Executive Actions Tracker

This EO directs the Secretary of Agriculture to prioritize and expand enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act, increase USDA investigative resources, coordinate with the Department of Justice on antitrust referrals, and revise regulations to strengthen protections for livestock producers. It also directs the Secretary to expand interstate market access for eligible meat products through State-Federal cooperative inspection programs, technical assistance for small processors, and a guaranteed loan program for small and regional beef processors, and to submit three reports to the President within 60 days on enforcement plans, cooperative inspection program participation, and statutory barriers to interstate commerce for State-inspected meat.

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This executive order establishes "Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations" organizing childhood immunizations into three categories (recommended for all children, recommended for high-risk groups, and based on shared clinical decision-making) and directs all agencies to advance them. It directs the Secretary of HHS, through the HHS Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines, to present plans to the President within 90 days on offering single-disease vaccines starting with MMR, adjusting the federal vaccine schedule, developing alternative adjuvants, and improving safety monitoring. It also directs the Attorney General to further legal actions challenging state laws that conflict with obligations related to parental authority, religious freedom, disability accommodations, and equal protection, and directs the Departments of Justice, Education, and HHS to ensure their contractors and grantees, including states and localities, provide religious and medical exemptions from immunization requirements where required by federal law.

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This proclamation grants a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to Stephen E. Buyer, a former Judge Advocate General in the United States Army and former Member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana, citing the endorsement of numerous current and former members of Congress and other officials. The Attorney General is directed to administer and effectuate the immediate issuance of a certificate of pardon.

This executive order directs agency heads that contract with or provide grants to higher education institutions to evaluate violations of interstate intercollegiate athletic governing body rules on eligibility, transfers, revenue-sharing, and "improper financial activities" as potential grounds affecting a recipient's present responsibility, with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget issuing suspension and debarment guidance and the Administrator of General Services proposing a compliance information collection. It directs the Secretary of Education to consider reporting requirements on roster spots and athletic aid, the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission to enforce consumer protection and athlete-agent laws, and the Attorney General to pursue actions to invalidate conflicting state laws, with Sections 3 through 6 effective August 1, 2026.

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This EO directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and in coordination with the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, to compile and transmit a "State Citizenship List" to each State's chief election official at least 60 days before each Federal election, with implementing infrastructure established within 90 days. It directs the Attorney General to prioritize investigation and prosecution of election officials and entities that issue or distribute ballots to ineligible individuals. It also directs the Postmaster General to initiate a rulemaking within 60 days, with a final rule due within 120 days, requiring unique ballot envelope identifiers on mail-in and absentee ballots and state-specific Mail-In and Absentee Participation Lists, and authorizes withholding of Federal funds from noncompliant States where authorized by law.

This executive order establishes the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud within the Executive Office of the President, chaired by the Vice President with the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission as Vice Chairman, to coordinate a national strategy against fraud, waste, and abuse in federal benefit programs. Member agencies must submit descriptions of fraud-susceptible transactions within 30 days, the Task Force must coordinate adoption of minimum anti-fraud requirements within 60 days, and each member must submit a measurable implementation plan within 90 days. The order also directs the Attorney General to promote meritorious private civil actions under 31 U.S.C. 3730 concerning benefit-program fraud and ensure their prompt review.

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This EO directs the Secretaries of State, the Treasury, War, and Homeland Security and the Attorney General, in consultation with the Office of the National Cyber Director, to review frameworks for combating transnational criminal organizations engaged in cyber-enabled crime within 60 days and to submit an action plan to the President within 120 days, including creation of an operational cell within the National Coordination Center established under EO 14159 (Protecting the American People Against Invasion). The Attorney General must submit a recommendation on a Victims Restoration Program, funded by assets clawed back, forfeited, or seized from these organizations, within 90 days, and shall continue prioritizing prosecutions of cyber-enabled fraud. The Secretary of State is directed to demand enforcement actions from foreign governments and impose consequences on nations tolerating such activity, including limits on foreign assistance, targeted sanctions, visa restrictions, trade penalties, and expulsion of complicit foreign officials.

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This executive order directs the Attorney General to provide the Department of Homeland Security with access to criminal history record information maintained by the Department of Justice for DHS screening and vetting purposes, to the maximum extent permitted by law. It also authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to exchange such information on a reciprocal basis with border security and immigration authorities of Visa Waiver Program countries and other trusted allies, solely for screening travelers and immigrants, under bilateral or multilateral agreements containing privacy safeguards for United States persons.

This proclamation grants a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to all United States citizens for conduct relating to the creation, organization, submission, support, or advocacy of any slate or proposed slate of Presidential electors in connection with the 2020 Presidential Election, as well as conduct relating to efforts to expose voting fraud and vulnerabilities in that election. It names 77 individuals as included, expressly excludes the President himself, and directs the Attorney General, acting through the Pardon Attorney, to administer the issuance of certificates of pardon to eligible applicants.

This proclamation creates authorization to mobilize at least 300 members of the Illinois National Guard for up to 60 days to protect federal property and personnel. This order remains in effect until the Governor of Illinois consents to a federally funded mobilization and directs the Secretary of War to coordinate with state and federal officials, ensuring the Guard performs all necessary protective measures to uphold federal law.

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The President has directed federal prosecutors to fully enforce the death penalty in the District of Columbia, making it a priority for crimes warranting capital punishment, especially in light of recent public safety concerns in the nation's capital. The memorandum instructs the Attorney General and the U.S. Attorney for D.C. to seek the death penalty in all appropriate cases, ensuring robust implementation of federal capital punishment laws.

The President has directed federal agencies to implement a comprehensive strategy to disrupt and dismantle organized domestic terrorist networks responsible for political violence, including targeted intimidation, doxing, and attacks on federal officers and facilities. This strategy includes increased investigation, prosecution, financial tracking, and potential designation of domestic terrorist organizations, making the prevention of politically motivated terrorism a national law enforcement priority.

The President has established a Memphis Safe Task Force composed of federal, state, and local agencies to combat the city's high rates of violent crime through coordinated law enforcement, aggressive prosecution, and increased presence in affected neighborhoods. Additionally, the President has authorized the mobilization of Tennessee National Guard units to support public safety and Task Force operations, with ongoing assessment of whether further executive action is needed to restore law and order in Memphis.

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.

This EO directs federal agencies to prioritize enforcement of laws against acts of American Flag desecration that incite violence or violate existing content-neutral statutes, consistent with First Amendment limits. It also authorizes immigration-related penalties for foreign nationals involved in flag desecration and encourages federal coordination with state and local authorities for further action.

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 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 grants a full pardon to Devon Archer.

This Memo directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of DHS to prioritize enforcement of their respective regulations governing attorney conduct and discipline. See, e.g., 8 C.F.R. 292.1 et seq.; 8 C.F.R. 1003.101 et seq.; 8 C.F.R. 1292.19. The AG shall take all appropriate action to refer for disciplinary action any attorney whose conduct in Federal court or before any component of the Federal Government appears to violate professional conduct rules. When the AG determines that conduct by an attorney or law firm in litigation against the Federal Government warrants seeking sanctions or other disciplinary action, the Attorney General shall recommend to the President any additional steps that may be taken, including reassessment of security clearances or termination of any Federal contract for which the relevant attorney or law firm has been hired. The AG shall review conduct by attorneys or their law firms in litigation against the Federal Government over the last 8 years and any misconduct that may warrant additional action shall be recommended to the President. AG shall periodically update the president on progress.

This proclamation invokes the Alien Enemies Act (50 U.S.C. 21 et seq.), finding that Tren de Aragua (TdA), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, is perpetrating an invasion or predatory incursion against the United States. It declares that all Venezuelan citizens 14 years of age or older who are members of TdA, are within the United States, and are not naturalized citizens or lawful permanent residents are liable to apprehension, detention, and removal as Alien Enemies, and are ineligible for the benefits of 50 U.S.C. 22. The Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security are directed to apprehend, restrain, secure, and remove such Alien Enemies, and property used to perpetrate TdA's hostile activity is subject to seizure and forfeiture. The Attorney General must, within 60 days, publish and transmit a letter declaring this policy to the Chief Justice, chief federal judges, and state governors and judicial officers.

This proclamation states that it is the policy of the United States to demand that parties seeking injunctions against the Federal Government must cover the costs and damages incurred if the Government is ultimately found to have been wrongfully enjoined or restrained and that “Federal courts should hold litigants accountable for their misrepresentations and ill-granted injunctions.” The heads of agencies shall, in consultation with the Attorney General, ensure that their respective agencies properly request under Rule 65(c) that Federal district courts require plaintiffs to post security equal to the Federal Government’s potential costs and damages from a wrongly issued injunction. The scope of this directive covers all lawsuits filed against the Federal Government seeking an injunction where agencies can show expected monetary damages or costs from the requested preliminary relief, unless extraordinary circumstances justify an exception.

This proclamation commutes to time served the sentences of fourteen named individuals convicted of offenses related to the events at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, and grants a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to all other individuals convicted of such offenses. It directs the Attorney General to issue certificates of pardon, ensure the immediate release of those still imprisoned, and pursue dismissal with prejudice of all pending indictments arising from that conduct, with the Bureau of Prisons directed to immediately implement Department of Justice instructions.