Executive Order Tracker
Client Alert | February 21, 2025
Gibson Dunn understands that the flurry of executive orders and other announcements from the White House during President Trump’s opening days is difficult to follow. To assist, we have taken on the assignment of cataloging and digesting each order as it is announced.
Below, you will find a searchable and filterable list that includes the executive orders and other significant announcements made to date. The list provides a summary of each order and announcement, along with information on the agencies involved and the subject matters covered. It also includes links to in-depth analyses Gibson Dunn has undertaken on a number of the executive orders. The list will be updated promptly upon the issuance of new announcements and orders. If you have any questions about any of the executive orders, please do not hesitate to reach out.
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Category: Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, and other department and agency heads as appropriate, to (i) take actions to carry out the U.S. policy of preserving an open investment environment, including by creating an expedited "fast-track" process to facilitate foreign investment from "specified allied and partner sources," expedite environmental reviews for investments of more than one billion dollars, and end "overly bureaucratic, complex, and open-ended 'mitigation' agreements" in favor of those with concrete and time-bound requirements; and (ii) take actions to prevent investors affiliated with the People's Republic of China (PRC) from investing in U.S. companies, and to prevent U.S. persons and companies from investing in PRC-affiliated companies. Full Order
Category: Miscellaneous Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Orders that four entities (the Presidio Trust, Inter-American Foundation, U.S. African Development Foundation, and U.S. Institute of Peace) be reduced to the minimum functions and personnel required by law; directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to withdraw the regulations creating the Federal Executive Boards and Presidential Management Fellows Program; directs the appropriate agency heads to, within fourteen days, terminate six federal advisory committees (the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid, Academic Research Council, Credit Union Advisory Council, Community Bank Advisory Council, Advisory Committee on Long COVID, and Health Equity Advisory Committee); directs several Assistants to the President to submit recommendations for other "unnecessary" entities and advisory committees to terminate. Full Order
Category: Immigration Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Directs heads of all executive departments and agencies to take actions to ensure federal funds do not go to "illegal aliens" or to "sanctuary" states and localities that "facilitate the subsidization or promotion of illegal immigration"; directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Administrator of the U.S. DOGE Service to recommend additional actions "to align Federal spending with the purposes of this order." Full Order
Category: Regulation Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Directs all agency heads to coordinate with their DOGE Team Lead, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and, as appropriate, the Attorney General to (i) identify and develop a plan to modify or rescind all regulations that exceed the scope of federal or executive power, are not authorized by clear statutory authority, or impose undue burdens on private parties and the economy, (ii) deprioritize and, as appropriate, terminate all enforcement actions based on the identified regulations, and (iii) consider the factors set out in this order when evaluating potential new regulations. Full Order
Category: Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Revises Executive Order 12866, which requires review of significant regulatory actions, to remove exemption for independent regulatory agencies; directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to (i) establish performance standards and management objectives for heads of independent agencies and (ii) review independent agencies' regulatory objectives and adjust the agencies' apportionments of appropriations as needed to advance presidential priorities; directs head of each independent agency to establish an internal White House Liaison position and regularly coordinate polices and priorities with the White House; orders that the President and Attorney General's interpretation of a law is authoritative for the entire executive branch and that no executive branch employee may advance a contrary interpretation, including in regulations, guidance, or litigation. Full Order
Notes / Comments: The Federal Reserve is exempt from this executive order with respect to “its conduct of monetary policy,” but not in “its supervision and regulation of financial institutions.”
Category: Healthcare Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Directs Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy to prepare a list of policy recommendations for protecting access to and reducing the cost of IVF treatment. Full Order
Category: Miscellaneous Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Directs heads of all executive departments and agencies to make public "the completed details of every terminated program, cancelled contract, terminated grant, or any other discontinued obligation of Federal funds." Full Order
Category: Education, Healthcare Key Affected Agencies: Department of Education
Summary: Directs Secretary of Education to issue guidelines regarding "parental authority, religious freedom, disability accommodations, and equal protection under law, as relevant to coercive COVID-19 school mandates" and prepare a plan to end such mandates, including through the possibility of withholding federal funding from schools that do not comply with the guidelines. Full Order
Category: Energy Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Establishes a council, chaired by the Secretary of the Interior, and directs the council to advise the president on ways to increase American energy production. Full Order
Category: Healthcare Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Establishes a commission, chaired by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and directs the commission to submit a "Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment" analyzing the threat that medications, food ingredients, and other exposures pose to children's health and taking steps to "restore the integrity of science," followed by a strategy based on the findings of the children's health assessment. Full Order
Category: Foreign Policy, Economy Key Affected Agencies: Department of Commerce
Summary: Directs Secretary of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative to investigate harm to U.S. from "non-reciprocal trade arrangements" and propose remedies "in pursuit of reciprocal trade relations." Full Order
Category: Federal Employment, Foreign Policy Key Affected Agencies: State Department
Summary: Directs Secretary of State to reform Foreign Service program and hiring and retention standards "to ensure a workforce that is committed to faithful implementation of the President's foreign policy." Full Order
Category: Foreign Policy, Economy Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Imposes a 25% tariff on imported aluminum articles beginning March 12, 2025. Full Order
Category: Federal Employment Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to require all agencies to hire no more than one employee for every four employees that depart, with exceptions for positions related to public safety, immigration enforcement, and law enforcement; directs each agency head to i) consult with the Department of Government Efficiency to develop a plan for hiring new career appointments and 2) prepare to initiate large-scale reductions in force, with a focus on temporary employees and those in DEI roles or performing functions suspended by the Trump administration; directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to initiate rulemaking adding criteria to the regulation setting suitability standards for competitive and Senior Executive Service positions. Full Order
Category: Foreign Policy, Economy Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Imposes a 25% tariff on imported steel articles beginning March 12, 2025. Full Order
Category: Miscellaneous Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to eliminate the Federal Executive Institute, which provided leadership training to federal employees. Full Order
Category: Miscellaneous Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Directs executive departments and agencies to stop purchasing paper straws and eliminate any policies designed to disfavor plastic straws. Full Order
Category: Crime, Foreign Policy, Economy Key Affected Agencies: Department of Justice
Summary: Directs Attorney General to, for 180 days after the order, not initiate any new Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations or enforcement actions and review all existing FCPA investigations or actions for consistency with "Presidential foreign policy prerogatives"; authorizes the Attorney General to extend the pause for an additional 180 days, if appropriate. Full Order
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: President Trump Pauses New FCPA Enforcement, Initiates Enforcement Review, and Directs Preparation of New Guidance
Category: Foreign Policy Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Directs all executive departments and agencies to stop foreign aid and assistance to South Africa; directs Secretaries of State and Homeland Security "to prioritize humanitarian relief, including admission and resettlement through the United States Refugee Admissions Program, for Afrikaners in South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination." Full Order
Category: Religion Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Establishes White House Faith Office with responsibility to "empower faith-based entities, community organizations, and houses of worship to serve families and communities" by collaborating with agencies and executive departments. Full Order
Category: Miscellaneous Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Directs Attorney General to examine actions of all agencies and executive departments "to assess any ongoing infringements of the Second Amendment rights of our citizens" and propose a plan "to protect the Second Amendment rights of all Americans." Full Order
Category: Religion Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Establishes a Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias located within the Department of Justice, tasked with reviewing legislation and agency actions to identify "anti-Christian policies, practices, or conduct" and recommending executive or legislative actions to protect religious liberty. Full Order
Category: Foreign Policy Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Finds that the International Criminal Court (ICC) "has engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel"; declares a national emergency to address the threat posed by the ICC; defines "protected person" to include any U.S. person or person of a U.S. ally that is not part of the ICC; orders that any foreign person who engaged in or materially supported the ICC's efforts to investigate a "protected person" shall be blocked from transferring or dealing in any property based in or under the control of the U.S. Full Order
Category: Foreign Policy Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Permits duty-free de minimis treatment to continue for goods imported from China until the Secretary of Commerce determines systems are in place to adequately collect tariff revenue for these goods. Full Order
Category: Education, Gender Key Affected Agencies: Department of Education; State Department; Department of Homeland Security
Summary: Directs Secretary of Education to affirmatively protect "all-female athletic opportunities and all-female locker rooms," including by prioritizing Title IX enforcement actions against and rescinding funding to educational programs that violate this policy; directs Secretary of State to promote this policy among international bodies, including the United Nations and the International Olympic Committee; directs the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security to adjust policies "permitting admission to the United States of males seeking to participate in women's sports." Full Order
Category: Foreign Policy Key Affected Agencies: State Department
Summary: Declares that the U.S. will not participate in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC); directs Secretary of State to review whether continued membership in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) supports U.S. interests; directs agencies and executive departments to withhold all funds from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Full Order
Category: Miscellaneous Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Directs Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce to develop a plan for establishing a sovereign wealth fund. Full Order
Notes / Comments: While signing the order, President Trump indicated the fund could be used to acquire TikTok.
Category: Economy, International Trade, Foreign Policy Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Declares that, because the government of Canada has "taken immediate steps designed to alleviate the illegal migration and illicit drug crisis," the 10% and 25% tariffs on energy products and other Canadian goods will not take effect until March 4, 2025; notes that, "if the illegal migration and illicit drug crises worsen," the tariffs may be reinstated. Full Order
Category: Economy, International Trade, Foreign Policy Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Declares that, because the government of Mexico has "taken immediate steps designed to alleviate the illegal migration and illicit drug crisis," the 25% tariff on all goods from Mexico will not take effect until March 4, 2025; notes that, "if the migration and drug crises worsen," the tariffs may be reinstated. Full Order
Category: Economy, International Trade, Foreign Policy Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Imposes a 10% rate of duty on all "energy or energy resources" (including oil, natural gas, and coal) that are products of Canada, and a 25% rate of duty on all other products of Canada, in addition to any existing duties, until the president determines that "the Government of Canada has taken adequate steps to alleviate" the "illegal migration and illicit drug crises." Full Order
Notes / Comments: As of February 3, 2024, President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed to postpone the duties for one month.
Category: Economy, International Trade, Foreign Policy Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Imposes a 25% rate of duty on all goods that are products of Mexico, in addition to any existing duties, from February 4, 2025, until the president determines that "the government of Mexico has taken adequate steps to alleviate the illegal migration and illicit drug crisis." Full Order
Notes / Comments: As of February 3, 2025, President Trump and President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico agreed to postpone the duties for one month.
Category: Economy, International Trade, Foreign Policy Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Imposes a 10% rate of duty on all goods that are products of the People's Republic of China (PRC), in addition to any existing duties, from February 4, 2025, until the president determines that "the PRC government has taken adequate steps to alleviate the opioid crisis." Full Order
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: President Trump’s Executive Order Imposing Tariffs on Chinese-Origin Imports: U.S. Enforcement Concerns for Taiwanese Manufacturers and Exporters
Category: Federal Employment Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Directs all agencies and their employees to not enter collective bargaining agreements (CBA) within the final 30 days of a presidential administration that create new obligations, substantively change existing agreements, or extend the duration of existing agreements; to the extent that agency personnel have executed a CBA that violates this memorandum but that has not been approved by the agency head, directs that agency head to reject the CBA; exempts CBAs "that primarily cover law enforcement officers" from the scope of the memorandum. Full Order
Category: Regulation Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Directs all agencies and departments who propose or promulgate new regulations in Fiscal Year 2025 to simultaneously "identify at least 10 existing regulations to be repealed" and to ensure that the total incremental cost of all new and repealed regulations is "significantly less than zero"; defines "regulation" to include, "without limitation, regulations, rules, memoranda, administrative orders, guidance documents, policy statements, and interagency agreements," except a) those related to military, national and homeland security, foreign affairs, and immigration functions, b) those affecting agency organization, management, and personnel, and c) those exempted by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB); directs the OMB Director to revoke the 2023 version of OMB Circular A-4 (a document that directs agencies how to conduct cost-benefit analysis of regulatory proposals) and reinstate the 2003 version. Full Order
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: Two Weeks In: Key Trump Administration Developments in Tech Policy, Regulatory Reform in the Trump Administration
Category: Aviation Key Affected Agencies: Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration
Summary: In response to aircraft collision, orders the Secretary of Transportation and Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to review all hiring decisions and changes to safety protocols during the Biden Administration and to take corrective action as necessary to achieve uncompromised aviation safety. Full Order
Category: Miscellaneous, Education Key Affected Agencies: Department of Education, State Department, Department of Homeland Security
Summary: "Directs the head of each executive department or agency to submit a report to identify civil and criminal authorities that may be used to curb or combat antisemitism and to include an inventory and analysis of pending administrative complaints and court cases involving institutions of higher education. Also directs the Secretary of State, Secretary of Education, and Secretary of Homeland Security to recommend how to familiarize institutions of higher education with the law regarding inadmissibility for national security reasons, so that the institutions can monitor and report activities by alien students and staff." Full Order
Notes / Comments: The order cites 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3), which provides an alien is inadmissible if he or she “endorses or espouses terrorist activity or persuades others to endorse or espouse terrorist activity or support a terrorist organization,” among other grounds. In connection with the order’s broader focus on anti-semitism, this suggests that the administration understands that aliens that express support for Hamas or the October 7 attacks may be inadmissible and their visas may be revoked.
Category: Miscellaneous Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Establishes a White House Task Force on Celebrating America's 250th Birthday, led by President Trump, with the purpose "to plan, organize, and execute an extraordinary celebration of the 250th Anniversary of American Independence." Full Order
Category: Education, DEI Key Affected Agencies: Department of Education
Summary: "Directs Secretary of Education and other cabinet officials to develop an ""Ending Indoctrination Strategy"" to eliminate federal funding for ""illegal and discriminatory treatment and indoctrination in K-12 schools"" including based on ""gender ideology"" and ""discriminatory equity ideology."" The strategy will also aim to protect parental rights and to coordinate enforcement against K-12 teachers and school officials who violate federal anti-discrimination laws. The order also re-establishes the ""1776 Commission"" from Trump's first term, with the purpose of advising and promoting patriotic education." Full Order
Notes / Comments: The order asserts that certain aspects of compelling children “to adopt identities as either victims or oppressors solely based on their skin color or other immutable characteristics” or making them “question whether they were born in the wrong body” or “to view their parents and their reality as enemies” are “anti-American, subversive, harmful, and false” and “violat[e] longstanding anti-discrimination civil rights law in many cases” and “usurps basic parental authority.”
Category: Education Key Affected Agencies: Department of Education
Summary: Establishes policy supporting school choice and directing Secretary of Education to have "education freedom" as a priority within discretionary grant programs. Full Order
Category: Immigration Key Affected Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security
Summary: Directs Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Homeland Security to expand an existing migrant detention facility in Guantanamo Bay to full capacity in order to house high-priority criminal aliens unlawfully present in the United States. Full Order
Category: Federal Employment Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Communication from Office of Personnel Management to full-time federal employees offering participation in a Deferred Resignation Program. Employees who resign under the program by February 6, 2025, will retain full pay and benefits through September 30, 2025. The program is not available to military personnel, employees of the U.S. Postal Service, or those in immigration enforcement or national security positions, and agencies may exclude additional positions from the program. Full Order
On February 6, 2025, a federal district judge in Massachusetts temporarily paused the program and scheduled a hearing on whether to issue a temporary restraining order for February 10, 2025. See American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO v. Ezell, No. 1:25-cv-10276 (D. Mass. Feb. 6, 2025).
Category: Gender, Healthcare Key Affected Agencies: Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Justice
Summary: Defines "chemical and surgical mutilation" to mean "gender affirming care," including puberty blockers and the use of sex hormones or surgical procedures "to align an individual's physical appearance with an identity that differs from his or her sex"; directs agencies providing funding to medical institutions, including medical schools and hospitals, to ensure the institutions "end the chemical and surgical mutilation of children"; directs the agencies responsible for Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, and federal and postal service health benefits programs to exclude coverage for pediatric transgender surgeries or hormone treatments; directs the Department of Justice to prioritize enforcement of protections against female genital mutilation and "take appropriate action" against states that "facilitate stripping custody from parents who support the healthy development of their own children." Full Order
Category: Miscellaneous Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Declares January 27, 2025 as a National Day of Remembrance of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz. Full Order
Category: Defense, Gender Key Affected Agencies: Department of Defense
Summary: Directs Secretary of Defense to issue directives prohibiting identification-based pronoun usage. Prohibits Armed Forces from, absent extraordinary operational necessity, permitting males from using female sleeping, bathing, and changing facilities, and vice versa. Revokes Executive Order 14004 (Enabling All Qualified Americans To Serve Their Country in Uniform). Full Order
Category: Defense Key Affected Agencies: Department of Defense
Summary: Makes reinstatement available to all military members discharged solely for refusal to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. Full Order
Category: Defense, Gender, DEI Key Affected Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security
Summary: Directs Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Homeland Security to abolish DEI offices within their respective departments and cease engagement in other DEI-related initiatives. Full Order
Category: Economy Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Directs all agencies and executive departments to temporarily pause all activities related to the disbursment of federal financial assistance, including new awards and open awards, "except for assistance received directly by individuals"; during the pause, directs all agencies and departments to identify any programs or activities "that may be implicated by any of the President's executive orders." Full Order
Notes / Comments: The memorandum provides in a footnote that “Nothing in this memo should be construed to impact Medicare or Social Security benefits.”
On January 28, 2025, a federal district judge in D.C. ordered an administrative stay blocking the funding pause from taking effect until 5:00 p.m. on February 3. The judge is scheduled to hold a hearing on February 3 to decide whether to issue a temporary restraining order blocking the funding pause for a longer period. National Council of Nonprofits v. Office of Management & Budget, No. 1:25-cv-00239 (D.D.C. Jan. 28, 2025).
On January 29, 2025, the Office of Management and Budget rescinded this memorandum.
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: Regulatory Reform in the Trump Administration
Category: Defense, Foreign Policy Key Affected Agencies: Secretary of Defense
Summary: Directs Secretary of Defense to implement planning and architecture for defense of the United States against next-generation missiles. Full Order
Category: Disaster Response Key Affected Agencies: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Summary: Establishes a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Review Council tasked with assessing FEMA's responses to disasters during the Biden administration and recommending improvements to FEMA's structure and role. Full Order
Category: Disaster Response Key Affected Agencies: Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Agriculture, Office of Management and Budget
Summary: Directs the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Agriculture to ensure adequate water response in Southern California. Directs the OMB Director to review all federal programs, projects, and activities for all agencies related to water and disaster preparedness and response. Full Order
Category: Abortion Key Affected Agencies: Office of Management and Budget
Summary: Repeals Executive Orders 14076 (Protecting Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services) and 14079 (Securing Access to Reproductive and Other Healthcare Services). Full Order
Notes / Comments: The order describes U.S. policy as, “consistent with the Hyde Amendment, to end the forced use of Federal taxpayer dollars to fund or promote elective abortion.”
Category: Abortion, Foreign Policy Key Affected Agencies: Health and Human Services
Summary: Revokes Presidential Memorandum of Jan. 28, 2021 and reinstates the Presidential Memorandum of Jan. 23, 2017. Directs the Secretary of State, among other things, to ensure that U.S. taxpayer dollars do not fund organizations or programs that support or participate in the management of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. Full Order
Category: Miscellaneous Key Affected Agencies: Office of Director of National Intelligence, Department of Justice
Summary: Directs Director of National Intelligence and Attorney General to present a plan for a full and complete release of records related to the assassinations. Full Order
Category: Science and Technology Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Establishes the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). Full Order
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: Two Weeks In: Key Trump Administration Developments in Tech Policy
Category: Economy Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Sets policy to sustain and enhance America's global AI dominance in order to promote human flourishing, economic competitiveness, and national security. Full Order
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: Trump 2.0 on Energy: Ten Items to Watch, U.S. Trade Policy and Regulation Under Trump 2.0: Key Takeaways from “Week One”, Two Weeks In: Key Trump Administration Developments in Tech Policy
Category: National Security Key Affected Agencies: State Department
Summary: Sets in motion a process by which Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, will be considered for designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. Full Order
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: U.S. Trade Policy and Regulation Under Trump 2.0: Key Takeaways from “Week One”
Category: Economy Key Affected Agencies: Treasury Department
Summary: Sets policy to support the responsible growth and use of digital assets, blockchain technology, and related technologies across all sectors of the economy; establishes Presidential Working Group on Digital Asset Markets to propose Federal regulatory framework for issuance and operation of digital assets, including a potential national digit asset stockpile; prohibits agencies from establishing or promoting central bank digital currencies. Full Order
Notes / Comments: Appears to target efforts by the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department to study and potentially develop a central bank digital currency. As the Federal Reserve is generally considered to be an independent agency, it is unclear whether it will comply with the order.
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: Two Weeks In: Key Trump Administration Developments in Tech Policy
Category: DEI, Contracting Key Affected Agencies: Department of Labor
Summary: Revokes executive orders requiring consideration of "environmental justice" and promotion of "diversity" or "affirmative action" by federal agencies and contractors; directs Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to "immediately cease" "[a]llowing or encouraging Federal contractors" to engage in DEI efforts; directs all agencies to include terms in all contracts and grants certifying that the contractor or recipient "does not operate any programs promoting DEI that violate any applicable Federal anti-discrimination laws"; directs all agencies to develop plans "to encourage the private sector to to end illegal discrimination and preferences, including DEI." Full Order
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: President Trump Revokes Affirmative Action Requirements for Government Contractors and Directs Agencies to Identify Nine Large Targets for Investigations of Private Sector DEI Practices, Maryland District Court Enjoins Significant Aspects of Anti-DEI Executive Orders
Category: DEI, Aviation Key Affected Agencies: Federal Aviation Administration
Summary: Requires Federal Aviation Administration to end its DEI program and engage in "merit-based hiring." Full Order
Category: Miscellaneous Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Revokes Executive Order 14042 of September 9, 2021 ("Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors") and Executive Order 14043 of September 9, 2021 ("Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees") Full Order
Category: Foreign Policy Key Affected Agencies: State Department
Summary: Directs Secretary of State to issue guidance for bringing State Department in line with the foreign policy of the United States, which is to "champion core American interests and always put America and American citizens first." Full Order
Category: Economy, International Trade, Foreign Policy Key Affected Agencies: Department of Commerce, Treasury Department, U.S. Trade Representative
Summary: Directs Secretaries of Commerce and Treasury and U.S. Trade Representative to investigate trade deficits, associated national security risks, and the feasibility of creating an "External Revenue Service" for collecting tariffs and similar duties. Full Order
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: Trump 2.0 on Energy: Ten Items to Watch, U.S. Trade Policy and Regulation Under Trump 2.0: Key Takeaways from “Week One”, U.S. Outbound Investment Goes Live with Treasury Providing Additional Clarity—and European Outbound Investment Programs Get a Nudge Forward
Category: Social Media, National Security Key Affected Agencies: Department of Justice
Summary: Directs the Attorney General to not enforce the "TikTok ban" for 75 days, or bring later enforcement actions based on conduct that occurrs during the 75 days. Full Order
Notes / Comments: Flagging for implications on service providers (Apple, Google, etc.).
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: U.S. Trade Policy and Regulation Under Trump 2.0: Key Takeaways from “Week One”
Category: Immigration Key Affected Agencies: Department of Defense
Summary: Directs Secretary of Defense to create a plan to "seal the borders" of the United States against "unlawful mass migration, narcotics trafficking, human smuggling and trafficking, and other criminal activities." Full Order
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: Gibson Dunn Launches Immigration Task Force
Category: Immigration Key Affected Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security
Summary: Declares a national emergency and orders deployment of military resources to the border. Full Order
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: Gibson Dunn Launches Immigration Task Force
Category: Energy Key Affected Agencies: Environmental Protection Agency
Summary: Directs heads of executive departments and agencies to identify and exercise emergency authorities to advance domestic energy resources; directs EPA Administrator to consider issuing emergency fuel waivers. Full Order
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: Trump 2.0 on Energy: Ten Items to Watch
Category: Gender Key Affected Agencies: Department of Justice
Summary: Directs all agencies to use biological definitions of "sex" and related words like male and female in interpreting laws and in all other official business and documents; directs Attorney General to clarify that Bostock does not apply to Title IX; requires that all grants ensure federal funds do not "promote gender ideology;" directs Attorney General and other agencies to ensure "intimate spaces," including prisons and shelters, are designated by sex rather than identity; directs Attorney General to issue guidance for ensuring the "freedom to express the binary nature of sex and the right to single-sex spaces" is covered by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Full Order
Notes / Comments: Section 6 of the order also calls for legislation codifying the biological definitions of sex.
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: Impact of President Trump’s Executive Orders Regarding Race and Gender on Corporate DEI Programs
Category: Economy Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Directs heads of executive departments and agencies to take actions to "deliver emergency price relief." Full Order
Category: Foreign Policy, Immigration Key Affected Agencies: State Department
Summary: Directs Secretary of State to recommend designating cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations under the Immigration and Nationality Act or Specially Designated Global Terrorists under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act; declares a national emergency related to cartels. Full Order
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: U.S. Trade Policy and Regulation Under Trump 2.0: Key Takeaways from “Week One”, Gibson Dunn Launches Immigration Task Force
Category: DEI Key Affected Agencies: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Personnel Management, Department of Justice
Summary: Directs the Office of Management and Budget, Attorney General, and Office of Personnel Management to terminate "all discriminatory programs, including illegal DEI" mandates, policies, and programs, including "environmental justice" offices and positions. Full Order
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: Impact of President Trump’s Executive Orders Regarding Race and Gender on Corporate DEI Programs, Maryland District Court Enjoins Significant Aspects of Anti-DEI Executive Orders
Category: Law Enforcement Key Affected Agencies: Department of Justice, Office of Director of National Intelligence
Summary: Directs Attorney General and Director of National Intelligence to identify civil, criminal, and intelligence community actions from the previous four years that may have been politically motivated and recommend appropriate remedial actions. Full Order
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: Two Weeks In: Key Trump Administration Developments in Tech Policy
Category: DOGE Key Affected Agencies: U.S. Digital Service, U.S. DOGE Service
Summary: Renames U.S. Digital Service the U.S. DOGE Service (USDS) and establishes it within the Executive Office of the President, with the USDS Administrator reporting to the White House Chief of Staff; directs the USDS to begin a government-wide technology modernization initiative. Full Order
Notes / Comments: DOGE appears to have its initial focus on IT infrastructure.
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: DOGE Details: The Knowns and Unknowns of Trump’s Cost-Cutting Board, The DOGE Has Arrived
Category: Miscellaneous Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Orders that all U.S. flags be flown at full-staff for the remainder of inauguration day. Full Order
Category: Immigration Key Affected Agencies: Department of Homeland Security
Summary: Asserting inherent constitutional authority under Article II, suspends the "physical entry of aliens involved in an invasion into the United States" until the president makes a finding "that the invasion at the southern border has ceased"; directs Secretary of Homeland Security to "remove any alien engaged in the invasion across the southern border." Full Order
Notes / Comments: On February 3, several advocacy groups filed a lawsuit in federal court in D.C. alleging that returning asylum seekers to countries where they face persecution violates federal statutes, including the Immigration and Nationality Act. See Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services v. Noem, No. 1:24-cv-306 (D.D.C. Feb. 3, 2025).
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: Gibson Dunn Launches Immigration Task Force
Category: Federal Employment Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Prohibits hiring Federal civilian employees except for military personnel, immigration enforcement, national security, public safety roles, and political appointments. Full Order
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: Impact of President Trump’s Executive Orders on the Federal Workforce
Category: National Security Key Affected Agencies: Office of Director of National Intelligence
Summary: Directs the Director of National Intelligence to revoke the security clearances of John Bolton and a list of former officials who "engaged in misleading and inappropriate political coordination with the 2020 Biden presidential campaign." Full Order
Category: DEI, Gender, Immigration, AI, Energy Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Revokes various executive orders issued during the Biden administration. Full Order
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: Trump 2.0 on Energy: Ten Items to Watch, U.S. Trade Policy and Regulation Under Trump 2.0: Key Takeaways from “Week One”, Regulatory Reform in the Trump Administration
Category: Miscellaneous Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Authorizes the White House Counsel to grant individuals Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearances for a period of six months. Full Order
Category: National Security Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Establishes structure and roles of presidential national security advisors. Full Order
Category: Miscellaneous Key Affected Agencies: General Services Administration
Summary: Directs the General Services Administration to advance the policy that "Federal public buildings should be visually identifiable as civic buildings and respect regional, traditional, and classical architectural heritage in order to uplift and beautify public spaces and ennoble the United States and our system of self-government." Full Order
Category: Immigration Key Affected Agencies: Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, State Department
Summary: Directs Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security to set immigration enforcement priorities based on public safety, authorize state and local law enforcement to perform immigration functions, and take lawful actions to ensure "sanctuary" jurisdictions do not receive federal funds; directs Secretaries of State and Homeland Security to negotiate with foreign countries to enable the return of foreign nationals removed from the United States. Full Order
Notes / Comments: Revokes a number of President Biden’s EOs on immigration.
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Category: Citizenship, Immigration Key Affected Agencies: State Department, Department of Homeland Security
Summary: Adopts policy not to issue or recognize documents asserting U.S. citizenship for people born in the United States after February 19, 2025 when, at the time of birth, the person's mother is unlawfully in the United States or lawfully but temporarily present in the United States, unless the father was a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident at the time of birth. Full Order
Notes / Comments: A federal district judge in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order blocking this executive order on January 23, 2025, followed by a preliminary injunction on February 6, 2025. See Washington v. Trump, No. C25-0127 (W.D. Wash. Feb. 6, 2025). On February 5, 2025, a different federal district judge in Maryland also issued a preliminary injunction blocking the order. See Casa, Inc. v. Trump, No. 25-cv-201 (D. Md. Feb. 5, 2025).
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Category: Immigration, National Security Key Affected Agencies: State Department
Summary: Directs Secretary of State to ensure that all aliens seeking admission to, or already present in, the United States are "vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible" to ensure they "do not bear hostile attitudes towards [the U.S.'s] citizens, culture, government, institution, or founding principles" or "advocate for, aid, or support designated foreign terrorists or other threats to our national security." Full Order
Notes / Comments: Some of the language and logic is similar to the Travel Ban EOs in the first administration.
Category: Energy Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Withdraws the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. Full Order
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Category: Environment Key Affected Agencies: Department of Commerce, Department of the Interior
Summary: Directs Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior to re-implement a plan from the first Trump administration to route more water to Southern California. Full Order
Category: Immigration Key Affected Agencies: State Department, Department of Homeland Security
Summary: Orders suspension of the entry of refugees under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program except on a case-by-case basis subject to a joint determination by the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security. Full Order
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: Gibson Dunn Launches Immigration Task Force
Category: Foreign Policy Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Orders 90-day pause in foreign development assistance and review of whether assistance is aligned with the president's foreign policy. Full Order
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: U.S. Trade Policy and Regulation Under Trump 2.0: Key Takeaways from “Week One”
Category: Federal Employment, DEI Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Orders development of federal hiring plan that prioritizes recruiting individuals who are committed to improving efficiency, passionate about American ideals, and committed to the rule of law; prohibits hiring based on race, sex, religion, or being unwilling to defend Constitution; decreases time-to-hire to under 80 days; and gives candidates greater clarity into hiring process. Full Order
Notes / Comments: DOGE is included in list of agencies that develop the Federal Hiring Plan.
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Category: Regulation Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Directs all executive departments and agencies to not propose or issue any rules until after review by an incoming department or agency head or designee; authorizes Director of Office of Management and Budget to grant exceptions. Full Order
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: Tools of Transition: Procedural Devices That Could Help the President-Elect Implement His Agenda, Impact of Trump Administration Regulatory Freeze Memorandum: Selected Regulations and Agency Actions, Two Weeks In: Key Trump Administration Developments in Tech Policy, Regulatory Reform in the Trump Administration
Category: Federal Employment Key Affected Agencies: Office of Personnel Management, Office of Management and Budget
Summary: Directs Office of Personnel Management and Office of Management and Budget to issue Senior Executive Service (SES) Performance Plans that agencies must adopt; directs each agency to reassign SES members to ensure they are "optimally aligned to implement" the president's agenda; directs each agency to terminate and reconstitute its Executive Resources Board and Performance Review Board. Full Order
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: Impact of President Trump’s Executive Orders on the Federal Workforce
Category: Federal Employment Key Affected Agencies: Office of Personnel Management
Summary: Reinstates Executive Order 13957 from first Trump administration, which established Schedule F as a classification of federal workers with expedited hiring and removal procedures; renames Schedule F to "Schedule Policy/Career"; directs Office of Personnel management to recommend additional positions for Schedule F. Full Order
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: Impact of President Trump’s Executive Orders on the Federal Workforce
Category: Free Speech Key Affected Agencies: Department of Justice
Summary: Declares policy that no Federal officer, employee, or agent and no taxpayer resources shall be used to "engage in or facilitate conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen"; directs Attorney General to investigate and take remedial action against any violations of this policy during the last four years. Full Order
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Category: Miscellaneous Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Directs that Denali be renamed "Mount McKinley" and the Gulf of Mexico be renamed the "Gulf of America." Full Order
Category: Crime Key Affected Agencies: Department of Justice
Summary: Sets policy to re-implement the death penalty. Directs the Attorney General to to seek the death penalty for the murder of law enforcement officers and for any capital crime committed by aliens illegally present in the country. For those whose death sentence was commuted by President Biden, the Attorney General is directed to set conditions of imprisonment consistent with their level of offense and to recommend to state authorities potential ways to charge them with state capital crimes. Full Order
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Category: Federal Employment Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Directs all agency heads to require employees to work full time in-person as soon as practicable. Full Order
Notes / Comments: This EO was likely a DOGE suggestion to reduce the federal workforce by soliciting voluntary resignations.
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: Impact of President Trump’s Executive Orders on the Federal Workforce
Category: Immigration Key Affected Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security
Summary: Directs Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security to construct physical barriers along and deploy personnel to the southern border, implement the "remain in Mexico" policy, end categorical parole programs, and prioritize the prosecution of border-related offenses. Full Order
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Category: Energy Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Implements pause on offshore wind leasing; directs all relevant agencies to temporarily refrain from approving or renewing onshore and offshore wind projects. Full Order
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Category: Economy, Foreign Policy Key Affected Agencies: U.S. Trade Representative
Summary: States that the OECD "Global Tax Deal" will have no effect unless adopted by Congress; directs U.S. Trade Representative to investigate foreign countries for compliance with tax treaties. Full Order
Category: Energy Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Expedites development of Alaska's energy resources, particularly liquified natural gas (LNG), by directing relevant executive departments and agencies to rescind, revise, or grant exemptions from regulations. Full Order
Notes / Comments: Directs Interior Secretary to rescind several Biden-era decisions and reinstate decisions from the first Trump administration.
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Category: Energy Key Affected Agencies:
Summary: Eliminates "electric vehicle (EV) mandate"; directs heads of all agencies to review agency actions that unduly burden domestic energy development; directs Council on Environmental Equality to issue guidance prioritizing efficiency in all permitting decisions; directs all agencies to immediately pause disbursing funds under the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and to assess whether such funds are consistent with the goals of this executive order. Full Order
Gibson Dunn Client Alerts: Trump 2.0 on Energy: Ten Items to Watch, Unleashing American Energy: Examining the Executive Order’s Impacts on the Energy Industry
Category: Foreign Policy Key Affected Agencies: State Department, Office of Management and Budget
Summary: Ends funding to and recalls U.S. personnel from the WHO; directs Secretary of State and Office of Management and Budget to identify international and domestic partners to assume activities previously undertaken by WHO. Full Order
Category: National Security, Foreign Policy Key Affected Agencies: Treasury Department, State Department, Department of Commerce, Department of Justice
Summary: Directs Secretaries of Treasury and Commerce to implement sanctions and export control enforcement campaigns; directs Secretary of State to modify or rescind any sanctions waivers that provide relief to Iran and lead a "diplomatic campaign to isolate Iran throughout the world," including by driving "Iran's export of oil to zero"; directs U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations to work with allies to impose international sanctions on Iran; directs Attorney General to "investigate, disrupt, and prosecute" all Iranian-sponsored "networks, operatives, or front groups inside the United States." Full Order