Presidential Actions

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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

2025/01/20 - 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

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 - 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

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

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

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

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

2026/04/07 - Presidential Message on National Child Abuse Prevention Month

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

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

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

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

2025/10/15 - Ensuring Continued Accountability in Federal Hiring

2025/10/07 - Fire Prevention Week, 2025

2025/09/29 - Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees

2025/09/23 - Presidential Message on National Gang Violence Prevention Week

2025/09/19 - Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers

2025/09/18 - Constitution Week, 2025

2025/09/08 - President Trump’s Top 100 Victories for People of Faith

2025/09/05 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Modifies the Scope of Reciprocal Tariffs and Establishes Procedures for Implementing Trade Deals

2025/08/28 - Further Exclusions from the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program

2025/08/25 - Additional Measures to Address the Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia

2025/08/15 - The Office of Federal Procurement Policy Launches Landmark Update to FAR, Ushering in a New Era for Commercial Buying

2025/08/13 - Ensuring American Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Resilience by Filling the Strategic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Reserve

2025/08/13 - Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space Industry

2025/08/12 - Letter to the Smithsonian: Internal Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions and Materials

2025/08/11 - Declaring a Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia

2025/08/11 - It’s “Liberation Day” in Washington, D.C.

2025/08/06 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Addresses Threats to the United States by the Government of the Russian Federation

2025/07/30 - Suspending Duty-Free De Minimis Treatment for All Countries

2025/07/30 - Adjusting Imports of Copper into the United States

2025/07/30 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Takes Action to Address the Threat to National Security from Imports of Copper

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)