencies or Gov-wide |
| Federal Officials Responsible | Low-level staff | Mid-Level Management | Directors or Deputies | Agency Heads | White House or Cabinet Officials |
| Impact to Vanderbilt University | No impact | Minor considerations | Moderate risks (compliance, ethics) | High risks (security, bias) | Critical risks (legal/regulatory/financial) |
| Key Actions for Vanderbilt University | No actions required | Minor process updates | Some adjustments needed | Major Process changes | Urgent systemic changes |
| Time Sensitivity of Actions Due (Based on Action Date) | 180+ days to comply | 90-179 days | 60-89 days | 30-59 days | <30 days (urgent response) |