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President Trump’s Executive Orders  

As of April 24, 2025  
Over one hundred days into office, President Trump has issued numerous significant Executive Orders and recissions and sent a memorandum to administration agencies directing action in line with his priorities.    
ECONOMY / COST OF LIVING
  • Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis: Outlines measures to reduce the financial burden on American families by addressing rising costs. It includes actions to tackle inflation, lower prices for essential goods, and provide relief to families struggling with the cost of living.  
  • A Plan for Establishing a United States Sovereign Wealth Fund: Tasks Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of Commerce to develop a plan to promote US fiscal sustainability and lower taxes and enhance American economic leadership.  
  • Establishment of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile: Establishes the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and the US Digital Asset Stockpile to administer and maintain control of custodial accounts of all digital assets owned by the Department of the Treasury.  
    • The United States shall acquire Stockpile Assets only in connection with criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings or civil money penalties imposed by any agency without further executive or legislative action. 
    • Seeks to develop additional budget neutral strategies to acquire additional Government BTC and Stockpile Assets.  
  • Restoring Public Service Loan Forgiveness: Suggests revisions to 34 CFR 685.219 to exclude organizations that “engage in activities that have a substantial illegal purpose” from the definition of “public service.” 
    • The activities prescribed as illegal include aiding or abetting violations of 8 USC 1325 or other federal immigration laws, supporting terrorism, child abuse, engaging in a pattern of aiding or abetting illegal discrimination, and engaging in a pattern of violating State tort laws.  
  • Reducing Anti-Competitive Regulatory Barriers: Orders agency heads to review their rulemaking authority regarding the potential empowerment of monopolies, creation of market barriers to entry, or limiting competition. Requests recommendations on rescinding certain such regulations. 
  • Preparing Americans for High-Paying Skilled Trade Jobs of the Future: Elevates the role of the skilled trades in America’s workforce strategy, directing a sweeping federal review of workforce development programs to align more closely with in-demand skills.  
    • A central goal is to reach and surpass 1 million new active Registered Apprenticeships. 
    • Emphasizes expanding apprenticeships beyond their traditional sectors into high-growth and emerging industries, creating new opportunities for trade professions. 
    • Calls for stronger integration between trade education and federal aid programs like Perkins V, seeking to boost transparency of outcomes in employment and earnings. 
  • Lowering Drug Prices by Once Again Putting Americans First: Strengthens existing efforts to lower prescription drug costs, particularly for seniors and low-income individuals. It seeks to improve the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, align drug pricing policies across Medicare and Medicaid, and promote transparency, value-based payment, and innovation.
    • Encourages importation of lower-cost prescription drugs. 
    • Expands access to insulin and epinephrine at reduced costs. 
    • Increases transparency around pharmacy benefit manager fees. 
    • Facilitates faster approval of generics and biosimilars and recommends actions to curb anti-competitive practices in the pharmaceutical industry. 
ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT
  • Declaring a National Energy Emergency: Declares a national energy emergency to address urgent energy challenges in the US. It aims to enhance energy production, stabilize markets, and ensure national energy security by mobilizing resources and implementing measures to manage the crisis effectively. Specifically, it allows agencies to tap into emergency powers that would not otherwise be available.   
  • Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements: Directs the U.S. to prioritize its national interests in global environmental agreements and withdraws from several international agreements, including the Paris Climate Agreement. It aims to ensure that international environmental commitments do not disadvantage American industries or workers.  
  • Unleashing American Energy: This Executive Order states that it is in the “national interest to unleash America’s affordable and reliable energy and natural resources” and is focused on spurring domestic production of energy across the country. The key policy priorities of the order include:   
    • Encouraging energy exploration and production on Federal lands and waters, including on the Outer Continental Shelf.   
    • Establishing the US as the leading producer and process of non-fuel minerals, including rare earth minerals.   
    • Repealing the electric vehicle (EV) mandate, ensuring the level regulatory playing field for motor vehicles, terminating, where appropriate, state emissions waivers, and considering the elimination of unfair EV subsidies.   
    • Safeguarding America’s “freedom to choose” a range of appliances and home goods, including dishwashers and light bulbs.   
    • Requiring the global benefits of a regulation or action be reported separately from the domestic benefits.   
    • The order seeks to terminate the “Green New Deal” by requiring all agencies to immediately pause the disbursement of funds appropriated through the IRA or the IIJA. Within 90 days, all agency heads will submit a report to NEC that includes recommendations to enhance funding alignment with the policy objectives listed in this EO. No funds will be disbursed until the Director of OMB and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy have determined they are consistent with these recommendations.  
  • 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: This EO effectively rescinds the Biden administration’s last-minute effort to block offshore oil and gas drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, Pacific and most of the Bering Sea in Alaska. This action aims to evaluate the environmental, economic, and energy impacts of such projects before proceeding.   
  • Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential: Focuses on promoting the development of Alaska’s natural resources to support energy independence and economic growth, specifically in LNG. It aims to reduce regulatory barriers, enhance resource exploration, and create jobs while ensuring environmental protection.   
  • Establishing the National Energy Dominance Council: Establishes executive taskforce to advise President on energy issues and develop strategies to increase American energy output.   
  • Emergency Measures to Provide Water Resources in California and Improve Disaster Response in Certain Areas: Orders federal emergency authorities to provide sufficient water resources for firefighters in California. It also requests that federal executives review the existing California state regulations and eliminate those that may be considered unnecessarily burdensome. Additionally, it orders OMB Director to review federal funding for California land management and disaster preparedness programs.  
  • Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production: Streamlines permitting related to timber production. Requests to review and update federal policy to facilitate increased timber production and sound forest management. 
    • Seeks to modify the Good Neighbor Authority from 16 USC 2113a, stewardship contracting pursuant to 16 USC 6591c, and agreements with Indian tribes under the Tribal Forest Protection Act as contemplated by 25 USC 3115a. 
    • Orders to develop annual targets for timber to be offered for sale from Federal lands managed by BLM and USFS. 
    • Tasks to adopt categorical exclusions administratively established by other agencies to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act. It also seeks to establish new categorical exclusions for timber thinning and salvage activities. 
    • Seeks to use to the maximum extent the Endangered Species Act regulations on consultations with emergencies to facilitate timber production in the United States. It also seeks to review the ESA on the subject of legislative deficiencies in terms of improving the national timber output. 
  • Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production: Directs specified federal agencies to identify and expedite approval process for mineral production projects. This includes streamlining permitting processes and removing regulatory barriers that may hinder the development of these projects.  
  • Strengthening the Reliability and Security of the United States Electric Grid: Tasks the Department of Energy with streamlining and standardizing the processes for order issuance under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act during electricity supply disruptions. It also mandates the search for additional critical energy generation resources.  
  • Protecting American Energy from State Overreach: Orders the Attorney General to identify and halt the state legislation that impedes the approval and implementation of new energy projects.  
  • Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241: Designates coal as a “mineral” as defined in Section 2 of Executive Order 14241 and mandates to explore the possibilities of coal mining on federal lands. It also directs federal agencies to promote coal exports and support it as an energy source, especially in steel production and powering the AI data centers. Additionally, it calls for more investment in coal-extracting and processing technology.  
  • Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting to Unleash American Energy: Introduces a “zero-based” regulating approach requiring the select federal energy agencies (Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission) and the energy-related subcomponents of other federal agencies to apply Conditional Sunset Dates to existing and future regulations, causing them to expire unless explicitly extended after public review. Any existing regulation not reviewed within a year will be automatically repealed.  
    • Mandates all new energy regulations to include sunset clauses of no more than five years. 
  • Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness: Launches a comprehensive overhaul of U.S. seafood policy. It emphasizes deregulation, modernization of fisheries management, and a “Buy American” approach to seafood trade and consumption, while maintaining environmental and legal safeguards. 
    • Directs agencies to streamline regulations that hinder U.S. fishing and aquaculture industries and adopt technologies that improve real-time fishery data. 
    • Seeks to counter unfair global practices like illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and forced labor. 
    • Promotes an “America First Seafood Strategy,” including boosting seafood in public nutrition programs and reviewing the status of marine national monuments for potential reopening to commercial fishing. 
BORDER & IMMIGRATION
  • Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States: Declares a state of emergency in response to perceived security threats and challenges posed by illegal immigration and border control issues. The declaration aims to mobilize resources and implement measures to address the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border, including enhanced security and enforcement efforts. Specifically, this EO:   
    • Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to deploy units or members of the Armed Forces, including the Ready Reserve and the National Guard, to support the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in achieving operational control of the southern border.   
    • Directs the provision of necessary resources, such as detention space, transportation, and logistics services, to facilitate civilian-controlled law enforcement operations.   
    • Instructs the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to take immediate action to construct additional physical barriers along the southern border, coordinating with willing state governors to deploy infrastructure as needed.   
    • Invokes the use of military construction authority provided in section 2808 of Title 10, USC, to support the federal government's response to the emergency at the southern border.   
  • Clarifying the Military’s Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity of the United States: Defines the role of the U.S. military in safeguarding the nation's borders and territorial integrity. It emphasizes the use of military resources to defend against external threats while ensuring that military involvement in domestic affairs remains within constitutional limits.  
  • Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program: Suspends the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) effective January 27, 2025. It focuses on strengthening vetting procedures, ensuring proper integration, and increasing involvement of State and local jurisdictions in determining the placement or resettlement of refugees in their jurisdictions.   
  • Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship: Revokes birthright citizenship if both parents are unlawfully present in the United States or when the mother’s presence was lawful but temporary and the father was not a lawful citizen or permanent resident at the time of birth.   
  • Securing Our Borders: Outlines measures to enhance border security, focusing on strengthening enforcement efforts, improving infrastructure, and addressing illegal immigration. It prioritizes the protection of U.S. borders through increased staffing, advanced technology, and the implementation of policies aimed at reducing illegal crossings and ensuring national security. Specifically, this EO:   
    • Mandates the deployment and construction of both temporary and permanent physical barriers along the southern border to achieve complete operational control.  
    • Requires the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to deploy sufficient personnel to secure the southern border effectively.  
    • Instructs the Secretary of Homeland Security to detain individuals apprehended for immigration violations to the fullest legal extent, ending the "catch-and-release" practice.  
    • Directs the resumption of the Migrant Protection Protocols, ensuring that certain non-U.S. nationals remain in Mexico pending U.S. immigration proceedings.   
    • Ceases the use of the CBP One app to parole inadmissible aliens into the U.S. and terminates all categorical parole programs, including the “Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans.” Note that this change meant the reported tens of thousands of pending appointments were canceled. No specific direction has been announced on the status of the nearly one million people admitted under this program since January 2023.  
    • Directs the Attorney General and the DHS Secretary to collect DNA from detained non-citizens, fulfilling the requirements of the DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005, and use any available technologies and procedures to determine the validity of any claimed familial relationship between aliens encountered or apprehended.   
  • Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats: Focuses on strengthening security measures to safeguard the US from foreign threats, including terrorism, by enhancing intelligence, border security, and counterterrorism efforts. Effort includes implementing rigorous vetting processes for foreign nationals.   
  • Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion: Declares the immigration crisis at the southern border to be an invasion under Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution, suspending entry by migrants, barring them from invoking the INA, requiring complete medical and criminal histories for entry, and granting the Department of Homeland Security powers to take action against anyone found in violation of these new policies.   
  • Protecting the American People Against Invasion: Focuses on addressing national security threats related to illegal immigration at the US borders. It includes measures to strengthen border security and enforce immigration laws to safeguard the country from external threats and reduce illegal entry. Specifically, this EO:   
    • Revokes several previous Executive Orders related to immigration policies, including:   
    • Executive Order 13993 (Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and Priorities)   
    • Executive Order 14010 (Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework to Address the Causes of Migration, To Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and To Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the United States Border)   
    • Executive Order 14011 (Establishment of Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families)   
    • Executive Order 14012 (Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans)   
    • Emphasizes the need for strict enforcement of immigration laws against all inadmissible and removable aliens, particularly those posing threats to public safety and national security.   
    • The Secretary of Homeland Security is instructed to enable relevant agencies to set priorities that protect public safety and national security, including enforcing final removal orders.  
    • Establishes the HSTF to coordinate federal, state, and local resources for immigration enforcement.   
    • Calls for the expedited removal of individuals who recently entered the U.S. unlawfully, targeting those who crossed the border without proper documentation after a specific cutoff date.   
    • Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to evaluate the adequacy and capacity of detention facilities.   
    • Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand the 287(g) program, enabling state and local law enforcement to perform certain immigration enforcement duties.   
    • Mandates a review of countries refusing to accept their nationals who are subject to deportation; directs the Secretary of State to implement visa sanctions against non-compliant countries under Section 243(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).   
    • Directs DOJ and DHS to evaluate sanctuary cities to ensure they do not receive access to Federal funds and authorizes the DOJ to take any additional action necessary against jurisdictions that interfere with the enforcement of federal law.   
    • Mandates strict enforcement of the public charge rule to ensure that immigrants are self-sufficient; directs agencies to issue updated guidance on applying public charge inadmissibility grounds.   
    • Authorizes ICE and CBP to significantly increase the number of officers and agents, subject to appropriations.   
  • Expanding Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to Full Capacity: Provides additional detention space for high-priority criminal aliens and addresses immigration enforcement needs of the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security.   
  • Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders: Orders review of federal funding programs that may go towards harboring or otherwise assisting undocumented immigrants.  
  • Restoring America’s Maritime Dominance: Directs the creation of a Maritime Action Plan (MAP) to revitalize the U.S. maritime industrial base and strengthen national security. It mandates supply chain assessments, investment strategies, and tariff actions (especially under Section 301) against China-dominated maritime equipment, while also proposing stricter customs enforcement for cargo routed through Canada or Mexico to avoid U.S. harbor fees. 
    • Initiates the Maritime Security Trust Fund, Maritime Prosperity Zones, and shipbuilding proposals to attract allied investment and revitalize coastal communities.  
    • Directs reviews and reforms of procurement, workforce development, and cargo preference laws. 
    • Seeks to expand the U.S. commercial fleet.  
    • Of note: Directs to leverage Title III of the Defense Production Act and private capital to rebuild supply chains, shipyards, and ports, specifically with the guidance to use the Office of Strategic Capital loan program.  
    • Expands the Section 301 to include any equipment made by the entities “substantially influenced” by Chinese nationals.  
    • Proposes educational maritime programs for both American and foreign nationals.  
    • Aims to streamline the mariner credentialing process and establish cross-recognition for U.S. Navy and Reserve sailors. 
    • Orders to increase the Inactive Reserve Fleet readiness. 
TAX & TRADE
  • America First Trade Policy: Outlines a shift towards prioritizing U.S. economic interests in trade agreements and practices. It focuses on protecting American workers, businesses, and industries by addressing unfair trade practices, reducing trade deficits, and ensuring that international trade agreements benefit the U.S. economy. Highlights include the following agency reports, all of which are due by April 1, 2025:  
    • Commerce, in consultation with Treasury and USTR, will investigate the causes of trade deficits and “recommend appropriate measures, such as a global supplemental tariff…”   
    • Treasury, in consultation with Commerce and Homeland Security, will evaluate the feasibility of establishing an External Revenue Service.   
    • USTR, in consultation with Treasury, Commerce, and the Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing, will review unfair trade practices by other countries and make recommendations to remedy such practices.  
    • USTR will assess the impact of USMCA and begin the statutory public consultation process for 2026 USMCA review.  
    • USTR will review existing free trade agreements and recommend revisions.   
    • USTR will identify countries with which the U.S. can negotiate new bilateral trade agreements.  
    • Treasury, in consultation with Commerce and USTR, will determine which countries may be charging discriminatory or extraterritorial taxes.  
    • USTR will review China’s compliance with the Phase 1 agreement and recommend appropriate actions to be taken, including “the imposition of tariffs or other measures needed.”  
    • USTR will consider additional modifications to Chinese products subject to Section 301 tariffs.  
    • Commerce and USTR will assess legislative proposals related to China Permanent Normal Trade Relations.   
    • Treasury, in consultation with Commerce, will review Outbound Investment regulations and make recommendations.  
    • Commerce and Homeland Security will assess unlawful migration and fentanyl flows from Canada, Mexico, and China and recommend appropriate trade and national security measures.  
    • While no tariffs were specifically outlined, we should note that Trump, while signing the memorandum, did indicate to reporters that tariffs could be coming soon. Specifically, he mentioned a 25 percent tariff on Canada and Mexico “because they’re allowing vast numbers of people to come in and fentanyl to come in” and mused that “I think we’ll do it February 1.” He also stated that he could move forward on Chinese tariffs to curb fentanyl and its influence in the Panama Canal. Such tariffs could also be used if China does not agree to his solution on the potential TikTok ban.   
    • Of note: In the “America First Trade Policy” memo, President Trump directed Treasury to evaluate possible retaliatory tax measures aimed at foreign countries and companies: “(j)  The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative, shall investigate whether any foreign country subjects United States citizens or corporations to discriminatory or extraterritorial taxes pursuant to section 891 of title 26, USC.” Section 891 is a vague piece of tax law that gives the president significant latitude. The doubled tax would apply to US taxpaying entities (including subsidiaries). But this likely would be targeted by country, focused on companies from countries involved with OECD Pillar 2 – those who have enacted UTPRs that would impact US companies doing business within their borders.  
  • The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Global Tax Deal: Declares that any commitments made by the prior administration with respect to the Global Tax Deal have no force or effect. It aims to implement measures that ensure fairer international taxation.   
  • Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology: Promotes public access to blockchain and establishes an executive taskforce to develop a regulatory framework for digital asset markets. It also prohibits the use of the Central Bank Digital Currencies in the US.   
  • Imposing Duties to Address the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China: Expands the national emergency status to include China and introduces additional 10% tariffs on imported PRC products.  
    • If China retaliates, the President can further increase the tariffs. 
    • The Secretary of Homeland Security is ordered to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States in compliance with the instructions.  
    • The Secretary of Homeland Security is also tasked to monitor the threats from China in terms of the posed risks to the US national security. 
    • Excludes the imported Chinese products under “domestic status” as defined in 19 CFR 146.63 and those encompassed by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b). 
  • Imposing Duties to Address the Situation at Our Southern Border: Expands the national emergency status to Mexico and introduces additional 25% tariffs on imported Mexican products. 
    • If Mexico retaliates, the President can further increase the tariffs. 
    • The Secretary of Homeland Security is ordered to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States in compliance with the instructions.  
    • The Secretary of Homeland Security is also tasked to monitor the threats from Mexico in terms of the posed risks to the US national security. 
    • Excludes the imported Mexican products under “domestic status” as defined in 19 CFR 146.63 and those encompassed by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b). 
  • Imposing Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border: Tasks federal agencies to strengthen northern border security and cooperate against drug trafficking. It also imposes additional tariffs on imported Canadian goods and includes the US-Canada border into the previously declared national emergency.  
    • Canada should contribute to stopping the drug trafficking and illegal immigration to the US.  
    • All products of Canada as described by the Federal Register notice are taxed at 25%, except for energy resources, which are taxed at 10%. 
    • If Canada retaliates, the President can further increase the tariffs. 
    • The Secretary of Homeland Security is ordered to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States in compliance with the instructions.  
    • Excludes the imported Canadian products under “domestic status” as defined in 19 CFR 146.63 and those encompassed by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b). 
  • Progress on the Situation at Our Southern Border: Postpones the tariffs on Mexican products introduced by the “Imposing Duties to Address the Situation at Our Southern Border” Executive Order by at least a month, until March 4, 2025. 
  • Progress on the Situation at Our Northern Border: Postpones the tariffs on Canadian products introduced by the “Imposing Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border” Executive Order by at least a month, until March 4, 2025. 
  • Amendment to Duties Addressing the Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China: Allows duty-free de-minimis treatment under 19 U.S.C. 1321 for otherwise eligible covered articles described in the “Imposing Duries to Address the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China” Executive Order. 
    • The de-minimis treatment will be in place until the deployment of “adequate systems to fully and expediently process and collect tariff revenue.” 
  • Amendment to Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border: Allows duty-free de-minimis treatment under 19 U.S.C. 1321 for otherwise eligible covered articles described in the “Imposing Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border” Executive Order. 
    • The de-minimis treatment will be in place until the deployment of “adequate systems to fully and expediently process and collect tariff revenue.” 
  • Amendment to Duties to Address the Situation at Our Southern Border: Allows duty-free de-minimis treatment under 19 U.S.C. 1321 for otherwise eligible covered articles described in the “Imposing Duties to Address the Situation at Our Southern Border” Executive Order. 
  • The de-minimis treatment will be in place until the deployment of “adequate systems to fully and expediently process and collect tariff revenue.” 
  • Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China: Changes the tariffs on imports from China to be 20% instead of 10%.  
  • Amendment to Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border: Exempts the articles that enter the US free of duty as a good of Canada under the terms of general note 11 to the HTSUS from being taxed. 
    • Includes any treatment set forth in the subchapter XXIII of chapter 98 and subchapter XXII of chapter 99 of HTSUS, as related to USMCA. 
    • Tariff on the potash that does not fall under the previously outlined criteria is reduced to 10% instead of 25%. 
  • Amendment to Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Southern Border: Exempts the articles that enter the US free of duty as a good of Mexico under the terms of general note 11 to the HTSUS from being taxed. 
    • Includes any treatment set forth in the subchapter XXIII of chapter 98 and subchapter XXII of chapter 99 of HTSUS, as related to USMCA. 
    • Tariff on the potash that does not fall under the previously outlined criteria is reduced to 10% instead of 25%. 
  • Further Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China as Applied to Low-Value Imports: Makes the low-value goods from China non-exempt from de minimis treatment and mandates their import through the Automated Commercial Environment. 
    • Adds duties on postal shipments from China and Hong Kong making carriers responsible for making payments to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 
  • Amendment to Reciprocal Tariffs and Updated Duties as Applied to Low-Value Imports from the People’s Republic of China: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States so that the import tariffs on Chinese goods are now 84%. 
    • Increases the de minimis tariff to 90% and the postal item duty up to $150. 
  • Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security: Orders to pause and review the ongoing FCPA investigations and enforcements based on their contributions to American interests and cease the initiation of any new ones. It also tasks the Attorney General with revising the FCPA enforcement guidelines to better align with the U.S. foreign policy and economic priorities. 
  • Addressing the Threat to National Security from Imports of Copper: Tasks the Secretary of Commerce with reviewing the impact of copper imports on the American economy and preparing the nation for recalibrating its copper production towards the domestic market.  
  • Addressing the Threat to National Security from Imports of Timber, Lumber: Tasks the Secretary of Commerce with reviewing the impact of timber imports on the American economy and preparing the nation for recalibrating its timber production towards the domestic market. 
  • Imposing Tariffs on Countries Importing Venezuelan Oil: Grants the Secretary of State the authority to impose a 25% import tariff on all goods from any country that imports Venezuelan oil. Creates a mechanism for rescinding this tariff in at least 1 year after the selected country stops importing Venezuelan oil.  
  • Regulating Imports with a Reciprocal Tariff to Rectify Trade Practices that Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits: Imposes an additional 10% tariff on all US imports.  
    • Excludes (i) all articles that are encompassed by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b), (ii) all articles and derivatives of steel and aluminum outlined in Section 232 of the 1962 Trade Expansion Act, (iii) all automobiles and automotive parts outlined in Section 232 of the 1962 Trade Expansion Act, and (iv) several products enumerated in Annex II to this Executive Order (including copper, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, lumber articles, certain critical minerals, energy, and energy products).  
    • Also excludes all articles from a trading partner subject to the rates in Column 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and all articles that may be subject to future actions based on the Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act.  
    • Also excludes goods qualifying under USMCA and those with at least one-fifth of American content or substantially finished in the United States.  
  • Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Trading Partner Retaliation and Alignment: Suspends specific trade tariff structures to impose more targeted economic measures against China. Imposes a 125% tariff on certain Chinese goods and reviews relevant provisions in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.  
    • Increases the duty on synthetic opioid-related imports from China to 120%. 
    • Increases postal item fees for low-value shipments from China to between $100 and $200.
    • Adds a 10% ad valorem tariff for all the countries listed in Annex I to the Executive Order 14257, suspending existing duty preferences. 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
  • Regulatory Freeze Pending Review: Halts the implementation of new regulations and executive actions until they undergo a thorough review. This pause aims to assess the impact of existing and proposed rules on the economy, public health, and safety, ensuring that they align with the administration's priorities and goals.  
  • Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government: Aims to prevent the misuse of federal agencies for political purposes. It establishes measures to protect individuals and organizations from undue government scrutiny or retaliation, ensuring that federal agencies operate impartially and fairly without bias or political influence.  
  • Return to In-Person Work: Mandates that heads of all departments and agencies in the executive branch terminate remote work arrangements as soon as possible, with necessary exemptions.   
  • Hiring Freeze: Imposes a temporary freeze on hiring for federal government positions, with certain exemptions. This measure is intended to reduce the size of the federal workforce and streamline operations while maintaining necessary staffing for critical functions.  
  • Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce: Establishes new standards for federal employees in policy-influencing roles. It aims to ensure transparency, prevent conflicts of interest, and restore public trust by holding appointees and senior officials accountable for their actions and decisions in the federal workforce. 
  • Holding Former Government Officials Accountable for Election Interference and Improper Disclosure of Sensitive Governmental Information: Outlines measures to investigate and hold accountable former government officials who engaged in election interference or unlawfully disclose sensitive government information and revokes the security clearances of 50 intelligence officials who, in 2020, “misrepresented information” regarding Hunter Biden's laptop, including former National Security Advisor John Bolton.   
  • Memorandum to Resolve the Backlog of Security Clearances for Executive Office of the President Personnel: Dictates that the White House Council provide the White House Security Office with a list of personnel to be immediately granted interim Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) and access to the White House complex.  
  • Reforming the Federal Hiring Process and Restoring Merit to Government Service: Implements a new federal hiring plan in collaboration with the Department of Government Efficiency.   
  • Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing: Eliminates diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs within federal agencies that are deemed ineffective or wasteful.  
  • Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture: Emphasizes the importance of aesthetic and high-quality design in federal buildings. It directs federal agencies to prioritize the construction of visually appealing, sustainable, and functional buildings that reflect American values and enhance the public’s interaction with government structures.  
  • Establishing and Implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency”: Reorganizes the United States Digital Service into DOGE within the Executive Office of the President. Establishes DOGE teams of at least four people in all executive agencies. It also launches the Software Modernization Initiative for government departments. 
  • Restoring Accountability for Career Senior Executives: Aims to reinforce accountability within the federal workforce, specifically targeting Career Senior Executive Service (SES) officials. It establishes new guidelines for evaluating performance.  
  • Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation: Mandates federal agencies to repeal ten existing regulations for every new one. It also directs federal agencies to develop guidelines for additional deregulation and ensure that the total incremental cost for all new regulations is less than zero for FY25.   
  • Eliminating the Federal Executive Institute: Eliminates the Federal Executive Institute, a program that provided leadership training for bureaucrats. It also repeals all previous related orders and regulations.   
  • Implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Workforce Optimization Initiative: Directs federal agencies to hire no more than one employee for every four employees that depart, rely on DOGE hiring approvals, prioritize high-need areas for new hires, and initiate large-scale reductions in force for non-essential functions.  
    • Exemptions are provided to the functions related to public safety, immigration enforcement, law enforcement, and national security.   
    • Gives the OPM Director capacity to grant additional exemptions. 
  • Council to Assess the Federal Emergency Management Agency: Establishes the FEMA Review Council and orders it to collect information and report on FEMA’s capability to respond to natural disasters. It also requests the Council to explore possible alternatives to FEMA assistance during the time of related catastrophes. 
  • Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies: Establishes performance standards and management objectives for agency heads. It also orders readjustment of budgetary apportionments and increases agencies’ responsiveness to the White House. 
    • The order does not apply to the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors or to the Federal Open Market Committee regarding their conduct of monetary policy. 
  • Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Deregulatory Initiative: Tasks DOGE teams and agency heads to review existing executive regulations regarding potential unconstitutionality, harm to national well-being or interests, or excessiveness.  
    • The order does not apply to any action related to the military, national security, homeland security, foreign affairs, or immigration-related function of the US. 
    • Neither does it apply to the executive branch’s employee management or any other exceptions by the OMB Director. 
  • Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy: Minimizes the staffing and legal activities of the following agencies: 
    • The Presidio Trust; 
    • The Inter-American Foundation; 
    • The United States African Development Foundation; 
    • The United States Institute of Peace. 
    • It also revokes the Presidential Memorandum of November 13, 1961, and changes the language and structure of the corresponding sections in the Code of Federal Regulations.  
  • Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy: Minimizes the staffing and legal activities of the following agencies: 
    • The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; 
    • The United States Agency for Global Media; 
    • The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in the Smithsonian Institution; 
    • The Institute of Museum and Library Services; 
    • The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness; 
    • The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund; 
    • The Minority Business Development Agency. 
    • It also instructs the OMB to reject all related funding requests for the listed organizations. 
  • Implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Cost Efficiency Initiative: Introduces several federal money-saving practices within all executive agencies. 
    • Seeks to centralize the database of existing federal grants and facilitate their potential revocations or freezes. 
    • With input from DOGE, agency heads must review their existing contracts and grants on the subject of necessity. 
    • With input from DOGE and in accordance with the priorities of President Trump’s administration, agency heads are to develop new guidelines on approving grants, signing new contracts, and modifying existing contracts.  
    • Halts non-essential travel funding for federal employees.  
    • Temporarily freezes federal employees’ government-issued credit cards. 
    • With input from DOGE, orders agency heads to review the existing real government property leases and arrange the partial disposition of the unnecessary facilities.  
    • The order does not apply to law enforcement and national security services. 
  • Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities: Dismantles the Department of Education, instructing the Secretary of Education to transfer the Department’s authority over education-related issues to the states.  
  • Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpaying Dollars by Consolidating Procurement: Consolidates all federal agencies procurement under the jurisdiction of GSA. It instructs executive agency heads to submit their procurement proposals to be reviewed by the GSA Administrator and the OMB Director. Also, this Executive Order re-emphasizes the administration’s commitment to reducing bureaucracy and cutting unnecessary spending.  
  • Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos: Streamlines federal employees’ access to all unclassified government information and its equivalents. It also includes data about state programs that receive federal funding. 
    • The Secretary of Labor is to receive unfettered access to all unemployment data and related records.  
    • Classified information policies are to be reviewed on the subject of their relevance to protecting national security interests.  
  • Modernizing Payments to and from America’s Bank Account: orders the phaseout of paper checks for all federal disbursements and replaces them with electronic funds transfers.  
    • Excludes individuals without access to banking services or electronic transfers, certain emergency payments, national security and law enforcement-related activities, and other circumstances determined by the Secretary of the Treasury.   
  • Protecting America’s Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse: mandates enhanced Treasury-led pre-certification verification for federal agency payments. It also calls for consolidating financial systems, reducing or revoking agencies’ independent disbursing authority, and centralizing disbursements under Treasury oversight. 
    • Agencies are required to submit detailed compliance plans and revise data-sharing policies under the Privacy Act. 
  • Exclusion from Federal Labor – Management Relations Programs: Expands the exemption from unionization and collective bargaining rights, invoking national security grounds under Chapter 71 of Title 5 and Subchapter X of Chapter 52 of Title 22, USC, to the following federal agencies and subdivisions: 
    • Department of State; 
    • Department of Defense (with possible exclusions); 
    • Department of the Treasury (except for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing); 
    • Department of Veterans Affairs (with possible exclusions); 
    • Department of Justice; 
    • Within Department of Health and Human Services: 
    • Office of the Secretary; 
    • FDA; 
    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 
    • Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response; 
    • Office of the General Counsel; 
    • Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families; 
    • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health; 
    • Within Department of Homeland Security: 
    • Office of the Secretary; 
    • Office of the General Counsel; 
    • Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans; 
    • Management Directorate; 
    • Science and Technology Directorate; 
    • Office of Health Security; 
    • Office of Homeland Security Situational Awareness; 
    • US Citizenship and Immigration Services; 
    • ICE; 
    • US Coast Guard; 
    • CISA; 
    • FEMA; 
    • Within Department of the Interior: 
    • Office of the Secretary; 
    • Bureau of Land Management; 
    • Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement; 
    • Bureau of Ocean Energy Management; 
    • Department of Energy (except for FERC); 
    • Within Department of Agriculture: 
    • Food Safety and Inspection Service; 
    • Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; 
    • Within Department of Commerce: 
    • International Trade Administration; 
    • EPA; 
    • USAID; 
    • Nuclear Regulatory Commission; 
    • National Science Foundation; 
    • US International Trade Commission; 
    • Federal Communications Commission; 
    • General Services Administration; 
    • Within each agency listed in USC Title 5, Section 101; Social Security Administration and the Office of Personnel Management: 
    • Office of the Chief Information Officer; 
    • Any other agency or subdivision that has information resources management duties as the agency or subdivision’s primary duty; 
    • Subdivisions of departments employing foreign service officers (Department of State and USAID); 
    • Department of Transportation (at the discretion of the Secretary). 
  • Establishing the United States Investment Accelerator: Establishes the United States Investment Accelerator office within the Department of Commerce. The purpose of the Investment Accelerator is to facilitate and accelerate investments above $1B in the US economy by assisting investors as they navigate American regulatory policies.  
  • Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base: Mandates a comprehensive overhaul of the Department of Defense’s acquisition system, aiming to streamline and deregulate it. The Department of Defense shall develop a plan that incorporates contractual applications of existing fast-track authorities, such as Other Transactions Authority, commercial solutions, and Rapid Capabilities Offices.  
    • Additionally, this Executive Order requires a review and simplification of DoD’s internal regulations, applying a “ten-for-one” rule. 
    • DoD shall right-size and retrain its acquisition workforce, including performance metrics tied to innovative procurement strategies and deployment of field training teams.  
    • Orders the review of major defense acquisition programs regarding their potential over-budgeting or misalignment. 
    • Also orders the review of the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System to accelerate requirements development. 
  • Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement: Reforms the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to retain only those provisions required by law or necessary for clarity, efficiency, or national/economic security. Executive agencies are to align their supplemental regulations accordingly and adhere to new streamlining guidance. 
    • FAR provisions not required by statute may be set to expire after four years unless renewed. 
  • Restoring Common Sense to Federal Office Space Management: Revokes Executive Orders 12072 and 13006, intending to remove government facilities from central business districts and historic properties and encourage them to settle in more cost-effective locations.  
  • Ensuring Commercial, Cost-Effective Solutions in Federal Contracts: Prioritizes the procurement of commercially available products and services over custom-built, government-unique solutions. It directs agencies to review ongoing and future non-commercial procurements to ensure compliance with the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act. 
    • Agencies must justify non-commercial procurements with detailed market research and cost analysis, subject to oversight by senior procurement officials. 
    • OMB may be consulted on major non-commercial procurement proposals to ensure consistent application of commercial-first procurement policies. 
FOREIGN POLICY / NATIONAL SECURITY
MISCELLANEOUS
  • Initial Recissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions: Rescinds several previous Executive Orders and Actions deemed harmful to public health, the environment, workers' rights, and equity. It focuses on reversing policies that undermine environmental protection, worker safety, and civil rights while advancing a fairer and more just governance.  
    • Of note: In this EO, President Trump rescinded President Biden’s 2023 AI Executive Order (EO 14110), “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence,” signaling a sharp, inevitable pivot toward deregulation. While the repeal underscores Trump’s focus on fostering rapid AI growth through reduced oversight, parts of Biden’s framework may still find their place in the new administration’s approach – especially where energy and AI policy intersect. Trump’s repeal discards those regulatory measures, with the administration instead emphasizing “unleashing energy development” to power AI infrastructure. This approach prioritizes energy expansion – particularly fossil fuels – to support the data-intensive needs of AI systems. Trump’s declaration of a national energy emergency introduces a notable dimension to AI policy. Framed as a strategy to lower energy costs and bolster domestic production, the move is tied to supporting energy-intensive sectors like AI. This shift could build on certain aspects of Biden’s AI-related energy initiatives, such as using the Defense Production Act to strengthen AI infrastructure – though with a clear pivot toward fossil fuels and mineral extraction over clean energy. Rather than a blanket reversal, Trump’s approach may still selectively retain policies that align with his administration’s goals. The intertwining of energy expansion with AI development suggests a strategic recalibration of Biden-era efforts, focusing on economic growth, public-private partnerships, and technological leadership.  
  • Additional Recissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions: Rescinds more of the previous Executive Orders and Actions deemed harmful to the economy, environment, public health, and equity. 
    • Of note: President Trump rescinded several Presidential Determinations pursuant to Section 303 of the Defense Production Act of 1950. These Determinations allowed for solar photovoltaic modules and module components, insulation, electrolyzers, fuel cells, platinum group metals, and electric heat pumps to be included in government contracts for defense purposes. This step may hint at President Trump’s intention to further limit the scope and outreach of the federal government, as well as his skepticism about eco-friendly consumption and manufacturing.   
  • Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship: Directs the federal government to halt practices that may infringe on free speech, including censorship or undue influence over public discourse. It emphasizes protecting individuals' rights to express themselves freely without government interference and seeks to prevent improper coordination between federal agencies and private companies that may limit speech.  
  • Granting Pardons and Commutation of Sentences for Certain Offenses Relating to the Events at or Near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021: Commutes the sentences of 14 individuals and grants pardons to all individuals convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.    
  • Restoring Names that Honor American Greatness: Aims to celebrate the legacy of American heroes by naming landmarks, natural wonders, and art in their honor. Builds a Board on Geographic Names to carry out this process, first focusing on renaming Mount Denali to Mount McKinley in honor of President William McKinley and renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.   
  • Flying the Flag of the United States at Full-Staff on Inauguration Day: Orders that all US flags, both in the United States and at all facilities abroad, will be flown at full staff on Inauguration Day.   
  • Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Releases all federal records related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  
  • Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence: Streamlines federal policies and regulations directed at AI. Orders to develop a policy plan that will help in establishing American AI dominance. 
  • Celebrating America’s 250th Birthday: Establishes a task force to plan the celebration of the 250th anniversary of American Independence on July 4, 2026. It also reinstates orders on building culturally and historically significant monuments and protecting them from vandalism.  
  • Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families: Allocates funds for parents to send their children to schools of their choice, including private, faith-based, and public charter schools. It also expands education opportunities for children in low-income families, military families, and the children eligible for Bureau of Indian Education schools. 
  • Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism: Directs federal agencies to address antisemitic incidents and related civil rights violations, specifically in schools and universities. 
  • Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias: Establishes a Department of Justice taskforce to review and repeal any unlawful anti-Christian policies in all executive agencies and other possible instances. 
  • Establishment of the White House Faith Office: Establishes the White House Faith Office to lead the federal initiatives and consult national executives on protecting religious freedoms and supporting American faith-based entities. It also amends the previous related Executive Orders to reflect this change.  
  • Protecting Second Amendment Rights: Tasks Attorney General with reviewing the existing laws and regulations that potentially infringe on the Second Amendment rights of American citizens.   
  • Establishing the President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission: Prioritizes improvement of American healthcare and benefits, tasking the MAHA Commission with addressing the childhood chronic disease crisis and other children health problems. It also emphasized the need to make healthcare more transparent and affordable.  
  • Keeping Education Accessible and Ending COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates in Schools: Repeals the vaccine mandates in schools and withdraws federal grants and funding from the educational establishments that do not comply with the new vaccination policy. 
  • Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety: Tasks Attorney General with overseeing the effectiveness of capital punishment across the country by reviewing relevant state jurisdictions and court precedents. It also orders the Attorney General to seek death penalty for every federal capital crime involving (i) the murder of a law-enforcement officer and (ii) a capital crime committed by an illegal alien. 
  • Expanding Access to In Vitro Fertilization: Tasks the Domestic Policy Assistant to the President with developing a plan to lower IVF costs nationwide.  
  • Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients with Clear, Accurate, and Actionable Healthcare Pricing Information: Orders to rapidly implement and enforce the healthcare price regulations pursuant to Executive Order 13877. It requests to replace estimates with exact prices of items and services, ensuring that the pricing information is standardized and easily accessible across various health plans and hospitals.  
  • Designating English as the Official Language of the United States: Revokes Executive Order 13166 (Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency) and orders the Attorney General to rescind all federal policy guidance pursuant to it.  
  • Nothing in this order requires or directs any change in the services provided by federal agencies.  
  • Honoring Jocelyn Nungaray: Renames the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge into the Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge.  
  • Establishing the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026: Establishes the White House task force to assist in the planning, organization, and execution of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2026 FIFA World Cup.  
    • The Task Force is established on the grounds and with funding from the Department of Homeland Security.  
  • Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness: Authorizes the development of a National Resilience Strategy and orders to update the critical infrastructure and national continuity policies, shifting from all-hazards to risk-informed approach and extending local governments’ involvement in national resilience and preparedness. It also tasks administration officials to review the federal preparedness and response policies and identify ways to improve the response time and quality. 
  • Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections: Includes the proof of citizenship requirement in mail voter registration forms. It also requests that the Secretary of Homeland Security identify people who have unlawfully voted or registered to vote in American elections. Additionally, it enhances data sharing among federal and state entities and prioritizes prosecution of voter fraud. 
    • The EAC must update standards to prohibit barcode-only ballots (except for accessibility) and require paper-verifiable records. 
    • Ballots received after Election Day may not be counted in federal races, with funding consequences for noncompliant states. 
    • Reemphasizes the rescindment of Executive Order 14019.  
  • Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful: Orders to intensify crime fighting and prevention in the District of Columbia, mandating interagency cooperation, engagement with local authorities, and deployment of additional personnel in most visited city areas. Additionally, it mandates the beautification of the District of Columbia through monuments and facilities restoration, cleanups, and encampment removals. 
  • Combating Unfair Practices in the Live Entertainment Market: Orders the Federal Trade Commission to take further action against the unfair and deceptive conduct in the secondary entertainment ticketing market. Mandates more active enforcement of the Better Online Ticket Sales Act.  
  • Extending the TikTok Enforcement Delay: Postpones the TikTok ban until June 19, 2025.  
  • Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads: Rescinds the Definition of Showerhead in 86 Fed. Reg. 71797, including the definition of “showerhead” codified at 10 C.F.R. 430.2. 
  • White House Initiative to Promote Excellence and Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Reestablishes the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) within the Executive Office of the President, with a mission to expand HBCUs’ access to private-sector partnerships, federal funding, and institutional support. It also revives the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs and charges it with providing recommendations directly to the President, while mandating an annual summit and report to evaluate progress. The order revokes a prior initiative and dissolves a separate advisory council. 
    • Sharpens the Initiative’s focus on elevating HBCUs’ role in high-growth sectors like healthcare, tech, and advanced manufacturing. 
    • It also aims to hold states accountable for matching funds to 1890 Land-Grant Institutions. 
    • Authorizes agency collaboration to secure research and development funds for HBCUs. 
  • Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth: Establishes a taskforce to coordinate federal efforts in integrating AI into education systems with a focus on K-12 instruction, educator training, and workforce development. It also launches a Presidential AI Challenge and directs agencies to prioritize programs that expand AI literacy and skill-building. 
ANTI-DEI
  • Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity:  Orders the termination of DEI and DEIA programs, policies, and activities at the executive level and enforcement of these policies at the private level. Aims to streamline employment procedures.  
  • Keeping Americans Safe in Aviation: Aims to protect Americans entrusting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) through the elimination of DEI programs and hiring policies to ensure employees have certain physical capabilities, competence, and achievement.   
  • Enforcing the Hyde Amendment: Ends federal funding for elective abortions.  
  • Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation: Prohibits federal support for medical procedures that alter a child’s sex. 
  • Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling: Supports patriotic education initiatives and prohibits federal funding for schools that teach or practice gender ideology or discriminatory equity. It also directs the enforcement of parental rights protections. 
  • Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports: Replaces identity-based categories in sports with sex-based categories, orders the Secretary of Education to rescind funding from noncompliant programs, and directs the Secretary of State to promote sex-based sports categorization internationally. It also prohibits the participation of transitional male-to-female athletes in sports in the United States. 
  • Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government: Recognizes two sexes, male and female. Draws strict legal distinctions between men and women and withdraws funding from the agencies and organizations that promote “gender ideology.” 
  • Restoring Truth and Sanity to the American History: Mandates the Vice President to oversee reforms to the Smithsonian Institution and Department of the Interior that align with a vision of American history free from what the administration defines as improper partisan ideology. It also orders restoration of historical monuments and infrastructure, specifically the Independence National Historical Park in time for America’s 250th birthday. 
  • Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education: Directs the Department of Education to reform accreditation practices by holding accreditors accountable for unlawful conduct and by aligning accreditation standards with student-centered outcomes. It seeks to eliminate what it deems discriminatory practices disguised as DEI requirements. It also promotes accreditor competition, accelerates institutional innovation through experimental pathways, and aims to streamline both accreditor recognition and institutional transitions between accreditors. 
  • Reinstating Common Sense School Discipline Policies: Directs a rollback of school discipline practices tied to equity ideology, mandating new federal guidance and investigations into programs promoting such methods. It aims to replace these with discipline policies rooted in traditional values, alleged fairness, and non-discrimination. 
    • Redefines “Behavior Modification Techniques” to include any discipline policies based on equity ideology. 
    • Calls for a comprehensive federal review of past Title VI investigations and federally funded nonprofits promoting these techniques. 
  • Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy: Revokes previous Presidential approvals for certain Title VI regulations and deprioritizes the enforcement of disparate-impact liability in federal laws and regulations, including those under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 
ANTI-BIG LAW
  • Addressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLP: Suspends active security clearances of the Perkins Coie LLP employees. It also instructs to look for the government goods and services provided for the benefit of Perkins Coie. Additionally, it reviews the existing government contracts with Perkins Coie on the subject of discrimination. Lastly, it launches an investigation of the alleged discriminatory practices of large law firms and seeks to stop the federal government’s cooperation with Perkins Coie wherever possible. 
  • Addressing Risks from Paul Weiss: Suspends active security clearances of the Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison LLP employees. It also orders to identify government goods and services provided for the benefit of Paul Weiss. Additionally, it reviews the existing government contracts with Paul Weiss on the subject of discrimination. Lastly, it seeks to stop the federal government’s cooperation with Paul Weiss wherever possible. 
  • Addressing Remedial Action by Paul Weiss: Revokes Executive Order 14237. 
  • Addressing Risks from Jenner & Block: Suspends active security clearances of the Jenner & Block LLP employees and limits their access to government buildings. It also seeks to limit the federal government’s employees’ engagement with the employees of Jenner & Block and reviews the existing government contracts with Jenner & Block based on its potential violation of national interests. 
  • Addressing Risks from WilmerHale: Suspends active security clearances of the Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP employees and limits their access to government buildings. It also seeks to limit the federal government’s employees’ engagement with the employees of WilmerHale and reviews the existing government contracts with WilmerHale based on its potential violation of national interests. 
  • Addressing Risks from Susman Godfrey: Suspends active security clearances of the Susman Godfrey LLP employees and limits their access to government buildings. It also seeks to limit the federal government’s employees’ engagement with the employees of Susman Godfrey and reviews the existing government contracts with Susman Godfrey based on its potential violation of national interests. 
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