E.O.14154

Unleashing American Energy

January 20, 2025·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

January 20, 2025·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

January 20, 2025·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

January 20, 2025·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

January 20, 2025·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

January 20, 2025·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

January 20, 2025·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

January 20, 2025·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