Presidential Actions

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2025/01/20 - Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government’s Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects

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 - Granting Pardons And Commutation Of Sentences For Certain Offenses Relating To The Events At Or Near The United States Capitol On January 6, 2021

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”

2025/01/20 - Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture

2025/01/20 - Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential

2025/01/20 - Guaranteeing The States Protection Against Invasion

2025/01/20 - Protecting The Meaning And Value Of American Citizenship

2025/01/20 - Unleashing American Energy

2025/01/20 - America First Policy Directive To The Secretary Of State

2025/01/20 - Hiring Freeze

2025/01/20 - Restoring Accountability To Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce

2025/01/20 - Application Of Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act To TikTok

2025/01/20 - Memorandum to Resolve the Backlog of Security Clearances for Executive Office of the President Personnel

2025/01/20 - Reforming The Federal Hiring Process And Restoring Merit To Government Service

2025/01/20 - The Inaugural Address

2026/01/19 - Presidential Message on the College Football Playoff National Championship

2026/01/19 - Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 2026

2026/01/17 - America 250: Presidential Message on the Birthday of Benjamin Franklin

2026/01/14 - America 250: Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the Ratification of the 1783 Treaty of Paris

2026/01/13 - American Workers Win Big as Inflation Remains Low, Wages Surge

2026/01/12 - Big Wins for American Families as Gas Prices, Mortgage Rates Plummet

2026/01/09 - 57 Times Sick, Unhinged Democrats Declared War on Law Enforcement

2026/01/08 - America 250: Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans

2026/01/06 - Presidential Message on Epiphany

2026/01/05 - Nominations Sent to the Senate

2026/01/03 - America 250: Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the Battle of Princeton

2026/01/01 - America 250: Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

2025/12/26 - America 250: Anniversary of the Battle of Trenton

2025/12/25 - Presidential Message on Christmas

2025/12/23 - Year-Over-Year Inflation Across Conservative and Liberal States

2025/12/20 - Presidential Message on the Sixth Birthday of the United States Space Force

2025/12/19 - White House Christmas 2025: Volunteer Performers and Decorators Share Excitement and Memorable Experiences

2025/12/18 - Congressional Bills S. 2283 AND S. 356 Signed into Law

2025/12/18 - Trump Delivers: Core Inflation Hits Lowest Level in Nearly Five Years

2025/12/16 - America 250: Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge

2025/04/09 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Makes America’s Showers Great Again

2025/04/09 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Addresses Risks from Susman Godfrey

2025/04/09 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Directs Repeal of Regulations That Are Unlawful Under 10 Recent Supreme Court Decisions

2025/04/08 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Protects American Energy from State Overreach

2025/04/08 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Reinvigorates America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry

2025/04/08 - Strengthening the Reliability and Security of the United States Electric Grid

2025/04/07 - Fact Sheet: Eliminating Barriers for Federal Artificial Intelligence Use and Procurement

2025/04/07 - White House Releases New Policies on Federal Agency AI Use and Procurement

2025/04/02 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Closes De Minimis Exemptions to Combat China’s Role in America’s Synthetic Opioid Crisis

2025/04/02 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares National Emergency to Increase our Competitive Edge, Protect our Sovereignty, and Strengthen our National and Economic Security

2025/04/01 - Presidential Message on National Financial Literacy Month, 2025

2025/04/01 - President Trump’s Peace Through Strength Is Correcting Course, Driving Results

2025/03/31 - Combating Unfair Practices in the Live Entertainment Market

2025/03/31 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Establishes the United States Investment Accelerator

2025/03/27 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Truth and Sanity to American History

2025/03/27 - Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History

2025/03/27 - ICYMI: President Trump Outlines OSTP’s Goals and Priorities

2025/03/25 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Modernizes Payments to and from America’s Bank Account

2025/03/25 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Addresses Risks from Jenner & Block

2025/03/25 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Protects the Integrity of American Elections

2026/01/14 - Adjusting Imports of Processed Critical Minerals and Their Derivative Products into the United States

2026/01/07 - Prioritizing the Warfighter in Defense Contracting

2026/01/02 - Regarding the Acquisition of Certain Assets of Emcore Corporation by Hiefo Corporation

2025/12/19 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Takes Action to Win the 6G Race

2025/12/18 - Providing for the Closure of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on December 24, 2025, and December 26, 2025

2025/12/18 - Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

2025/12/15 - DESIGNATING FENTANYL AS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION

2025/12/11 - Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence

2025/11/24 - Designation of Certain Muslim Brotherhood Chapters as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists

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

2025/10/27 - United States – Japan Framework for Securing the Supply of Critical Minerals and Rare Earths through Mining and Processing

2025/10/26 - Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Malaysia Concerning Cooperation to Diversify Global Critical Minerals Supply Chains and Promote Investments

2025/10/26 - Joint Statement on United States-Malaysia Agreement on Reciprocal Trade

2025/10/17 - Adjusting Imports Of Medium- And Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Medium- And Heavy-Duty Vehicle Parts, And Buses Into The United States

2025/10/16 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Announces Actions to Lower Costs and Expand Access to In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and High-Quality Fertility Care

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

2026/01/14 - ADJUSTING IMPORTS OF SEMICONDUCTORS, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT, AND THEIR DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS INTO THE UNITED STATES

2026/01/07 - Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States

2026/01/07 - CEQ Fixes Decades-Long Permitting Failure Through Deregulation

2025/12/19 - Winning the 6G Race

2025/12/18 - Letter to the Smithsonian: Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions and Materials

2025/12/16 - Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the Security of the United States

2025/12/15 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Designates Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction

2025/10/20 - United States-Australia Framework For Securing of Supply in the Mining and Processing of Critical Minerals and Rare Earths

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

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)