Presidential Actions
2026/01/20 - National Day of Patriotic Devotion, 2026
2026/01/20 - Congressional Bill H.R. 224, H.R. 1823, H.R. 4446 Signed into Law
2026/01/19 - Presidential Message on the College Football Playoff National Championship
2026/01/19 - Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 2026
2026/01/17 - America 250: Presidential Message on the Birthday of Benjamin Franklin
2026/01/16 - Religious Freedom Day, 2026
2026/01/16 - Statement on President Trump’s Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict
2026/01/16 - Minnesota’s “Sanctuary” Defiance Has Consequences
2026/01/16 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Celebrates the Great, Historic Investment in Rural Health
2026/01/15 - President Trump Unveils The Great Healthcare Plan to Lower Costs and Deliver Money Directly to the People
2026/01/15 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Calls on Congress to Enact The Great Healthcare Plan
2026/01/14 - Congressional Bill S. 222 Signed into Law
2026/01/14 - America 250: Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the Ratification of the 1783 Treaty of Paris
2026/01/14 - As President Trump Tackles Housing Affordability, Progress Emerges — and More Relief Is on the Horizon
2026/01/14 - Adjusting Imports of Processed Critical Minerals and Their Derivative Products into the United States
2026/01/14 - ICYMI: “The Trump Administration Is Moving To Fix a Broken Permitting System”
2025/08/13 - ICYMI: “VA processes more claims in a single year than ever before”
2025/08/13 - President Trump Spotlights 2025 Kennedy Center Honorees: American Icons in Performing Arts
2025/08/12 - Retail Access to Alternative Investments Via Defined Contribution Plans
2025/08/11 - FACT: Yes, D.C. Crime Is Out of Control
2025/08/08 - President Trump Brokers Another Historic Peace Deal
2025/08/04 - First Lady Melania Trump Announces Opening of Christmas Volunteer & Performer Applications
2025/08/04 - Presidential Message on the 235th Birthday of the United States Coast Guard
2025/08/04 - Presidential Message on National Shooting Sports Month
2025/07/31 - Nominations Sent to the Senate
2025/07/30 - Presidential Message on the 406th Anniversary of the First Representative Legislative Assembly in America
2025/07/29 - This Newspaper Continues to Run Shameful Interference for Illegal Immigrants
2025/07/28 - Presidential Message on National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
2025/07/24 - H.R. 4 and H.R. 517 Signed into Law S. 1582
2025/07/23 - Small Business Sentiment Surges as the One Big Beautiful Bill Takes Effect
2025/07/21 - Presidential Message on the 81st Anniversary of the Liberation of Guam
2025/07/21 - Data Shows U.S. Economy Is Back on Track Under President Trump
2025/07/17 - Memorandum From the Physician to the President
2025/07/17 - Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources to Further Promote American Energy
2025/07/15 - Inflation Remains Right on Target Under President Trump
2025/01/23 - Remarks By President Trump at the World Economic Forum – Part 2
2025/01/23 - Readout of President Donald J. Trump’s Call with President Nayib Bukele
2025/01/23 - Readout of President Donald J. Trump Call with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
2025/01/23 - Federal Recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
2025/01/23 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Directs Administration to Advance Lumbee Tribe Recognition
2025/01/22 - Remarks by President Trump and Vice President Vance at Liberty Ball
2025/01/20 - America First Policy Directive To The Secretary Of State
2025/01/20 - Flying The Flag Of The United States At Full-Staff On Inauguration Day
2025/01/20 - Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California
2025/01/20 - Restoring The Death Penalty And Protecting Public Safety
2026/01/20 - National Day of Patriotic Devotion, 2026
2026/01/15 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Calls on Congress to Enact The Great Healthcare Plan
2026/01/14 - Mass Deportations Are Improving Americans’ Quality of Life
2026/01/06 - Presidential Message on National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
2026/01/04 - RUBIO: This Is Our Hemisphere — and President Trump Will Not Allow Our Security to be Threatened
2026/01/02 - Here’s What the Trump Administration Is Doing to Crush Minnesota’s Fraud Epidemic
2025/12/31 - Amendments to Adjusting Imports of Timber, Lumber, and their Derivative Products into the United States
2025/12/29 - To Implement the United States-Israel Agreement on Trade in Agricultural Products and for Other Purposes
2025/12/18 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump is Increasing Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research
2025/12/18 - President Trump Highlights America’s Historic Comeback in Year-End Address
2025/12/18 - Statement by the President
2025/12/18 - INCREASING MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND CANNABIDIOL RESEARCH
2025/12/11 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Ensures a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence
2025/12/05 - National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2025
2025/12/02 - Congressional Bills H.J. Res 133 and H.R. 1512 Signed into Law
2025/12/01 - Yes, “There’s Something Wrong with Walz” — and it Cost Taxpayers $1 Billion
2025/07/07 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Ensures Accountability and Prioritizes Public Safety in Federal Hiring
2025/07/07 - Extending the Modification of the Reciprocal Tariff Rates
2025/06/30 - Simplifying the Funding of Energy Infrastructure and Critical Mineral and Material Projects
2025/06/30 - Providing for the Revocation of Syria Sanctions
2025/06/16 - Implementing the General Terms of The United States of America-United Kingdom Economic Prosperity Deal
2025/06/12 - Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Generate Power for the Columbia River Basin
2025/06/12 - Empowering Commonsense Wildfire Prevention and Response
2025/06/06 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Reprioritizes Cybersecurity Efforts to Protect America
2025/06/06 - Restoring American Airspace Sovereignty
2025/06/03 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Increases Section 232 Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum
2025/05/27 - 101st Anniversary of The United States Border Patrol
2025/05/23 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump is Restoring Gold Standard Science in America
2025/05/23 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Deploys Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security
2025/05/23 - Reforming Nuclear Reactor Testing at the Department of Energy
2025/05/19 - Remarks by Director Kratsios at the National Academy of Sciences
2025/05/12 - Joint Statement on U.S.-China Economic and Trade Meeting in Geneva
2025/05/12 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Secures a Historic Trade Win for the United States
2025/05/09 - Establishing Project Homecoming
2025/05/09 - Protecting the Great Lakes from Invasive Carp
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
2025/09/29 - 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
2025/08/25 - Taking Steps to End Cashless Bail to Protect Americans
2025/08/21 - Joint Statement on a United States-European Union Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade
2025/08/07 - Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking
2025/08/06 - Addressing Threats to The United States by the Government of the Russian Federation
2025/08/05 - Establishing the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics
2025/08/05 - Remarks by Director Kratsios at the APEC Digital and AI Ministerial Meeting
2025/10/17 - National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, 2025
2025/04/09 - Addressing Risks from Susman Godfrey
2025/04/09 - Reducing Anti-Competitive Regulatory Barriers
2025/01/30 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Takes Forceful and Unprecedented Steps to Combat Anti-Semitism
2025/01/23 - Remarks By President Trump at the World Economic Forum- Part 1
2025/01/20 - Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions
2025/01/20 - Unleashing American Energy
SB0536: Require Report on Tuition Waiver Use and Outcomes
HB0194: Require Report on Tuition Waiver Use and Outcomes
HB1227: Revise THEC Duties and Expand Grant Credential Eligibility
HB1298: Create Scholarship for Spoken Word Poetry Excellence
SB1212: Create Scholarship for Spoken Word Poetry Excellence
SB1368: Revise THEC Duties and Expand Grant Credential Eligibility
HB0738: Expand TN Promise to NACCAS Schools With Enrollment Limits
SB0803: Expand TN Promise to NACCAS Schools With Enrollment Limits
SB1085: Allow Lottery Aid for Certain Private Postsecondary Institutions
SB1151: Allow Lottery Aid for Certain Private Postsecondary Institutions
SJR0231: Honor Dr. Erika Stevens for Distance Learning Excellence
SB1083: Prohibit DEI-Based Hiring in Local Governments and Colleges
HB0622: Prohibit DEI-Based Hiring in Local Governments and Colleges
SB0148: Ban Cell-Cultured Meat in Schools and Public Institutions
SB1312: Transfer TSAC Governance to THEC, Rename Technical Skills Grant
SB0603: Require Annual Report on State Scholarship Program Metrics
SB0125: Study Expanding Aid for Workforce Credential Programs in Tennessee
HB1324: Transfer TSAC Governance to THEC, Rename Technical Skills Grant
SB1077: Require American Civics Course for Public College Degree Completion
SB0189: Provide $250 Grant for Voluntary STD Testing in College
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) |