Presidential Actions

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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

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

2026/08/26 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Declares a National Emergency to Secure America’s Bulk-Power System

2026/08/26 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Further Ensures Affordable Beef for the American Consumer

2026/08/25 - Honoring the Memory of Dolly Parton

2026/08/25 - President Trump Is Finally Ending Canada’s Free Ride

2026/08/24 - Presidential Message on National Park Week

2026/08/21 - President Trump and Republicans Deliver for South Carolina Families

2026/08/20 - $2 Million Donation Expands First Lady Melania Trump’s Fostering the Future Initiative to Indiana University and Purdue University

2026/08/19 - President Trump’s Trade Agenda Is Rebuilding the American Auto Industry

2026/08/18 - President Trump Delivers the Largest Drop in Violent Crime in American History

2026/08/17 - ICYMI: “USS Lincoln: Performance For the Ages”

2026/08/17 - First Lady Melania Trump’s Efforts Prove Successful in Ukraine-Russia

2026/08/17 - President Trump Delivers Largest Prescription Drug Price Drop in Over 60 Years

2026/08/17 - Presidential Message on National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week

2026/08/14 - Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the Social Security Act

2026/08/14 - Presidential Message on the Anniversary of Winning World War II

2026/08/13 - The Great Transshipment Scam

2026/08/12 - National Substance Use Primary Prevention Month, 2026

2026/08/12 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Expands Capabilities to Combat Transnational Cyber-Enabled Crime

2026/08/11 - America First Means Ohio First: President Trump, Republicans Deliver for Ohio

2026/08/11 - ICYMI: “Violent crime keeps falling in biggest U.S. cities”

2026/09/18 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Announces Lower Drug Prices for All 50 State Medicaid Programs

2026/09/18 - President Trump Extends Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing to Every Medicaid Program in America

2026/09/17 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Reinvigorates America’s Hunting Heritage

2026/09/17 - Reinvigorating America’s Hunting Heritage

2026/09/17 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores American Saltwater Angling and Recreation

2026/09/16 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Provides Meaningful Water Quality Improvements Through Collaboration and Oversight of Federal Support

2026/09/16 - Constitution Day, Citizenship Day, and Constitution Week, 2026

2026/09/16 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Reciprocity in Government Procurement

2026/09/16 - Restoring Reciprocity in Government Procurement

2026/09/16 - Providing Meaningful Water Quality Improvements Through Collaboration and Oversight of Federal Support

2026/09/15 - President Trump Promised to Make Memphis Safe Again. One Year Later, the Numbers Prove It.

2026/09/10 - Trump Dividend: America Is Winning — and Americans Should Win With It

2026/09/08 - Adjusting Certain Delegations Under the Defense Production Act

2026/09/08 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Accelerates Veterans’ Access to Benefits and Employment Opportunities

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

2026/09/07 - Labor Day, 2026

2026/09/04 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Promotes Fair Competition in Livestock Markets and Expands Market Access for American Meat Producers

2026/09/04 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Supports America’s Ranchers

2026/09/04 - Promoting Fair Competition In Livestock Markets And Expanding Market Access for American Meat Producers

2026/09/04 - Supporting America’s Ranchers

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)