Executive Actions Tracker

This EO expands national security exclusions under federal labor-management relations law by designating additional agencies and agency subdivisions as primarily engaged in intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative, or national security work, thus exempting them from Chapter 71 of Title 5. It also amends prior executive orders to add new excluded units and provides an expedited timeline for implementing related determinations by the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs.

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This memorandum directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the heads of executive departments and agencies, to investigate whether federal grant funds are being used to illegally support lobbying activities in violation of 31 U.S.C. 1352 and to take appropriate enforcement action. The Attorney General must report to the President on the progress of the investigation within 180 days of the memorandum's date of August 28, 2025.

This EO directs multiple federal agencies to take immediate measures to address public safety and disorder in the District of Columbia, including hiring additional law enforcement personnel, forming specialized units, and increasing oversight of housing and transit conditions. It also authorizes increased cooperation and resource allocation for rapid response to civil disturbances and mandates review of police practices to ensure the effective mitigation of the crime emergency.

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This EO directs federal agencies to take all lawful steps to halt cashless bail policies in Washington, D.C., prioritizing the pretrial detention of criminal suspects who pose a threat to public safety and encouraging federally-supported charges and custody whenever possible. Additionally, it instructs the Attorney General and executive departments to review existing police and judicial practices, and to use available administrative and budgetary actions to press D.C. to restore cash bail for offenders considered dangerous.

This EO directs federal agencies to identify and potentially suspend or terminate federal funding to states and local jurisdictions that have substantially eliminated cash bail for defendants charged with serious crimes. It establishes a policy that federal resources should not support jurisdictions with cashless bail practices, in order to promote public safety and ensure pretrial detention of individuals who pose a risk to society.

The executive order establishes the “America by Design” initiative and a National Design Studio to modernize and improve the usability and aesthetics of federal digital and physical services, led by a newly created Chief Design Officer. Agencies are required to collaborate with the Chief Design Officer to prioritize and implement design enhancements, with initial results due by July 4, 2026, while ensuring compliance with existing laws and regulations.

Clients in Digital Infrastructure · Media and Technology

This EO directs HHS to identify approximately 26 critical drugs and ensure a six-month supply of their active pharmaceutical ingredients —preferably sourced domestically—is stockpiled in the Strategic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Reserve (SAPIR). Additionally, it requires an updated plan to maintain reserves for essential medicines, including opening a second SAPIR repository, to bolster supply chain resilience against future public health emergencies.

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This EO revokes EO 14036 (Promoting Competition in the American Economy) originally issued on July 9, 2021.

This EO directs federal agencies to streamline and expedite regulatory processes—including environmental reviews, licensing, and permitting—for commercial space launches, reentry operations, and spaceport infrastructure, aiming to make the United States a leader in space innovation and industry by 2030. It also mandates interagency coordination, regulatory reform, and enhanced leadership roles to bolster American competitiveness in novel space activities while maintaining national security priorities.

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This EO states that it is necessary and appropriate to continue the suspension effectuated by Executive Order 14298 until 12:01 a.m. on November 10, 2025.

This EO declares a public safety emergency in the District of Columbia due to rising violent crime and directs the Mayor to provide the services of the Metropolitan Police Department for federal purposes, with operational control delegated to the Attorney General. The Attorney General is tasked with monitoring the situation, consulting with appropriate officials, and regularly updating the President.

This EO requires federal agencies to implement stricter review processes for discretionary grants, specifically prohibiting grants for activities that promote racial preferences, deny "binary" sex, facilitate illegal immigration, or any other initiative against public safety or American values. Agencies must designate senior officials to oversee grantmaking, prioritize accountability, streamline application requirements, and include terms allowing termination of grants that no longer align with agency priorities or the national interest.

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This EO directs the Department of Labor and other federal regulators to reevaluate and clarify guidance to allow fiduciaries of 401(k) and other defined-contribution retirement plans to prudently include alternative assets—such as private equity, real estate, and digital assets—in participant investment options.

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This EO finds that the national emergency declared in EO 14066 continues and that Russia continues to pose a threat to the US. As such, an additional 25% ad valorem rate of duty is applied to India 21 days after this EO. The Secretary of Commerce and any other relevant heads of agencies shall determine whether other countries are importing (directly or indirectly) Russian oil and further determine whether an additional 25% ad valorem rate of duty should be imposed.

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This EO creates the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics, which is responsible for coordinating, assisting, and planning various aspects of the games.

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This memorandum delegates to the Secretary of State the authority under section 404(c)(1) of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (22 U.S.C. 2370c-1(c)(1)) to waive the prohibition in section 404(a) of that Act and to make the determination and certification necessary for such waivers. It also delegates to the Secretary of State the authority under section 404(c)(2) to notify the appropriate congressional committees of such waivers and their justification and to publish the determination and certification in the Federal Register.

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This EO declares that the national emergency declared in EO 14257 remains and that additional ad valorem duties on goods of certain trading partners are required. Annex I of this EO includes the specific countries, rates, and goods subject to the additional duties.

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This EO declares that the emergency declared in Executive Order 14193 remains and that the additional ad valorem rate of duty of 25% for products of Canada shall increase to 35%.

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This EO revokes EO 13824 (2018) and amends EO 13265 (2002). This EO reestablishes the Presidential Fitness Test and establishes the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition to advise on progress of this order.

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This EO declares a national emergency and imposes an additional ad valorem duty rate of 40% on certain products of Brazil.

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This EO ends the duty-free de minimis exemption provided under 19 U.S.C. 1321(a)(2)(C) for any shipment of articles not covered by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b), regardless of value, country of origin, mode of transportation, or method of entry. Further, all such shipments, except those sent through the international postal network, shall be subject to all applicable duties, taxes, fees, exactions, and charges. International postal shipments not covered by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b) shall be subject to the duty rates described in this order.

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This proclamation imposes a 50 percent tariff on imports of semi-finished copper products and intensive copper derivative products, effective August 1, 2025, following a Section 232 finding by the Secretary of Commerce that copper imports threaten national security. The tariff applies only to the copper content of covered articles, and no drawback is available. The Secretary of Commerce must establish a process for adding derivative copper articles within 90 days, implement domestic sales requirements for copper input materials and high-quality copper scrap under the Defense Production Act, and update the President by June 30, 2026, on whether phased tariffs on refined copper of 15 percent in 2027 and 30 percent in 2028 are warranted. Covered products admitted to foreign trade zones must be admitted under "privileged foreign" status.

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This EO establishes an executive branch policy to preserve and expand women's and non-revenue college sports, setting revenue-based expectations for athletic departments (those above $125 million in 2024-2025 revenue should expand non-revenue scholarships, those above $50 million should maintain them) and declaring third-party pay-for-play payments to collegiate athletes improper. It directs the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, to develop an implementation plan within 30 days; directs the Secretary of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board to clarify the employment status of collegiate athletes; and directs the Attorney General and the FTC Chairman, within 60 days, to review litigation positions and develop a plan to protect collegiate athletics from antitrust and other legal challenges.

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This EO directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to seek reversal of judicial precedents and termination of consent decrees that impede civil commitment of individuals with mental illness, and directs the Attorney General and the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Transportation to assess whether discretionary grant priority may be given to states and municipalities that enforce prohibitions on open illicit drug use, urban camping, loitering, and squatting. It further directs agencies to end support for "housing first" policies, condition homelessness assistance on substance abuse or mental health treatment for participants with such conditions, and review and pursue civil or criminal enforcement against, and freeze assistance to, funding recipients that operate drug injection sites or permit illicit drug use on their property.

Clients in Healthcare · Multifamily Housing

This executive order directs agency heads to procure only large language models developed in accordance with two "Unbiased AI Principles" — truth-seeking and ideological neutrality — barring procurement of LLMs that encode ideological agendas such as DEI. It directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, the Administrator of General Services, and the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, to issue implementing guidance within 120 days, with exceptions permitted for national security systems. Agency heads must include compliance terms in new LLM contracts, including charging decommissioning costs to noncompliant vendors, revise existing contracts where practicable, and adopt compliance procedures within 90 days of the OMB guidance.

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