Presidential Actions
2025/01/20 - Regulatory Freeze Pending Review
2025/01/20 - Declaring A National Emergency At The Southern Border Of The United States
2025/01/20 - Return to In-Person Work
2025/01/20 - Declaring a National Energy Emergency
2025/01/20 - President Trump Designates Chairmen and Acting Chairmen
2025/01/20 - Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness
2025/01/20 - Protecting The United States From Foreign Terrorists And Other National Security And Public Safety Threats
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
2025/02/01 - Readout of President Donald J. Trump’s Call with President el-Sisi of Egypt
2025/01/29 - Presidential Message on the Lunar New Year, 2025
2025/01/27 - First Lady Melania Trump’s Official Portrait
2025/01/26 - Readout of President Donald J. Trump’s Call with His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain
2025/01/25 - Readout of President Donald J. Trump’s Call with King Abdullah II of Jordan
2025/01/25 - White House Statement on Hostage Release
2025/01/24 - Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure
2025/01/23 - Statement of Administration Policy H.R. 21 – Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
2025/01/22 - Executive Grant of Clemency for Andrew Zabavsky
2025/01/22 - Executive Grant of Clemency for Terence Sutton
2026/01/20 - Congressional Bill H.R. 224, H.R. 1823, H.R. 4446 Signed into Law
2026/01/16 - Religious Freedom Day, 2026
2026/01/16 - Statement on President Trump’s Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict
2026/01/16 - Minnesota’s “Sanctuary” Defiance Has Consequences
2026/01/16 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Celebrates the Great, Historic Investment in Rural Health
2026/01/15 - President Trump Unveils The Great Healthcare Plan to Lower Costs and Deliver Money Directly to the People
2026/01/14 - ICYMI: “The Trump Administration Is Moving To Fix a Broken Permitting System”
2026/01/14 - Congressional Bill S. 222 Signed into Law
2026/01/14 - As President Trump Tackles Housing Affordability, Progress Emerges — and More Relief Is on the Horizon
2026/01/13 - Nominations Sent to the Senate
2026/01/09 - Safeguarding Venezuelan Oil Revenue for the Good of the American and Venezuelan People
2026/01/08 - Walz Is Wrong: President Trump’s Immigration Policies Are Saving Lives
2026/01/08 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Establishes New Department of Justice Division for National Fraud Enforcement
2026/01/06 - Sara Carter Confirmed As Drug Czar
2026/01/05 - Democrats Once Demanded Maduro’s Ouster. Now They Mourn His Capture — Because Trump Did It.
2026/01/02 - Trump Administration’s Historic Rural Health Care Investments Hailed Nationwide
2025/12/31 - America 250: Presidential Message on the Birthday of General George C. Marshall, Jr.
2026/01/20 - National Day of Patriotic Devotion, 2026
2026/01/15 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Calls on Congress to Enact The Great Healthcare Plan
2026/01/14 - Mass Deportations Are Improving Americans’ Quality of Life
2026/01/06 - Presidential Message on National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
2026/01/04 - RUBIO: This Is Our Hemisphere — and President Trump Will Not Allow Our Security to be Threatened
2026/01/02 - Here’s What the Trump Administration Is Doing to Crush Minnesota’s Fraud Epidemic
2025/12/31 - Amendments to Adjusting Imports of Timber, Lumber, and their Derivative Products into the United States
2025/12/29 - To Implement the United States-Israel Agreement on Trade in Agricultural Products and for Other Purposes
2025/12/18 - INCREASING MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND CANNABIDIOL RESEARCH
2025/12/18 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump is Increasing Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research
2025/12/18 - President Trump Highlights America’s Historic Comeback in Year-End Address
2025/12/18 - Statement by the President
2025/12/11 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Ensures a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence
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
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 - 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 - 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 - Ensuring Continued Accountability in Federal Hiring
2025/10/15 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Ensures Continued Accountability in Federal Hiring
2025/10/07 - Fire Prevention Week, 2025
2025/09/29 - Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees
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
2025/09/29 - Adjusting Imports of Timber, Lumber, and their Derivative Products into the United States
2025/09/21 - H-1B FAQ
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
2025/09/05 - Restoring the United States Department of War
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
2025/10/17 - 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
HB0291: Require American Civics Course for Public College Degree Completion
HB0474: Study Expanding Aid for Workforce Credential Programs in Tennessee
HB0407: Provide $250 Grant for Voluntary STD Testing in College
HB1348: Update Outcomes-Based Funding to Reward High-Demand Job Programs
HB1386: Require Athlete Programs for Name, Image, and Likeness Management
SB1340: Update Outcomes-Based Funding to Reward High-Demand Job Programs
HB0163: Increase Time to Cease Municipal Traffic Enforcement on Campuses
HB0377: Prohibit Race-Based Admissions and Aid at Higher Education Institutions
HB1344: Change Annual Workforce Report Deadline for Higher Education Commission
SB0295: Extend Tuition Waiver to Families of Disabled Military Veterans
SB0172: Establish Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program for Higher Education Institutions
SB0684: Increase Time to Cease Municipal Traffic Enforcement on Campuses
HB0299: Extend Tuition Waiver to Families of Disabled Military Veterans
HB0075: Permit Classic Learning Test for Scholarships and Admissions
HB0818: Change Reporting Date for Credit Card Funds in Higher Education
SB1359: Change Annual Workforce Report Deadline for Higher Education Commission
SB0810: Change Reporting Date for Credit Card Funds in Higher Education
HB0998: Adding General Assembly to Foreign Gifts Report Recipients
SB1021: Adding General Assembly to Foreign Gifts Report Recipients
HB0665: Remove Outdated Military Credit Evaluation Reporting Requirement
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) |
