E.O.14160
Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8449
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
Directs the withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO), citing its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and concerns about disproportionate funding contributions compared to other countries. Revokes a 2021 presidential letter that had reversed an earlier withdrawal notice, and revokes Executive Order 13987 on COVID-19 response and global health leadership. Directs the National Security Council to set up mechanisms to protect public health and biosecurity, and orders the Secretary of State and the Office of Management and Budget to halt funding and resources to WHO, recall U.S. personnel working with it, and identify other partners to take over its activities. Instructs the White House pandemic preparedness office to revise the 2024 Global Health Security Strategy, and directs the Secretary of State to notify the United Nations and WHO of the withdrawal and to stop negotiating the WHO Pandemic Agreement and related international health regulation amendments, which will not bind the United States.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14154
Unleashing American Energy
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8353
Sets a broad policy favoring domestic energy and mineral production, directing agencies to review and revise or rescind regulations deemed burdensome to oil, gas, coal, nuclear, hydropower, and critical mineral development, and to consumer choice in vehicles and appliances. Revokes twelve prior executive orders on climate and environmental policy, terminates the American Climate Corps, and disbands the Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases, withdrawing its guidance and cost estimates. Revokes Executive Order 11991 and directs the Council on Environmental Quality to revise NEPA implementing guidance and propose rescinding related regulations to speed permitting. Pauses disbursement of certain Inflation Reduction Act and infrastructure funds pending review, directs the Energy Department to resume liquefied natural gas export application reviews, and orders expedited review of a pending deepwater port license. Directs multiple agencies, including Interior, Agriculture, EPA, Commerce, State, Defense, and Homeland Security, to take steps within specified deadlines to expand domestic mining, mapping, and processing of critical minerals and assess related trade, labor, and national security issues.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14153
Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8347
Directs federal agencies to prioritize resource development in Alaska, including oil, gas, mining, timber, and seafood, and to expedite permitting for energy and natural resource projects, especially liquefied natural gas exports. Instructs the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and the Army to rescind, revise, or pause numerous regulations, records of decision, and rules issued between 2021 and 2025 that restricted drilling, mining, and road projects in areas such as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, the Ambler Road corridor, and national forest roadless areas, and to reinstate earlier, more permissive versions of those actions. Orders review of Alaska Native land trust guidance, waterway navigability determinations, and hunting and fishing regulations for consistency with state priorities. Directs the Army Corps of Engineers to assist Alaska's governor with transportation infrastructure clearing, and calls for an assessment, with the Secretary of Defense, of options to expand Alaska's energy export capacity, including the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. States it does not alter existing agency legal authority or create enforceable rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14152
Holding Former Government Officials Accountable for Election Interference and Improper Disclosure of Sensitive Governmental Information
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8343
Directs the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, to immediately revoke the security clearances of 50 named former officials, including former intelligence agency leaders who signed a 2020 letter about Hunter Biden's laptop and former National Security Advisor John Bolton, who published a memoir containing sensitive information. States it is U.S. policy that the Intelligence Community avoid partisan political activity, that clearance holders not use their status to influence elections, and that classified information not be disclosed in memoirs for personal profit. Requires the Director of National Intelligence, within 90 days, to report to the President through the National Security Advisor on any further inappropriate activity related to the letter, recommendations to prevent future election-related interference by intelligence personnel, and possible disciplinary actions. States the order does not alter existing legal authorities and creates no enforceable rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14151
Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8339
Directs federal agencies to terminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and related "environmental justice" offices, positions, programs, policies, and performance requirements government-wide. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), assisted by the Attorney General and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), must coordinate ending these programs and revise federal employment practices, union contracts, and training so that performance reviews reward individual initiative and skill rather than DEI-related factors. Within sixty days, each agency head must eliminate DEI-related offices and positions, report to OMB on existing DEI-related positions, budgets, contractors who provided DEI training, and grantees funded for DEI or environmental justice work since January 20, 2021, and have a deputy assess the costs and impacts of prior DEI policies and recommend changes to align agency practices with the order. It also directs the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy to convene monthly meetings with OMB, OPM, and agency deputies to review progress and costs. It states the order does not create enforceable legal rights and applies subject to existing law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14150
America First Policy Directive to the Secretary of State
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8337
Directs the Secretary of State to issue guidance, as soon as practicable, aligning the Department of State's policies, programs, personnel, and operations with what the order calls an 'America First' foreign policy that prioritizes American interests and citizens. The order states it does not alter the legal authority of any executive department or agency, does not affect the Office of Management and Budget's role in budgetary, administrative, or legislative matters, and must be carried out consistent with existing law and available funding. It also specifies that it creates no enforceable legal rights or benefits for any party against the United States or its officials.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14149
Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8243
Declares it the policy of the United States that no federal officer, employee, or agent may engage in or facilitate conduct that unconstitutionally abridges Americans' free speech, and that no taxpayer resources may be used for such conduct. States that federal actions taken over the prior four years allegedly pressured social media companies to moderate or suppress speech under the banners of combating misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation. Directs the Attorney General, in consultation with heads of executive departments and agencies, to investigate federal government activities from that period found inconsistent with this order's policies, and to submit a report to the President, through the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, recommending remedial actions. Clarifies that the order does not alter existing legal authorities of agencies or the Office of Management and Budget, must be implemented consistent with law and available funding, and creates no enforceable legal rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14148
Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8237
Revokes a large number of executive orders, presidential memoranda, and related actions issued by the prior administration, covering topics including diversity, equity and inclusion programs, climate policy, COVID-19 response measures, immigration and refugee policy, LGBTQ and gender-identity protections, racial equity initiatives, policing reforms, prescription drug pricing, artificial intelligence regulation, offshore oil and gas leasing withdrawals, and orders of succession within several federal departments and agencies. Directs agency heads to immediately stop implementing what it calls diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. Instructs the Director of the Domestic Policy Council and the Director of the National Economic Council to review actions taken under the revoked orders and, within 45 days, recommend further rescissions or replacements to the President. Directs the National Security Advisor to review National Security Memoranda issued between January 20, 2021, and January 20, 2025, and recommend within 45 days which should be rescinded. States it does not alter agencies' existing legal authority, applies subject to available funding, and creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.14147
Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government
·Donald Trump·90 FR 8235
Directs the Attorney General to review, in consultation with other federal departments and agencies, the enforcement activities of agencies with civil or criminal authority—including the Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Federal Trade Commission—over the previous four years, identifying conduct considered inconsistent with the order's stated policy against political weaponization of law enforcement, and to report findings and recommended remedial actions to the President. Similarly directs the Director of National Intelligence to review Intelligence Community activities over the same period and submit a comparable report. Instructs all departments and agencies to comply with document-retention requirements, with noncompliance referred to the Attorney General. States it does not alter existing legal authorities or Office of Management and Budget functions, must be implemented consistent with law and available funding, and creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13984
Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber- Enabled Activities
·Donald Trump·86 FR 6837
Acting under the national emergency over malicious cyber-enabled activities declared in Executive Order 13694, this order directs the Secretary of Commerce to propose regulations within 180 days requiring U.S. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) providers to verify the identity of foreign customers opening accounts and to keep records such as names, payment methods, and contact and IP address information. It also authorizes the Secretary to impose special measures, including restrictions on accounts, targeting foreign jurisdictions or persons found to have a pattern of using U.S. IaaS products for malicious cyber activity, with input from other agencies. The Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security must consult industry within 120 days and submit a report within 240 days recommending ways to improve information sharing among providers and with government agencies. The Secretary of Commerce must also factor implementation costs into budget requests. The order amends Executive Order 13694's reporting provision and defines key terms used throughout.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13983
Revocation of Executive Order 13770
·Donald Trump·86 FR 6835
Revokes Executive Order 13770 of January 28, 2017, titled "Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees," effective at noon on January 20, 2021. Current and former executive branch employees who had been bound by the ethics commitments set out in that earlier order are no longer subject to them after that time. The order states it does not affect existing legal authority of federal agencies or their heads, nor the budgetary, administrative, or legislative functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and that it creates no enforceable rights or benefits for any party.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13982
Care of Veterans With Service in Uzbekistan
·Donald Trump·86 FR 6833
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, to consider designating veterans who served on active duty in Uzbekistan between October 1, 2001, and December 31, 2005, as having served in a theater of combat operations under federal law, which affects eligibility for certain veterans' benefits. Also directs the Secretary of Defense, within 365 days, to conduct a study on toxic exposure among service members deployed to the Karshi-Khanabad Air Base in Uzbekistan during that period, including identifying toxic substances and locations, assessing health consequences through an epidemiological study, and evaluating any causal link between the exposures and health effects. The Secretary of Defense must report findings to the President through the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The order states it does not create enforceable legal rights and is to be implemented consistent with existing law and available funding.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13981
Protecting the United States From Certain Unmanned Aircraft Systems
·Donald Trump·86 FR 6821
Directs federal agencies to review their authority to stop procuring, funding, or renewing contracts for 'covered' unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)—drones manufactured or partly manufactured, or reliant on software, components, or data storage tied to adversary countries such as China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran—and to report findings to the Office of Management and Budget. Requires agencies to report within 60 days on foreign-linked UAS they currently own or operate, with the Director of National Intelligence submitting a broader risk assessment to the President within 180 days, including possible removal of such drones from federal service. Instructs the Federal Aviation Administration to propose regulations within 270 days restricting UAS use over critical infrastructure or sensitive sites, under existing 2016 aviation law. Directs agencies and the Office of Management and Budget to prioritize funding for replacing covered UAS in future budgets. Defines key terms including 'adversary country,' 'covered UAS,' and 'critical electronic component.'Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13980
Protecting Americans From Overcriminalization Through Regulatory Reform
·Donald Trump·86 FR 6817
Sets federal policy that agencies should clearly state which regulatory violations carry criminal penalties and specify the required mental state (mens rea) for each offense, favoring administrative or civil enforcement over criminal prosecution for strict liability violations. Directs agencies to include, in proposed and final rules published after the order, a statement on whether violations may trigger criminal penalties, and to specify a mens rea requirement or identify an offense as strict liability, citing authorizing statutes. Requires agencies proposing strict liability criminal offenses not specified in statute to justify the standard to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs before publication. Within 45 days, agencies must publish guidance, developed with the Department of Justice, describing how they will handle potential regulatory criminal offenses administratively rather than referring them for prosecution, considering factors like harm, gain to the offender, expertise, and knowledge of the rule. Excludes matters involving national security, ongoing criminal investigations, counterfeit or misbranded goods, and certain other categories from its requirements.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13979
Ensuring Democratic Accountability in Agency Rulemaking
·Donald Trump·86 FR 6813