Presidential Actions

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2025/01/20 - Declaring A National Emergency At The Southern Border Of The United States

2025/01/20 - Holding Former Government Officials Accountable For Election Interference And Improper Disclosure Of Sensitive Governmental Information

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 - Designating Cartels And Other Organizations As Foreign Terrorist Organizations And Specially Designated Global Terrorists

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

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

2025/02/10 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Eliminates the Federal Executive Institute

2025/02/07 - Addressing Egregious Actions of The Republic of South Africa

2025/02/07 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Establishes White House Faith Office

2025/02/07 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Addresses Human Rights Violations in South Africa

2025/02/07 - President Trump Announces Appointments to the White House Faith Office

2025/02/06 - Remarks by President Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast

2025/02/05 - Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China

2025/02/04 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Maximum Pressure on Iran

2025/02/03 - At USAID, Waste and Abuse Runs Deep

2025/02/03 - President Trump is Delivering on His Commitment to Protect our Kids

2025/02/03 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Orders Plan for a United States Sovereign Wealth Fund

2025/02/03 - Career and Technical Education Month, 2025

2025/01/31 - National Black History Month, 2025

2025/01/31 - Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation

2025/01/29 - Expanding Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to Full Capacity

2025/01/29 - President Donald J. Trump Signed S.5 into Law

2025/01/27 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Reinstates Service Members Discharged for Refusing the COVID Vaccine

2025/01/27 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Merit and Lethality to America’s Armed Forces

2025/01/27 - The National Day of Remembrance of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, 2025

2025/01/27 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Ensures Military Excellence and Readiness

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

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

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

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

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

2026/03/19 - 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 - President Trump Is Restoring the American Dream

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

2025/06/12 - Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Generate Power for the Columbia River Basin

2025/06/12 - Empowering Commonsense Wildfire Prevention and Response

2025/06/06 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Reprioritizes Cybersecurity Efforts to Protect America

2025/06/06 - Restoring American Airspace Sovereignty

2025/06/03 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Increases Section 232 Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum

2025/05/27 - 101st Anniversary of The United States Border Patrol

2025/05/23 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump is Restoring Gold Standard Science in America

2025/05/23 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Deploys Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security

2025/05/23 - Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy

2025/05/19 - Remarks by Director Kratsios at the National Academy of Sciences

2025/05/12 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Secures a Historic Trade Win for the United States

2025/05/12 - Joint Statement on U.S.-China Economic and Trade Meeting in Geneva

2025/05/09 - Establishing Project Homecoming

2025/05/09 - Protecting the Great Lakes from Invasive Carp

2025/05/09 - Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations

2025/05/09 - WEEK 16 WINS: President Trump Advances America’s New Golden Age

2025/05/05 - Improving the Safety and Security of Biological Research

2025/05/02 - The White House Office of Management and Budget Releases the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Skinny Budget

2025/05/02 - WEEK 15 WINS: President Trump’s 100th Day Marked by More Success

2025/04/29 - Amendments to Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States

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)