Presidential Actions

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2026/09/20 - Presidential Message on Yom Kippur

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

2026/09/18 - Presidential Message on the 79th Birthday of the United States Air Force

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

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 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

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

2026/09/18 - Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers

2026/09/17 - Withdrawals Sent to the Senate

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

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 - RESTORING AMERICAN SALTWATER ANGLING AND RECREATION

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

2026/09/17 - President Trump’s Top 250 Victories For People of Faith

2026/09/16 - Restoring Reciprocity in Government Procurement

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

2026/09/16 - 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

2025/02/14 - Remarks by President Trump Before Air Force One Departure

2025/02/13 - Remarks by President Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Republic of India in Joint Press Conference – Part 2

2025/02/13 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Announces “Fair and Reciprocal Plan” on Trade

2025/02/13 - President Trump Demands Fair, Reciprocal Trade

2025/02/13 - United States-India Joint Leaders’ Statement

2025/02/12 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Establishes One Voice for America’s Foreign Relations

2025/02/12 - One Voice for America’s Foreign Relations

2025/02/12 - Nominations Sent to the Senate

2025/02/12 - First Lady Melania Trump Announces Opening of White House Public Tours

2025/02/11 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Section 232 Tariffs

2025/02/10 - Eliminating the Federal Executive Institute

2025/02/10 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores American Competitiveness and Security in FCPA Enforcement

2025/02/10 - Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security

2025/02/10 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Ends the Procurement and Forced Use of Paper Straws

2025/02/10 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Eliminates the Federal Executive Institute

2025/02/07 - Addressing Egregious Actions of The Republic of South Africa

2025/02/07 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Establishes White House Faith Office

2025/02/07 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Addresses Human Rights Violations in South Africa

2025/02/07 - President Trump Announces Appointments to the White House Faith Office

2025/02/06 - Remarks by President Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast

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 - Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers

2026/09/17 - President Trump’s Top 250 Victories For People of Faith

2026/09/10 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Announces the Working Families Obamacare Refunds

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

2026/09/08 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Responds to Canada’s Retaliation

2026/09/08 - Accelerating Access To Veterans’ Benefits And Employment Opportunities

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 Motor Vehicles

2026/08/28 - Establishing the United States Space Academy

2026/08/26 - Declaring a National Emergency to Secure the United States Bulk-Power System

2026/08/13 - Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Bolsters National Security and Strengthens U.S. Supply Chains by Imposing Tariffs on Drones and Their Parts and Components

2026/08/13 - Rebuilding the United States Navy and America’s Shipbuilding Industrial Base

2026/08/13 - Adjusting Imports of Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Unmanned Aircraft Systems Components into the United States

2026/08/10 - One Year Later, President Trump Has Delivered on Making D.C. Safe Again

2026/08/06 - Fraud.gov: Track the Trump Administration’s Relentless War on Fraud

2026/07/30 - Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 101 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as Amended, on Recoverable Critical Minerals and Materials

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

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

2026/01/07 - 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

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

2025/07/31 - Further Modifying the Reciprocal Tariff Rates

2025/07/30 - Addressing Threats to The United States by the Government of Brazil

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)