Presidential Actions

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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

2025/01/20 - 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

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

2025/02/19 - Press Gaggle by President Trump at Future Investment Initiative Institute Priority Summit – Part 2

2025/02/19 - Press Gaggle by President Trump Aboard Air Force One En Route Joint Base Andrews

2025/02/19 - Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Regulatory Initiative

2025/02/18 - Interview of President Trump and Elon Musk by Sean Hannity, “The Sean Hannity Show” Part 1

2025/02/18 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Reins in Independent Agencies to Restore a Government that Answers to the American People

2025/02/14 - Establishing the National Energy Dominance Council

2025/02/13 - Establishing the President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission

2025/02/10 - Adjusting Imports of Steel into The United States – Part 2

2025/02/10 - Ending Procurement and Forced Use of Paper Straws

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

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)