Presidential Actions

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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

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)

2026/04/15 - This Tax Day, Americans Are Keeping More of What They Earn

2026/04/15 - Presidential Permit: Authorizing Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership to Operate and Maintain Three Existing Pipeline Facilities at Pembina County, North Dakota, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada

2026/04/15 - Presidential Permit: Authorizing Enbridge Pipelines (Southern Lights) L.L.C. to Operate and Maintain Existing Pipeline Facilities at Pembina County, North Dakota, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Canada

2026/04/14 - President Trump’s Powerful Leadership Highlights American Strength as Energy Dominance Delivers Global Stability

2026/04/14 - First Lady Melania Trump Authorizes Landmark Art Loan to Spotlight American Master, James McNeill Whistler

2026/04/13 - Presidential Message on the Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust

2026/04/13 - Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate

2026/04/03 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Takes Urgent National Action to Save College Sports

2026/04/03 - Liberating the Department of Homeland Security From the Democrat-Caused Shutdown

2026/04/02 - Presidential Message on Autism Awareness Day

2026/04/02 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Bolsters National Security and Strengthens U.S. Supply Chains by Imposing Tariffs on Patented Pharmaceutical Products

2026/04/02 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Strengthens Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum, and Copper Imports

2026/04/01 - President Trump’s Clear and Unchanging Objectives Drive Decisive Success Against Iranian Regime

2026/03/31 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Ensures Citizenship Verification and Voter Eligibility in Federal Elections

2026/03/31 - President Trump Ended Democrats’ “Transgender for Everybody” Insanity

2026/03/30 - President Trump Acts Where Democrats Refused — Bringing Relief to TSA Workers and Travelers

2026/03/27 - Paying Our Great Transportation Security Administration Officers and Employees

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

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

2025/01/20 - Guaranteeing The States Protection Against Invasion

2025/01/20 - President Trump Designates Chairmen and Acting Chairmen

2025/01/20 - Protecting The United States From Foreign Terrorists And Other National Security And Public Safety Threats

2025/01/20 - Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program

2025/01/20 - Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness

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 - Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential

2025/01/20 - America First Trade Policy

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

2025/01/20 - Designating Cartels And Other Organizations As Foreign Terrorist Organizations And Specially Designated Global Terrorists

2025/01/20 - Ending The Weaponization Of The Federal Government

2026/04/15 - White House CEQ Unveils Program to Partner with Private Sector on Modernizing Permitting Technology

2026/04/07 - Presidential Message on National Sexual Assault Awareness Month

2026/04/02 - Strengthening Actions Taken to Adjust Imports of Aluminum, Steel, and Copper 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

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)