Presidential Actions

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2025/01/20 - Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions

2025/01/20 - Restoring Accountability for Career Senior Executives

2025/01/20 - America First Trade Policy

2025/01/20 - Organization of the National Security Council and Subcommittees

2025/01/20 - Reevaluating And Realigning United States Foreign Aid

2025/01/20 - Clarifying The Military’s Role In Protecting The Territorial Integrity Of The United States

2025/01/20 - President Trump Announces Acting Cabinet and Cabinet-Level Positions

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 - 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

2026/04/15 - Presidential Permit: Authorizing Enbridge Energy Company, INC. to Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at St. Clair County, Michigan, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada

2026/04/15 - First-Year Filings: Tax Cuts Mean More Money in Americans’ Pockets this Tax Season

2026/04/15 - First Lady Melania Trump Champions New Foster Care Legislation in Congress

2026/04/15 - Presidential Permit: Authorizing Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership to Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at St. Clair County, Michigan, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada

2026/04/14 - Bigger Refunds, Job Growth: Working Families Tax Cuts Are Transforming Tax Season

2026/04/14 - Nominations Sent to the Senate

2026/04/13 - President Trump Champions the American Worker

2026/04/13 - 2026 Economic Report of the President Released

2026/04/13 - Congressional Bills S. 1884 and S. 3971 Signed into Law

2026/04/10 - Day of Celebration in Honor of the Life of Henry Clay, 2026

2026/04/09 - CEQ Issues Guidance on Categorical Exclusions

2026/04/09 - Advancing the United States-Hungary Bilateral Partnership

2026/04/09 - America 250: Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the Surrender at Appomattox

2026/04/09 - Era of Amnesty Is Over: President Trump Restores Rule of Law to Immigration Courts

2026/04/09 - Presidential Message on National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day

2026/04/09 - First Lady Melania Trump’s Statement

2026/04/08 - Effects of Stablecoin Yield Prohibition on Bank Lending

2026/04/07 - ICYMI: President Trump Congratulates Artemis II Crew on Making History

2026/04/07 - Presidential Message on National Cancer Control Month

2026/04/07 - Presidential Message on National Financial Literacy Month

2025/01/24 - Council to Assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency

2025/01/24 - Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Administrator of the United States for International Development

2025/01/24 - President Trump Announces Presidential Delegation to attend the Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oświęcim, Poland

2025/01/24 - Remarks by President Trump During Tour of Hurricane Helene Disaster Site – Part 2

2025/01/23 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Launches PCAST to Restore American Leadership in Science and Technology

2025/01/23 - President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

2025/01/23 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Orders Declassification of JFK, RFK, and MLK Assassination Files

2025/01/22 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Protects Civil Rights and Merit-Based Opportunity by Ending Illegal DEI

2025/01/22 - Nominations Transmitted to the Senate

2025/01/22 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares a National Emergency at the Southern Border

2025/01/22 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Ends DEI Madness and Restores Excellence and Safety within the Federal Aviation Administration

2025/01/22 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Re-designates the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

2025/01/21 - Keeping Americans Safe in Aviation

2025/01/21 - Remarks by President Trump and Vice President Vance at Starlight Ball

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 - Memorandum to Resolve the Backlog of Security Clearances for Executive Office of the President Personnel

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

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

2025/01/20 - President Trump Announces Sub-Cabinet Appointments

2025/01/20 - Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture

2026/04/08 - SEQUESTRATION ORDER FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 PURSUANT TO SECTION 251A OF THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT, AS AMENDED

2026/04/08 - Peace Through Strength: Operation Epic Fury Crushes Iranian Threat as Ceasefire Takes Hold

2026/04/07 - President Trump is Saving College Sports

2026/04/05 - This Easter, President Trump Reaffirms America as a Beacon for Christian Liberty

2026/04/03 - Urgent National Action to Save College Sports

2026/04/02 - Adjusting Imports of Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Ingredients into the United States

2026/04/02 - First Lady Melania Trump Advances Efforts in Fourth Ukraine – Russia Child Reunification

2026/04/01 - President Trump Delivers Powerful Primetime Address on Operation Epic Fury

2026/03/31 - Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections

2026/03/13 - Promoting Access to Mortgage Credit

2026/03/06 - Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens

2026/02/20 - Continuing the Suspension of Duty-Free De Minimis Treatment for All Countries

2026/02/20 - Ending Certain Tariff Actions

2026/02/06 - Ensuring Affordable Beef for the American Consumer

2026/02/06 - Establishing an America First Arms Transfer Strategy

2026/02/06 - Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of Iran

2026/02/06 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Establishes the America First Arms Transfer Strategy

2026/02/05 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Launches TrumpRx.gov to Bring Lower Drug Prices to American Patients

2026/01/29 - Addressing Addiction through the Great American Recovery Initiative

2026/01/29 - Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of Cuba

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

2025/07/31 - Further Modifying the Reciprocal Tariff Rates

2025/07/30 - Addressing Threats to The United States by the Government of Brazil

2025/07/24 - Saving College Sports

2025/07/23 - White House Unveils America’s AI Action Plan

2025/07/23 - Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure

2025/07/23 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Secures Unprecedented U.S.–Japan Strategic Trade and Investment Agreement

2025/07/21 - ✅ President Trump Has Kept His Promises — and Then Some

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)