Trump's 2025 Executive Orders: Updates and Summaries

President Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the nation's 47th president on Jan. 20, 2025. On his first day back in office, President Trump began implementing many of his campaign promises, signing numerous executive orders targeting key areas such as immigration, trade, energy and federal workforce policies. 

Our Public Policy & Regulation team members are actively monitoring and reviewing President Trump's executive orders and other actions. Summaries of newly introduced items can be found below.

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Updates and Summaries

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Executive Order Trump Launches Massive 10-1 Deregulation Initiative
January 31, 2025
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Executive Order: Additional Measures to Combat Antisemitism – The White House
January 29, 2025
2 Minutes
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Executive Order: Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families – The White House
January 29, 2025
2 Minutes
New Laws, Executive Orders: A Rapidly Changing Legal Landscape for Federal Real Estate Leasing
January 27, 2025
11 Minutes
President Trump Ends Affirmative Action Requirements for Government Contractors
January 23, 2025
6 Minutes
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Executive Order: President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
January 23, 2025
2 Minutes
President Trump Signs Executive Orders on First Day Impacting Contractors
January 21, 2025
4 Minutes
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Executive Order: Keeping Americans Safe in Aviation
January 21, 2025
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Executive Order: Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States
January 20, 2025
2 Minutes
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Executive Order: Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government
January 20, 2025
6 Minutes
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Executive Order: Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists
January 20, 2025
2 Minutes
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Executive Order: Establishing and Implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency
January 20, 2025
2 Minutes
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Executive Order: Hiring Freeze
January 20, 2025
2 Minutes
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Executive Order: Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship
January 20, 2025
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Executive Order: Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements
January 20, 2025
2 Minutes
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Executive Order: Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program
January 20, 2025
2 Minutes
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Executive Order: Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety
January 20, 2025
2 Minutes
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Executive Order: Securing Our Borders
January 20, 2025
2 Minutes
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Executive Order: Unleashing American Energy
January 20, 2025
9 Minutes
A Look at President Trump's America First Trade Policy Executive Order and International Tax
January 30, 2025
18 Minutes
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Executive Order: Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling
January 29, 2025
3 Minutes
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Trump Administration Pauses Federal Financial Assistance
January 28, 2025
8 Minutes
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President Trump Signs Executive Order on Digital Assets
January 24, 2025
3 Minutes
Trump Administration Rescinds Certain Actions by the Previous Administration to Ease Cuba Sanctions
January 23, 2025
8 Minutes
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Executive Order: Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence
January 23, 2025
2 Minutes
President Trump's Executive Order Halts TikTok Ban
January 21, 2025
3 Minutes
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Executive Order: Clarifying the Military's Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity of the United States
January 20, 2025
2 Minutes
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Executive Order: Declaring a National Energy Emergency
January 20, 2025
3 Minutes
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Executive Order: Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis
January 20, 2025
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Executive Order: Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing
January 20, 2025
3 Minutes
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Executive Order: Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion
January 20, 2025
2 Minutes
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Executive Order: Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions
January 20, 2025
20 Minutes
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Executive Order: Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats
January 20, 2025
3 Minutes
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Executive Order: Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California
January 20, 2025
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Executive Order: Regulatory Freeze Pending Review
January 20, 2025
2 Minutes
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Executive Order: Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship
January 20, 2025
2 Minutes
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Executive Order: Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing and Review of the Federal Government's Leasing and Permitting Practices for Wind Projects
January 20, 2025
3 Minutes
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Executive Order: Withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization
January 20, 2025
2 Minutes