Presidential Actions

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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

2025/01/20 - 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

2026/05/03 - Presidential Message on National Hurricane Preparedness Week

2026/05/02 - Presidential Message on Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

2026/05/01 - Presidential Message on Loyalty and Law Day, U.S.A.

2026/05/01 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Imposes Sanctions on Cuban Regime Officials Responsible for Repression and Threats to U.S. National Security and Foreign Policy

2026/04/30 - Congressional Bill S. 4465 Signed into Law

2026/04/30 - First Lady Melania Trump’s Elegant State Dinner and Groundbreaking VR Educational Experience Create a Historic State Visit for Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla

2026/04/30 - Presidential Message on Second Chance Month

2026/04/30 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Expands Retirement-Savings Access for American Workers by Establishing TrumpIRA.gov

2026/04/30 - National Foster Care Month, 2026

2026/04/30 - New Economic Data Highlights the Strength and Resilience of President Trump’s Economy

2026/04/29 - America 250: Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the First Landing and the Raising of the Cape Henry Cross

2026/04/29 - President Trump and the First Lady Welcome King Charles III and Queen Camilla for State Visit Honoring 250 Years of Shared Heritage

2026/04/28 - Democrats’ Unhinged Rhetoric Incites Third Assassination Attempt on President Trump

2026/04/28 - First Lady Melania Trump Releases Details on the State Dinner with His Majesty King Charles the III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Her Majesty Queen Camilla

2026/04/28 - First Lady Melania Trump Reinforces the Importance of Technology and Education with Her Majesty Queen Camilla

2026/04/27 - President Trump on 60 Minutes: “There Was Tremendous Camaraderie”

2026/04/27 - Congressional Bill H.J.Res. 140 Signed into Law

2026/04/27 - Nominations and Withdrawals Sent to the Senate

2026/04/24 - Presidential Message on Armenian Remembrance Day

2026/04/22 - Trump Effect: American Manufacturing Is Roaring Back as Factory Activity Hits Four-Year High

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

2025/01/20 - Reforming The Federal Hiring Process And Restoring Merit To Government Service

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

2025/01/20 - Return to In-Person Work

2025/01/20 - Restoring Freedom Of Speech And Ending Federal Censorship

2025/01/20 - The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Tax Deal (Global Tax Deal)

2026/07/20 - Imposing Additional Duties to Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States with Respect to Alcoholic Beverages

2026/07/20 - Securing America’s Defense Supply Chains and Ensuring Domestic Acquisition of Critical Materials

2026/07/17 - WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: President Trump Exposes Bombshell Evidence of Foreign Election Interference and Deep State Suppression

2026/07/13 - Modifying the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

2026/07/13 - Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument

2026/06/29 - Lowering the Cost of Living by Promoting the Freedom to Fix

2026/06/17 - WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: First Lady Melania Trump Launches Fostering the Future Accounts

2026/06/16 - White House CEQ to Convene Leading Innovators with Promising Permitting Technology

2026/06/11 - First Lady Melania Trump Launches Fostering the Future Accounts America’s First Savings & Investment Vehicle for Foster Youth

2026/06/03 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Increases Accountability in the Federal Workforce

2026/06/03 - Strengthening Customs Enforcement

2026/05/22 - Remarks by Director Michael Kratsios on the One Year Anniversary of President Trump’s Nuclear EOs

2026/05/19 - To Implement Certain Provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, and for Other Purposes

2026/05/01 - Imposing Sanctions on Those Responsible for Repression in Cuba and for Threats to United States National Security and Foreign Policy

2026/04/30 - Promoting Efficiency, Accountability, and Performance in Federal Contracting

2026/04/20 - Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Domestic Petroleum Production, Refining, and Logistics Capacity

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

2026/07/20 - Imposing Additional Duties to Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States with Respect to Motor Vehicles

2026/06/30 - Trump Administration NEPA Reforms: A Win for All Americans

2026/06/26 - President Trump’s America First Agenda Scores Major Supreme Court Win on TPS Termination

2026/06/22 - Securing the Nation Against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks

2026/06/22 - Ushering in the Next Frontier of Quantum Innovation

2026/06/12 - National Security Presidential Memorandum/NSPM-12

2026/06/09 - The Secure America Act Ends Democrat Obstruction— Fully Funds CBP, ICE and President Trump’s Border Security Agenda

2026/06/03 - Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service

2026/06/02 - Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security

2026/06/01 - Further Adjusting the Tariff Regimes for Imports of Aluminum, Steel, and Copper into the United States

2026/05/12 - First Lady Melania Trump’s 10 Achievements Transforming Outcomes for Foster Youth Since the Signing the Fostering the Future Executive Order 180 Days Ago

2026/04/30 - National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend, 2026

2026/04/25 - President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump to Welcome His Majesty King Charles the III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Her Majesty Queen Camilla for a State Visit

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

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)