Presidential Actions

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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

2026/09/18 - Congressional Bill H.R. 5334 Signed into Law

2026/09/18 - WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: President Trump Delivers Historic Victories for America’s Hunters, Anglers, and Outdoorsmen

2026/09/17 - Withdrawals Sent to the Senate

2026/09/17 - Presidential Message on National Hispanic Heritage Month

2026/09/16 - Congressional Bills S. 32 and S. 307 Signed into Law

2026/09/16 - Safer, Stronger, Built in America: President Trump’s Record in North Carolina

2026/09/15 - First Lady Melania Trump’s Special Visit to Ashe County, North Carolina Bearing Witness to a Community’s Resilience

2026/09/14 - Nominations Sent to the Senate

2026/09/11 - Congressional Bills H.R. 1276, H.R. 2069, H.R. 2196 and H.R. 5366 Signed into Law

2026/09/09 - President Trump Delivers Historic Results for the American People in Under Two Years

2026/09/09 - First Lady Melania Trump’s Personal Vision to Preserve America’s Story Through Superior Design

2026/09/04 - Made in America: Manufacturing, Private Hiring Power Explosive August Jobs Report

2026/09/02 - Presidential Message on National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

2026/09/02 - Congressional Bill H.R. 6500 Signed into Law

2026/09/02 - Ten Times Extreme Liberal Democrats in Congress Put Their Dangerous Agenda Ahead of the American People

2026/09/02 - Presidential Message on National Preparedness Month

2026/08/31 - President Trump and VP Vance Deliver Manufacturing Renaissance to Michigan

2026/08/28 - President Trump Was Right: America Controls the Strait of Hormuz

2026/08/27 - NEVER SURRENDER: Karoline Leavitt’s Historic Tenure as White House Press Secretary

2026/08/27 - President Trump Delivers for Texas: Lower Taxes, Border Security, and Jobs Coming Home

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

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

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

2026/09/18 - Enhancing Program Integrity and Integrity and Interagency Coordination in the Administration of the H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Program

2026/09/18 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Further Enhances Program Integrity and Interagency Coordination in the H-1B Visa Program

2026/09/17 - RESTORING AMERICAN SALTWATER ANGLING AND RECREATION

2026/09/08 - Excluding Certain Canadian Products from Importation into the United States in Response to Continued Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States with Respect to Dairy

2026/09/08 - Modifying the Scope of Products of Canada Subject to the Additional Duties Imposed to Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the United States with Respect to Motor Vehicles

2026/08/26 - Trump Delivers: 14 Recent Wins You May Have Missed

2026/08/24 - Operation Economic Outcast: Total Isolation of the Iranian Regime

2026/08/20 - The National Space Transportation Policy

2026/08/18 - Temporary Suspension of Additional Duties to Offset Canadian Discrimination Against the Commerce of the United States with Respect to Alcoholic Beverages, Dairy, and Motor Vehicles

2026/08/12 - Expanding Capabilities to Combat Transnational Cyber-Enabled Crime

2026/08/06 - Continuing to Protect the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship

2026/08/03 - Establishing the President’s Military Spouse Commission

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

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)