Presidential Actions

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2026/07/24 - Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution

2026/07/24 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Trust in the Smithsonian Institution

2026/07/23 - President Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge Secures American AI Dominance, Protects Consumers

2026/07/23 - Actions by the United States in the Investigations under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 of the Acts, Policies, and Practices of 60 Economies Related to the Failure of Each Economy to Impose and Effectively Enforce a Prohibition on the Importation of Goods Produced with Forced Labor

2026/07/22 - Trump Administration Announces More Than $5 Billion for the Genesis Mission, a National Mission on AI for Science

2026/07/21 - OSTP Director Releases Landmark Report and Recommendations for Renewing American Scientific Discovery

2026/07/21 - Democrat “Glitch” Registers Thousands of Noncitizens to Vote: Another Reason to Pass the SAVE America Act

2026/07/21 - President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts Ignite Manufacturing Renaissance Across All 50 States

2026/07/21 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Announces Trade Deal with Jordan

2026/07/21 - Nominations Sent to the Senate

2026/07/21 - AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN ON RECIPROCAL TRADE

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

2026/07/20 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Takes Further Action To Adjust Imports Of Aluminum Into The United States

2026/07/20 - Further Strengthening Actions Taken to Adjust Imports of Aluminum into the United States

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

2026/07/20 - Made in America Week, 2026

2026/07/20 - Presidential Message on Space Exploration Day

2026/07/20 - Nomination Sent to the Senate

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

2026/07/20 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Secures America’s Defense Supply Chains and Ensures Domestic Acquisition of Critical Materials

2026/07/23 - President Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge Secures American AI Dominance, Protects Consumers

2026/07/21 - President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts Ignite Manufacturing Renaissance Across All 50 States

2026/07/21 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Announces Trade Deal with Jordan

2026/07/20 - Captive Nations Week, 2026

2026/07/20 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Takes Further Action To Adjust Imports Of Aluminum Into The United States

2026/07/20 - Presidential Message on Space Exploration Day

2026/07/20 - Nomination Sent to the Senate

2026/07/15 - Presidential Message on the Birthday of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini

2026/07/15 - Measuring Balance of Payments Deficits

2026/07/14 - Law Enforcement Leaders Across America Support Todd Blanche for Attorney General

2026/07/14 - Nominations and Withdrawals Sent to the Senate

2026/07/13 - Death of Senator Lindsey Graham

2026/07/13 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Grants Further Regulatory Relief from Burdensome EPA Restrictions to Promote American Security

2026/07/08 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Secures Historic Defense Investment from NATO Allies, Powering American Industry

2026/07/07 - Democrats Fought Against Historic Tax Cuts. Now They’re Fighting Against Opportunity for America’s Kids.

2026/07/05 - Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the United States Secret Service

2026/07/04 - Saving America’s Story

2026/07/03 - 250th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Declaration of Independence

2026/06/29 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Lowers the Cost of Living by Promoting the Freedom to Fix

2026/06/29 - Declaration of Emergency and Authorization for Temporary Duty Free Importation of Phosphate Fertilizer Morocco

2025/04/15 - Preventing Illegal Aliens from Obtaining Social Security Act Benefits

2025/04/15 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Cuts Costs, Brings Government to the People

2025/04/15 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Common Sense to Federal Procurement

2025/04/15 - Restoring Common Sense to Federal Office Space Management

2025/04/15 - Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement

2025/04/15 - President Trump Unleashes Permitting Technology for the 21st Century

2025/04/11 - The State of Play: Why President Trump’s Tariffs Are Necessary

2025/04/11 - Week 12’s Winners: The American People

2025/04/09 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Directs Repeal of Regulations That Are Unlawful Under 10 Recent Supreme Court Decisions

2025/04/09 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores America’s Maritime Dominance

2025/04/09 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Reforms Foreign Defense Sales to Improve Speed and Accountability

2025/04/09 - Reforming Foreign Defense Sales to Improve Speed and Accountability

2025/04/09 - Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base

2025/04/09 - National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, 2025

2025/04/09 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Pushes the Reset Button on America’s Energy Regulations

2025/04/09 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Makes America’s Showers Great Again

2025/04/09 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Addresses Risks from Susman Godfrey

2025/04/08 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Protects American Energy from State Overreach

2025/04/08 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Reinvigorates America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry

2025/04/08 - Strengthening the Reliability and Security of the United States Electric Grid

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

2025/01/22 - 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

2025/01/22 - Designation Of Ansar Allah as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

2025/01/20 - Designating Cartels And Other Organizations As Foreign Terrorist Organizations And Specially Designated Global Terrorists

2025/01/20 - Ending The Weaponization Of The Federal Government

2025/01/20 - Guaranteeing The States Protection Against Invasion

2025/01/20 - President Trump Designates Chairmen and Acting Chairmen

2025/01/20 - Protecting The United States From Foreign Terrorists And Other National Security And Public Safety Threats

2025/01/20 - Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program

2025/01/20 - Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness

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 - Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential

2025/01/20 - America First Trade Policy

2025/01/20 - Declaring A National Emergency At The Southern Border Of The United States

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

2025/10/20 - United States-Australia Framework For Securing of Supply in the Mining and Processing of Critical Minerals and Rare Earths

2025/09/29 - Adjusting Imports of Timber, Lumber, and their Derivative Products into the United States

2025/09/21 - H-1B FAQ

2025/09/05 - Restoring the United States Department of War

2025/09/05 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Implements A Historic U.S.-Japan Framework Agreement

2025/09/05 - Modifying The Scope of Reciprocal Tariffs and Establishing Procedures for Implementing Trade and Security Agreements

2025/09/04 - Implementing The United States–Japan Agreement

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)