E.O.14174
Revocation of Certain Executive Orders
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8637
E.O.14173
Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8633
Directs all federal executive agencies to end diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and DEIA-related policies, programs, and preferences, and to enforce existing civil-rights laws instead. Revokes several prior executive orders and a 2016 presidential memorandum promoting diversity initiatives, including Executive Order 11246 on equal employment opportunity, with a 90-day transition period for federal contractors. Directs the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to stop promoting diversity, affirmative action, and workforce balancing based on race, sex, religion, or national origin. Requires agencies to add anti-discrimination compliance terms to contracts and grants, and directs the Office of Management and Budget to remove DEI-related language from federal procurement and grant procedures. Requires the Attorney General, within 120 days, to submit a report recommending enforcement strategies against illegal private-sector DEI practices, including potential investigations of corporations, nonprofits, and universities. Also requires the Attorney General and Secretary of Education to jointly issue guidance on complying with the Supreme Court's Students for Fair Admissions ruling. Exempts veterans' preferences and protected First Amendment speech.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14172
Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8629
Directs federal agencies to review and consider replacing their appointees to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names within seven days, and instructs the reconstituted Board to advance a policy of naming federal sites to honor "visionary and patriotic Americans." Orders the Secretary of the Interior, within 30 days, to reinstate the name "Mount McKinley" for North America's highest peak (while the surrounding Denali National Park and Preserve keeps its name) and to work with Alaska Native and local groups on names for other landmarks. Also directs the Secretary, within 30 days, to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America" in official federal records, maps, and documents, updating the Geographic Names Information System accordingly. Allows the Secretary to seek public input on further name changes ahead of the nation's 250th anniversary and to recommend them to the President through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. States it does not alter existing agency authority or create enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14171
Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8625
Reinstates Executive Order 13957 from October 2020, which created an excepted-service employment category for federal employees in confidential, policy-determining, policy-making, or policy-advocating positions, and renames that category from Schedule F to Schedule Policy/Career. It amends that prior order's procedures for identifying and moving employees into this schedule, and adds language clarifying that such employees need not personally or politically support the president but must faithfully implement administration policies or face dismissal. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to amend Civil Service Regulations to rescind a 2024 rule that would impede this schedule's implementation, and to issue guidance within 30 days on additional position categories agencies should consider for the schedule. Revokes Executive Order 14003, which had protected the federal workforce, and directs agency heads to review and rescind related actions on discipline and performance policies.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14170
Reforming the Federal Hiring Process and Restoring Merit to Government Service
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8621
Directs the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, working with the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Personnel Management, and the Department of Government Efficiency, to develop within 120 days a Federal Hiring Plan for executive agencies. The plan must prioritize candidates committed to constitutional government and efficiency, bar hiring decisions based on race, sex, or religion, apply technical and alternative assessments required by the Chance to Compete Act of 2024, cut government-wide time-to-hire to under 80 days, improve communication with applicants, use data analytics and digital tools in recruiting, and involve agency leadership in the hiring process. It also requires agency-specific plans for allocating Senior Executive Service positions at listed agencies, including Cabinet departments, the Environmental Protection Agency, and others, and directs the Office of Personnel Management to set performance metrics and consult with agencies, labor organizations, and stakeholders to track the reforms' progress. Applies to federal executive branch hiring practices generally.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14169
Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8619
Declares that U.S. foreign assistance must align with the President's foreign policy and directs an immediate 90-day pause on new obligations and disbursements of foreign development assistance to foreign countries, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, and contractors. Requires department and agency heads responsible for such programs to review them for efficiency and consistency with foreign policy, under guidelines set by the Secretary of State in consultation with the Office of Management and Budget's Director, and to decide within 90 days whether to continue, modify, or end each program, with the Secretary of State's concurrence. The Office of Management and Budget is to enforce the pause through its apportionment authority. Funding may resume early if a review concludes a program should continue, and the Secretary of State may waive the pause for specific programs. New foreign assistance programs must also be approved by the Secretary of State in consultation with the Office of Management and Budget.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14168
Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8615
Establishes federal policy recognizing only two sexes, male and female, defined as fixed biological classifications determined at conception, and directs that this definition govern all federal law, regulations, and agency communications rather than the concept of gender identity. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on these definitions within 30 days, and requires agencies to use "sex" instead of "gender" in official business. Orders passports, visas, Global Entry cards, and personnel records to reflect a person's biological sex, and directs that federal prisons and detention centers not house males with women, ending federally funded medical procedures aimed at transitioning inmates' appearance. Directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development to move to rescind a 2016 gender-identity housing rule, and the Attorney General to issue guidance limiting application of Bostock v. Clayton County. Ends federal funding supporting "gender ideology," directs preparation of legislation codifying these definitions, rescinds several prior executive orders and agency guidance documents, dissolves the White House Gender Policy Council, and requires agencies to report on implementation within 120 days.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14167
Clarifying the Military's Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity of the United States
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8613
Directs the Secretary of Defense to prioritize the Armed Forces' role in securing the southern border, citing an existing national emergency over unlawful migration and drug trafficking. Within 10 days, the Secretary must deliver a revised Unified Command Plan assigning United States Northern Command the mission to seal the borders and repel invasion, including unlawful mass migration, narcotics trafficking, and human smuggling. It also adds new requirements to military planning guidance: a Level 3 planning requirement with a commander's estimate due within 30 days, a campaign planning requirement for ongoing southern border security, and continuous assessments of options to prevent unlawful mass entry and threats from foreign nations or transnational criminal organizations. The order states it does not alter existing agency authorities or budget functions, must be implemented consistent with applicable law and available funding, and creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14166
Application of Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act to TikTok
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8611
Directs the Attorney General not to enforce the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act against TikTok or its parent company ByteDance for 75 days from the order's signing, covering prohibitions on distributing, hosting, or updating the application that took effect January 19, 2025. Instructs the Department of Justice to take no enforcement action or impose penalties for any noncompliance during that period or for conduct occurring before the order, including between the law's effective date and the order's signing. Requires the Attorney General to issue written guidance implementing this pause and to send letters to service providers stating they face no violation or liability for that period. Also directs the Attorney General to assert that enforcement authority under the Act rests exclusively with the federal government, resisting enforcement attempts by states or private parties. States the aim is to allow time to evaluate national security concerns and negotiate a resolution regarding the platform's continued operation for its users.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14165
Securing Our Borders
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8467
Directs multiple federal agencies to secure the southern border of the United States. The Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security must construct physical barriers and deploy sufficient personnel to gain operational control of the border, while the Attorney General and Homeland Security add personnel using specified immigration-law authorities. The Secretary of Homeland Security must expand detention of apprehended aliens, end "catch-and-release" practices, resume the Migrant Protection Protocols in coordination with the State Department and Justice Department, stop using the "CBP One" app for parole, and terminate categorical parole programs including one for Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan migrants. The State Department must pursue international cooperation agreements. The Attorney General and Homeland Security must fulfill DNA identification requirements for detained aliens, verify claimed family relationships, and prioritize prosecuting border-related crimes such as human and child trafficking. Within 14 days, the State, Justice, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security Departments must recommend further actions to the President to protect against foreign threats and secure the border.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14164
Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8463
Directs the Attorney General to pursue the death penalty for the most serious federal crimes, and specifically to seek capital charges regardless of other factors in cases involving the murder of a law-enforcement officer or capital crimes committed by an alien illegally present in the country. Instructs the Attorney General to encourage state attorneys general and district attorneys to bring corresponding state capital charges, to update the Justice Manual accordingly, and to review the confinement conditions of the 37 federal death-row inmates whose sentences were commuted by President Biden, including evaluating whether they can face state capital charges. Directs the Attorney General to ensure states have adequate lethal-injection drug supplies, to act on pending state certification requests under a federal statute, and to seek the overruling of Supreme Court precedents limiting capital punishment. Also directs prioritization of violent-crime prosecution and coordination with state and local law enforcement against transnational criminal activity.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14163
Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8459
Suspends entry of refugees into the United States under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), effective January 27, 2025, finding such entry detrimental to U.S. interests. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to suspend decisions on refugee status applications until further notice. Allows the Secretary of State and Secretary of Homeland Security to jointly admit refugees case-by-case if deemed in the national interest and not a security threat. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, with the Attorney General, to study how state and local governments could gain greater input into refugee placement decisions, while ensuring existing consultation requirements are followed. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, with the Secretary of State, to report within 90 days, and every 90 days afterward, on whether resuming the USRAP would serve U.S. interests, until the President determines resumption is warranted. Revokes Executive Order 14013 of February 4, 2021, concerning refugee resettlement and climate-related migration planning.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14162
Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8455
Directs the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations to immediately submit formal notice withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change, effective upon submission, and from any other agreements made under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Orders the Ambassador, with the Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury, to halt or revoke any U.S. financial commitments made under that framework and to report to the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs on further steps needed. Revokes the U.S. International Climate Finance Plan and directs the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance within 10 days for rescinding related frozen funds. Within 30 days, numerous agencies including the State, Treasury, Commerce, Energy, Agriculture, and Health and Human Services departments, along with USAID, the Development Finance Corporation, and other bodies, must report on actions taken to unwind Climate Finance Plan policies. Directs relevant agencies to prioritize economic efficiency and American interests in future international energy agreements.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14161
Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8451
Directs federal agencies to strengthen vetting and screening of aliens entering or already present in the United States. Instructs the Secretary of State, Attorney General, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Director of National Intelligence to identify resources for maximum vetting, restore screening standards used before January 20, 2021, and, within 60 days, jointly report to the President on countries with inadequate vetting information that may warrant partial or full entry suspensions, along with data on nationals from those countries admitted since January 2021. Directs the Department of Homeland Security to move to exclude or remove flagged aliens unless doing so would hinder a serious investigation or harm national security. Within 30 days, the same officials must review inadmissibility grounds, refugee screening safeguards, visa programs' vulnerability to hostile actors, denaturalization enforcement resources, and immigrant assimilation programs, and recommend further protective actions. States it does not alter existing agency legal authority or create enforceable rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14160
Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8449
Declares it the policy of the United States that federal agencies will not recognize citizenship, and will not accept state or local documents recognizing citizenship, for people born in the United States more than 30 days after the order if their mother was unlawfully present or only temporarily and lawfully present (such as on a student, work, tourist, or Visa Waiver Program status) and their father was not a citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of birth. States this does not affect citizenship documentation for other individuals, including children of lawful permanent residents. Directs the Secretary of State, Attorney General, Secretary of Homeland Security, and Commissioner of Social Security to align their agencies' policies with the order, and directs all executive department and agency heads to issue public guidance on implementation within 30 days. Defines 'mother' and 'father' as biological parents.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14159
Protecting the American People Against Invasion
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8443
Sets a broad immigration enforcement policy directing federal agencies to prioritize enforcement against all inadmissible and removable aliens. Revokes four Biden-era executive orders on civil immigration enforcement, migration management, family reunification, and immigrant integration, and requires agencies to rescind related guidance. Directs the Department of Homeland Security and Justice Department to establish state-based Homeland Security Task Forces targeting cartels and smuggling networks, expand detention capacity, pursue 287(g) agreements with state and local police, and increase hiring of immigration agents. Orders enforcement of alien registration requirements, collection of civil fines from unlawfully present aliens, prioritized criminal prosecution of illegal entry, and measures to encourage voluntary departure. Directs sanctions consideration against countries refusing repatriation, restricts parole and Temporary Protected Status to statutory limits, and instructs agencies to cut federal funding to "sanctuary" jurisdictions and to nongovernmental organizations aiding removable aliens. Also directs review and termination of related federal grants, denial of public benefits to ineligible aliens, and reestablishment of an ICE office serving crime victims. Requires a progress report from Treasury and Homeland Security within 90 days.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14158
Establishing and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency"
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8441
Renames the United States Digital Service as the United States DOGE Service (USDS) and places it in the Executive Office of the President, led by a USDS Administrator reporting to the White House Chief of Staff. Establishes a temporary organization, the U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization, set to terminate on July 4, 2026, to carry out an 18-month efficiency agenda. Directs each federal agency head to create a DOGE Team of at least four employees within thirty days, typically including a team lead, engineer, human resources specialist, and attorney, chosen in consultation with the USDS Administrator. Directs the USDS Administrator to launch a Software Modernization Initiative to improve interoperability, data integrity, and IT systems across agencies, and requires agency heads to give USDS access to unclassified records and systems, overriding prior conflicting executive orders and regulations where the President has authority to do so. States it does not alter existing legal authorities or create enforceable rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14157
Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8439
Declares a national emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act over threats posed by international drug cartels and other transnational organizations, such as Tren de Aragua and La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), citing their violence and influence in the Western Hemisphere and the United States. States that U.S. policy is to eliminate these groups' presence and capabilities within the United States. Directs the Secretary of State, within 14 days and in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence, to recommend designating these groups as Foreign Terrorist Organizations or Specially Designated Global Terrorists under existing law and Executive Order 13224. Also directs the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security, within 14 days, to prepare operational plans and facilities for possible invocation of the Alien Enemies Act and for expedited removal of individuals designated under the order. States it does not alter existing agency authority or create enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14156
Declaring a National Energy Emergency
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8433
Declares a national energy emergency under the National Emergencies Act, citing inadequate domestic energy production, infrastructure, and grid reliability, particularly in the Northeast, West Coast, and Alaska. Directs federal agencies to use all lawful emergency authorities to speed identification, leasing, production, transportation, refining, and generation of domestic energy resources, including on federal lands, and to consider Defense Production Act or eminent domain measures if needed. Instructs the Environmental Protection Agency to consider year-round E15 gasoline waivers, and directs agencies, working with the Army Corps of Engineers, to use emergency permitting under the Clean Water Act and related statutes, with reports due within 30 days and every 30 days thereafter. Similarly directs use of Endangered Species Act emergency consultation rules, with the same reporting schedule, and requires the Endangered Species Act Committee to meet quarterly to review exemption requests. Orders the Secretary of Defense to assess military energy vulnerabilities within 60 days and invokes military construction authority under Title 10 to address them. Defines key terms and states the order does not create enforceable rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14155
Withdrawing the United States From the World Health Organization
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8361