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2025/03/05 - The President and First Lady’s Message on Ash Wednesday, 2025

2025/03/05 - Yes, Biden Spent Millions on Transgender Animal Experiments

2025/03/05 - President Trump’s Historic Address Captivates America

2025/03/05 - Statement from the Press Secretary

2025/03/04 - Presidential Message on Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, 2025

2025/03/04 - First Lady Melania Trump Invites Everyday Americans as Special Guests to Joint Session of Congress

2025/03/03 - Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China

2025/03/03 - Presidential Message on Ramadan

2025/02/26 - Illegal Immigrant Killers, Rapists Aren’t Scholars — They’re Criminals

2025/02/24 - Statement on Trump White House Victory Against the Associated Press

2025/02/21 - When There Are No Illegal Immigrants, There Is No Need for Shelters

2025/02/19 - Press Gaggle by President Trump at Future Investment Initiative Institute Priority Summit – Part 4

2025/02/19 - 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima

2025/02/16 - Interview of President Trump by Jamie Little, “Fox Sports”

2025/02/16 - Presidential Message on the 2025 Daytona 500

2025/02/15 - Presidential Message on Susan B. Anthony Day, 2025

2025/02/12 - President Donald J. Trump Secures Release of Another American Held Hostage

2025/02/12 - President Donald J. Trump Brings Marc Fogel Home

2025/02/09 - Presidential Message on Super Bowl LIX

2025/02/07 - Statement from the Press Secretary on January’s Jobs Reports

2025/03/14 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Continues the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy

2025/03/13 - Remarks by President Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte Before Bilateral Meeting – Part 3

2025/03/12 - President Trump is Remaking America into a Manufacturing Superpower

2025/03/11 - FACT CHECK: President Trump Will Always Protect Social Security, Medicare

2025/03/11 - Nominations Sent to the Senate

2025/03/10 - ICYMI: “Companies eye US expansion to lessen fallout from potential tariffs”

2025/03/09 - U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day, 2025

2025/03/09 - Press Gaggle by President Trump

2025/03/07 - National Consumer Protection Week, 2025

2025/03/07 - Restoring Public Service Loan Forgiveness

2025/03/07 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Establishes White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026

2025/03/07 - First Lady Melania Trump Announces 2025 Spring Garden Tours

2025/03/07 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Public Service Loan Forgiveness

2025/03/06 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Adjusts Tariffs on Canada and Mexico to Minimize Disruption to the Automotive Industry

2025/03/06 - Amendment to Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border

2025/03/06 - President Trump Announces Presidential Delegation to Turin, Italy to attend the Opening Ceremony of the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games

2025/03/06 - Amendment to Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Southern Border

2025/03/06 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Establishes the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile

2025/03/06 - Women’s History Month, 2025

2025/03/05 - Democrats Showed Whose Side They’re On — And it’s Not the American People

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 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Takes Action on Certain Advanced Computing Chips to Protect America’s Economic and National Security

2026/01/14 - Establishing a Second Emergency Board to Investigate Disputes Between the Long Island Rail Road Company and Certain of its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations

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

2025/12/19 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Announces Largest Developments to Date in Bringing Most-Favored-Nation Pricing to American Patients

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

2025/12/18 - INCREASING MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND CANNABIDIOL RESEARCH

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

2025/12/05 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Begins Process to Align U.S. Core Childhood Vaccine Recommendations with Best Practices from Peer, Developed Countries

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 - 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 - Joint Statement on United States-Malaysia Agreement on Reciprocal Trade

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

2025/10/17 - 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)