Day 1: January 20

Inauguration day

https://www.c-span.org/clip/white-house-event/donald-trumps-2025-inaugural-address/5150121

Executive orders from January 20, 2025

1. “Unleashing American Energy”

• What it’s about: Promotes energy exploration on federal lands, including fossil fuels and critical minerals. Reverses Biden-era environmental regulations and freezes some congressionally allocated funds for review.
• Timing: Immediate cancellation of contradictory orders; agencies must act within 30 days.
• Topic: Economy

2. “Declaring a National Energy Emergency”

• What it’s about: Identifies inadequate energy production as a national threat. Directs agencies to use emergency powers to facilitate energy projects (excluding solar and wind).
• Timing: Agencies must submit a report within 30 days.
• Topic: Economy

3. “Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements”

• What it’s about: Withdraws the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accord and Biden’s International Climate Finance Plan.
• Timing: Effective immediately; agencies must report within 30 days.
• Topic: Environment

4. “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential”

• What it’s about: Prioritizes Alaska’s natural gas reserves for export and rolls back Biden-era restrictions on drilling, mining, and road-building.
• Timing: Effective immediately.
• Topic: Environment

5. “Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government”

• What it’s about: Directs agencies to review politically motivated enforcement actions from the previous administration and recommend accountability measures.
• Timing: Effective immediately.
• Topic: Federal Government

6. “Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce”

• What it’s about: Reclassifies career federal employees as political appointees, removing civil service protections.
• Timing: Effective immediately.
• Topic: Federal Government

7. “Holding Former Government Officials Accountable for Election Interference and Improper Disclosure of Sensitive Governmental Information”

• What it’s about: Revokes security clearances for intelligence officials who discredited a report about Hunter Biden and for John Bolton.
• Timing: Effective immediately.
• Topic: Federal Government

8. “Reforming the Federal Hiring Process and Restoring Merit to Government Service”

• What it’s about: Prioritizes hiring based on efficiency and commitment to American ideals, without considering race, sex, or religion.
• Timing: Federal hiring plan due within 120 days.
• Topic: Federal Government

9. “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing”

• What it’s about: Terminates diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in the federal government.
• Timing: Agencies must act within 60 days.
• Topic: Federal Government

10. “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government”

• What it’s about: Mandates that the federal government recognize only two sexes and prohibits funding for gender ideology programs.
• Timing: Effective immediately.
• Topic: Federal Government

11. “Establishing and Implementing the President’s ‘Department Of Government Efficiency’”

• What it’s about: Reorganizes the U.S. Digital Service into the “Department of Government Efficiency” to cut spending and improve technology.
• Timing: Effective immediately.
• Topic: Federal Government

12. “Restoring Names that Honor American Greatness”

• What it’s about: Renames the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” and Denali to “Mount McKinley.”
• Timing: Interior Department must act within 30 days.
• Topic: Federal Government

13. “Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship”

• What it’s about: Prohibits federal employees from interfering with free speech and directs the attorney general to investigate past violations.
• Timing: Effective immediately.
• Topic: Federal Government

14. “America First Policy Directive to the Secretary of State”

• What it’s about: Directs the State Department to advance “America First” foreign policy.
• Timing: Effective immediately.
• Topic: Foreign Policy

15. “Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid”

• What it’s about: Pauses foreign aid for 90 days while the administration reviews current programs.
• Timing: Effective immediately.
• Topic: Foreign Policy

16. “Withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization”

• What it’s about: Begins the process of withdrawing from the WHO and rescinds Biden’s COVID-19 response orders.
• Timing: Effective immediately.
• Topic: Health

17. “Clarifying the Military’s Role in Protecting the Territorial Integrity of the United States”

• What it’s about: Directs the military to secure the southern border against migration and trafficking.
• Timing: Effective within 10 days.
• Topic: Immigration

18. “Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program”

• What it’s about: Freezes refugee admissions, allowing only case-by-case exceptions.
• Timing: Effective in one week; reviewed every 90 days.
• Topic: Immigration

19. “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship”

• What it’s about: Denies citizenship to children of non-citizens or non-permanent residents.
• Timing: Effective in 30 days.
• Topic: Immigration

20. “Securing Our Borders”

• What it’s about: Calls for a physical border barrier, increased law enforcement, and criminal prosecutions for immigration violations.
• Timing: Effective immediately.
• Topic: Immigration

21. “Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety”

• What it’s about: Resumes federal use of the death penalty and encourages state prosecutors to do the same.
• Timing: Effective immediately.
• Topic: Immigration

22. “Protecting the American People Against Invasion”

• What it’s about: Orders immediate removal of undocumented immigrants, construction of detention facilities, and penalties for sanctuary jurisdictions.
• Timing: Effective immediately; progress report in 90 days.
• Topic: Immigration

23. “Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations”

• What it’s about: Directs the State Department to recommend designating cartels as terrorist organizations.
• Timing: Report due in 14 days.
• Topic: Immigration

24. “Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats”

• What it’s about: Strengthens vetting for immigrants and promotes a “unified American identity.”
• Timing: Effective immediately; report due in 60 days.
• Topic: Immigration

25. “Application of Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act to TikTok”

• What it’s about: Pauses the TikTok ban for 75 days to negotiate a national security solution.
• Timing: Effective immediately; expires in 75 days.
• Topic: Technology

26. “Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions”

• What it’s about: Rescinds 78 Biden-era executive actions, including public health regulations and voter registration initiatives.
• Timing: Effective immediately.
• Topic: Miscellaneous