Presidential Actions

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2025/01/20 - President Trump Announces Cabinet and Cabinet Level Appointments

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

2025/01/27 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Directs the Building of the Iron Dome Missile Defense Shield for America

2025/01/27 - Readout of President Donald J. Trump’s Call with Prime Minister Modi of India

2025/01/26 - White House Statement on Agreement Extension Between Lebanon and Israel

2025/01/26 - Readout of President Donald J. Trump’s Call with Prime Minister Starmer of the United Kingdom

2025/01/25 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Enforces Overwhelmingly Popular Demand to Stop Taxpayer Funding of Abortion

2025/01/24 - Remarks by President Trump Before Air Force One Departure

2025/01/24 - Remarks by President Trump During Tour of Hurricane Helene Disaster Site – Part 1

2025/01/24 - President Trump Announces Appointments to the White House Offices of Communications, Public Liaison, and Cabinet Affairs

2025/01/23 - Remarks By President Trump at the World Economic Forum – Part 2

2025/01/23 - Readout of President Donald J. Trump’s Call with President Nayib Bukele

2025/01/23 - Readout of President Donald J. Trump Call with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

2025/01/23 - Federal Recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina

2025/01/23 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Directs Administration to Advance Lumbee Tribe Recognition

2025/01/22 - Remarks by President Trump and Vice President Vance at Liberty Ball

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

2025/01/20 - Flying The Flag Of The United States At Full-Staff On Inauguration Day

2025/01/20 - Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California

2025/01/20 - Restoring The Death Penalty And Protecting Public Safety

2026/03/26 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Addresses DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors

2026/03/24 - Further Continuance of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Review Council

2026/03/24 - First Lady Melania Trump Launches Fostering the Future Together, 45 Member Nations Attend the Inaugural Coalition Summit

2026/03/20 - Democrats’ DHS Shutdown Enters 35th Day as Airports Plunge into Chaos, Frontline Workers Suffer

2026/03/20 - First Lady Melania Trump Announces 2026 Spring Garden Tours

2026/03/20 - First Lady Melania Trump Announces 2026 Spring Garden Tours

2026/03/19 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Strengthens U.S.-Japan Alliance for the Benefit of All Americans

2026/03/19 - First Lady Melania Trump’s Fostering the Future Together Assembles Leaders from 45 Nations and 28 Tech Entities

2026/03/17 - Airline CEOs Demand “Immediate” Action as Democrats’ DHS Shutdown Pushes Air Travel to the Brink

2026/03/16 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Establishes the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud

2026/03/13 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Removes Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction

2026/03/12 - Operation Epic Fury: Decisive American Power to Crush Iran’s Terror Regime

2026/03/07 - Commitment to Countering Cartel Criminal Activity

2026/03/06 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Combats Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens

2026/03/05 - America’s Unstoppable Momentum in Operation Epic Fury

2026/03/04 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Advances Energy Affordability with the Ratepayer Protection Pledge

2026/03/03 - Operation Epic Fury: Unmatched Power, Unrelenting Force of America’s Warriors

2026/02/24 - American Energy Dominance Is Back Under President Trump

2026/02/24 - President Trump’s Peace Through Strength: Renewed American Leadership and Global Security

2026/02/24 - President Trump Is Restoring the American Dream

2025/02/07 - United States-Japan Joint Leaders’ Statement

2025/02/06 - Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias

2025/02/05 - Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports

2025/02/03 - Progress on the Situation at Our Southern Border

2025/02/03 - Progress on the Situation at Our Northern Border

2025/01/29 - Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families

2025/01/29 - Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism

2025/01/29 - Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling

2025/01/26 - Statement from the Press Secretary

2025/01/25 - Press Gaggle by President Trump Aboard Air Force One En Route to Miami, Florida

2025/01/24 - Remarks by President Trump During Hurricane Helene Briefing

2025/01/23 - Remarks by President Trump at Executive Order Signing

2025/01/23 - Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence

2025/01/23 - Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations of President John F. Kennedy

2025/01/23 - Fact Sheet: Executive Order to Establish United States Leadership in Digital Financial Technology

2025/01/23 - Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology

2025/01/23 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Takes Action to Enhance America’s AI Leadership

2025/01/22 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Protects the States and the American People by Closing the Border to Illegals via Proclamation

2025/01/22 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Delivers Emergency Price Relief for American Families to Defeat the Cost-of-Living Crisis

2025/01/22 - Designation Of Ansar Allah as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

2026/03/24 - Secretary Markwayne Mullin Is Ready to Deliver on President Trump’s Agenda

2026/03/16 - Establishing the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud

2026/03/13 - Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction

2026/03/04 - America’s Warriors Are Obliterating Iranian Terror Regime with Unrelenting Force

2026/02/24 - President Trump Is Securing Our Homeland: Ending the Invasion, Deporting Criminals, and Protecting Our Communities

2026/02/20 - Imposing a Temporary Import Surcharge to Address Fundamental International Payments Problems

2026/02/19 - Fact Sheet: Trump Administration Finalizes Trade Deal with Indonesia

2026/02/06 - Modifying Duties to Address Threats to the United States by the Government of the Russian Federation

2026/02/04 - New Milestone in Operation Metro Surge: 4,000+ Criminal Illegals Removed from Minnesota Streets

2026/01/21 - CEQ Issues Guidance on Emergencies and the National Environmental Policy Act

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

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)