Project 2025 Policy Tracker: Agency Goals and Progress
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Agency Entries
Agency Subject Objective Project 2025 goals Page Progress
(/ = in progress) Notes Link Date completed Court orders Court sources
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention health limit the CDCs role to evaluating only health related costs and benefits of interventions, without considering any social impacts 453 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention health prohibit use of aborted fetal cells in developing vaccines 455 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention LGBTQIA, health end data collection on gender identity 456 ✔ The CDC will no longer process transgender identity data https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/25/cdc-will-no-longer-process-transgender-data/ 2/26/2025 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reorganization, health split CDC into two agencies, one for data collection and one for policy recommendations 453 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reprductive health fund studies into the risks and complications of abortion 455
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reprductive health promote fertility awareness–based methods (as opposed to contraception) for family planning 455 ✔
the administration is rerouting birth control funds to menstrual cycle education classes to try to prevent pregnancy without using birth control https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/us/politics/under-trump-a-new-focus-for-a-birth-control-program-helping-women-get-pregnant.html 7/18/2025 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reprductive health correct misinformation about the comparative health and psychological benefits of childbirth vs abortion 455 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reprductive health cut funds to states that do not provide detailed abortion reports 455 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicaid, health, public assistance allow states to control Medicaid by transforming the program into a block grant or imposing per capita caps 466 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicaid, health, public assistance reduce federal incentives for states to expand Medicaid coverage 467 ✔ enacted as part of reconciliation bill https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/allocating-cbos-estimates-of-federal-medicaid-spending-reductions-across-the-states-senate-reconciliation-bill/ 7/4/2025 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicaid, health, public assistance impose Medicaid work requirements 468 ✔ enacted as part of reconciliation bill https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/allocating-cbos-estimates-of-federal-medicaid-spending-reductions-across-the-states-senate-reconciliation-bill/ 7/4/2025 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicaid, health, public assistance impose time-limits on how long low-income people can receive Medicaid in their lifetime 468 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicaid, health, public assistance allow states to amend their Medicaid programs without waivers oversight 468 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicaid, health, public assistance make Medicare Advantage the default enrollment option 465 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicaid, health, public assistance reinstate private-sector drug price negotiation program (repeal part of the Inflation Reduction Act's Medicare Part D reforms) 465
Commodity Futures Trading Commission economy reduce regulations on cryptocurrencies 835 ✔
DOJ instructed prosecutors to ease up on crypto enforcement https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-admin-tells-prosecutors-ease-crypto-enforcement/story?id=120589406 4/8/2025 Consumer Financial Protection Bureaueconomy, accountability abolish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 839 / Appeals court approved plan to eliminate 80% of its workforce through a reduction-in-force https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/08/cfpb-can-proceed-with-mass-layoffs-federal-appeals-court-rules/
Corporation for Public Broadcasting media stop federal funding of NPR and PBS 246 ✔
Congress rescinded all federal funding for NPR, PBS, and their member stations https://www.npr.org/2025/07/18/nx-s1-5469912/npr-congress-rescission-funding-trump 7/18/2025 Dept. of Agriculture environment, food limit the USDA's ability to create permanent easements 305 Dept. of Agriculture food repeal the federal sugar program 296 Dept. of Agriculture food reduce the premium subsidy rate for crop insurance 297 Dept. of Agriculture food weaken regulations on baby formula 302 Dept. of Agriculture food repeal the federal mandate to label genetically engineered food 307 Dept. of Agriculture food repeal, or, at minimum, reform the Dietary Guidelines 309 Dept. of Agriculture food, environment remove the U.S. from association with U.N. or other efforts to push sustainable food production 293 ✔
Trump terminated funding to the UN World Food Program, part of the Sustainable Development Goals program https://apnews.com/article/usaid-trump-humanitarian-aid-1167e0f64dde9ab6cafa0d5e0b812710 4/7/2025 Dept. of Agriculture environment reinstate Trump's executive order to manage wildfires by reducing vegetation and increasing logging 308 ✔ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/immediate-expansion-of-american-timber-production/ 3/1/2025 Dept. of Agriculture reorganization eliminate the Community Eligibility Provision 303 Dept. of Agriculture reorganization, environment eliminate the Conservation Reserve Program 304 Dept. of Agriculture trade repeal market development programs like the Market Access Program 307 Dept. of Agriculture food, public assistance move the USDA food and nutrition programs including SNAP to HHS 298 Dept. of Agriculture food, public assistance impose stricter work requirements on SNAP 299 ✔ enacted as part of reconciliation bill https://www.urban.org/research/publication/how-senate-budget-reconciliation-snap-proposals-will-affect-families-every-us 7/4/2025 Dept. of Agriculture food, public assistance roll back the updates to the Thrifty Food Plan that is used to calculate SNAP benefits 300 ✔ enacted as part of reconciliation bill https://www.urban.org/research/publication/how-senate-budget-reconciliation-snap-proposals-will-affect-families-every-us 7/4/2025 Dept. of Agriculture food, public assistance end broad-based categorical eligibility for SNAP 300 Dept. of Agriculture food, public assistance restrict the Low-Income Heat and Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) 301 ✔
all staff at LIHEAP fired (one later rehired), reconciliation bill severely limits program https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/health/staff-cuts-at-federal-health-agencies-have-begun/index.html, https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/01/republicans-target-low-income-energy-aid-loophole-00429593 7/4/2025 Dept. of Agriculture food, public assistance prohibit schools from grouping together to utilize the Community Eligibility Provision 303 Dept. of Commerce census focus census outreach on conservative groups 680 Dept. of Commerce census add a citizenship question to the census 680 Dept. of Commerce census abolish the Census Bureau National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic, and Other Populations 682 ✔ https://www.wral.com/story/census-bureau-under-trump-cuts-loose-expert-advisors-who-work-for-free/21892145/ 3/4/2025 Dept. of Commerce census abolish non-statutory standing committees within the Census Bureau, including the Census Scientific Advisory Committee 682 ✔ https://apnews.com/article/census-bureau-commerce-department-howard-lutnick-3a56003b790aedce6e6c8ddd7c6b6943 3/4/2025
Dept. of Commerce environment lessen protections for marine life 676 ✔
Trump ordered the removal of key protections to allow commercial fishing in marine national monuments; reconciliation bill rescinds funding for marine protections https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/unleashing-american-commercial-fishing-in-the-pacific/, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/climate/trump-fishing-marine-protected-zone.html, https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/all-info
7/4/2025 Dept. of Commerce reorganization, environment break up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 674 Dept. of Commerce reorganization, environment fully commercialize the National Weather Service 675 / private companies are now gathering weather data for NOAA https://www.wired.com/story/private-companies-step-up-to-gather-weather-data-for-noaa-as-staffing-cuts-hobble-agency-forecasting/ Dept. of Commerce reorganization elevate the Office of Space Commerce 677 Dept. of Commerce reorganization, environment downsize the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research OAR 676 / the administration has begun laying off OAR staff proposed budget would abolish the OAR office https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/white-house-plan-guts-noaa-climate-research-00286408, https://www.axios.com/2025/02/27/layoffs-hit-noaa-national-weather-service
Dept. of Commerce trade, economy tighten export control regulations 671 / Trump ordered the Commerce Secretary to review the United States export control system and advise on modifications https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/america-first-trade-policy/
Dept. of Defense defense increase defense burden-sharing with allies 94 Dept. of Defense defense reduce U.S. force posture in Europe 94 Dept. of Defense defense end congressional review of arms transfers to foreign countries 101 Dept. of Defense defense reinstate service members who were fired due to their refusal to comply with COVID-19 vaccine mandate 103 ✔ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/reinstating-service-members-discharged-under-the-militarys-covid-19-vaccination-mandate/ 1/27/2025 Dept. of Defense defense, education require all schools that receive federal funding to give students the military entrance test 102 Dept. of Defense DEIA, defense abolish DEI offices in the Defense Dept. and military 103 ✔ https://www.npr.org/2025/01/28/nx-s1-5276839/trump-executive-order-dei-military 1/28/2025
Dept. of Defense elections, intel, cyber security end Cybercoms participation in federal efforts to fortify U.S. elections 120 /
Secretary Hegseth ordered Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions; the administration is eroding U.S. cyberspace defenses according to the NYT
https://therecord.media/hegseth-orders-cyber-command-stand-down-russia-planning, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/trump-cyber-threats.html
Dept. of Defense immigration, defense direct the military to assist in building border wall 166 / the military has been fortifying existing sections of the wall https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/declaring-a-national-emergency-at-the-southern-border-of-the-united-states/, https://gulfnews.com/world/us-troops-reinforce-mexico-border-wall-with-barbed-wire-1.500191069
Dept. of Defense immigration, defense deploy active-duty personnel and National Guardsmen to the border 555 ✔ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/declaring-a-national-emergency-at-the-southern-border-of-the-united-states/ 1/20/2025
Dept. of Defense intel, cyber security remove Cybercom from the oversight of the National Security Agency 119
Dept. of Defense LGBTQIA reverse policies that allow transgender individuals to serve in the military 104 ✔
the Supreme Court allowed Trump to enforce trans military ban while litigation is ongoing https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/politics/article/alert-up-to-1-000-openly-identifying-transgender-20318211.php 5/8/2025
Dept. of Defense LGBTQIA use of public monies for transgender surgeries should be ended 104 ✔
Defense Department barred any new hormone treatments as well as any surgical procedures for transgender troops https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/pentagon-halting-gender-affirming-health-care-transgender-troops-memo-rcna206482 5/13/2025
Dept. of Defense reproductive health prohibit abortion travel funding 471 ✔ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-ends-policy-funding-travel-abortions-care-rcna190198 1/31/2025
Dept. of Education civil rights, education cease investigating Title VI disparate impact cases 335 ✔
effectively achieved by closing most civil rights offices; staff say it will be virtually impossible to resolve discrimination complaints. https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-division-eroded-by-massive-layoffs 3/12/2025
Dept. of Education civil rights, education rescind the Equity in IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) regulations 336 ✔
effectively accomplished by laying off the entire Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, which ensures that states are complying with IDEA regulations https://www.npr.org/2025/10/13/nx-s1-5572489/trump-special-education-department-funding-layoffs-disabilities 10/13/2025
Dept. of Education civil rights, LGBTQIA, education rescind Biden-era guidance that added a non-binary option in civil rights data collected from schools 332 ✔
achieved by issuing an executive order declaring it is federal policy that there are only two genders male and female https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/ 1/20/2025
Dept. of Education civil rights, LGBTQIA, education rescind Biden-era Title IX rules that strengthened the ability to prosecute sexual assault and discrimination cases 333 ✔ https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5118925-trump-biden-title-ix-education-gender-lgbtq/ 1/31/2025
Dept. of Education civil rights, LGBTQIA, education issue rules and guidance that sex is properly understood as a fixed biological fact 334 ✔ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/ 1/20/2025
Dept. of Education education cut off federal funds to states, cities, counties, schools board, principals, and teachers who disagree with parental rights 5
Dept. of Education education transition Title 1 funding to no-strings block grants and eventually phase out the program entirely Title 1 provides federal funding to schools serving low-income children 325 Dept. of Education education convert IDEA funding to no-strings block grants 326 Dept. of Education education pass a federal Parents Bill of Rights 344 Dept. of Education education amend the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment to create a private right of action 344
Dept. of Education education expand school choice i.e. public funding for private schools 350 ✔
Trump signed an executive order to increase federal support for school choice programs reconciliation bill includes private school tax credits https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/expanding-educational-freedom-and-opportunity-for-families/ 1/29/2025 Dept. of Education education allow states to opt out of federal programs and instead use the funding for any lawful education purpose 351 Dept. of Education education authorize states to recognize accreditation agencies or authorize states to act as accreditation agencies 353 Dept. of Education education cap the indirect cost rate paid to universities 355 /
the National Institutes of Health announced a 15% cap on indirect funding to universities and research organizations https://www.policymed.com/2025/02/nih-caps-indirect-cost-rates-at-15.html blocked https://cen.acs.org/policy/research-funding/Judge-overturns-NSFs-15-cap/103/web/2025/06 Dept. of Education education eliminate the PLUS loan program 361 /
Graduate PLUS Program eliminated via reconciliation bill https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1?overview=closed Dept. of Education education eliminate the GEAR-UP program (provides low-income middle and high school students with academic assistance) 361 Dept. of Education education rescind the National Education Association’s congressional charter 342 Dept. of Education LGBTQIA, civil rights, education abandon the redefinition of sex to sexual orientation and gender identity in Title IX 333 ✔ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/ 1/20/2025
Dept. of Education LGBTQIA, civil rights, education bn critical race theory and gender ideology from public school curriculum 5 /
Trump issued an executive order directing the Education Dept. to eliminate federal funding for schools promoting indoctrination based on gender ideology and discriminatory equity ideology. https://19thnews.org/2025/01/trump-transgender-education-curriculum/ blocked https://apnews.com/article/trump-public-schools-diversity-equality-inclusion-dei-7d7ad707d91565753263a19ebde044e0
Dept. of Education reorganization, education break up the Department of Education 319, 330 / Trump signed an executive order directing the dismantling of the department; Supreme Court allowed dismantling to continue https://apnews.com/article/trump-education-department-shutdown-b1d25a2e1bdcd24cfde8ad8b655b9843, https://www.npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-s1-5443564/trump-supreme-court-education-department Dept. of Education student loans, education roll back student loan forgiveness and income-driven repayment plans 337 ✔ enacted as part of reconciliation bill https://edsource.org/2025/trumps-law-reshapes-federal-loans-and-pell-grants-impacting-california-students/735967 7/4/2025
Dept. of Education student loans, education terminate the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program 354 /
Trump directed agencies to limit PSLF program based on ideology; Education Dept. proposes cutting off PSLF for teachers, nurses, and doctors who work at disfavored institutions https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-forgiveness-public-service-trump-145f6a07a477e5c82f4374bc89e1eea7; https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-forgiveness-public-service-changes-trump-69243c5b83f3fe42c56744004a1a27fe
Dept. of Education student loans, education privatize the federal student loan portfolio 340, 353 Dept. of Energy energy focus energy policy on critical minerals 376 ✔ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/unleashing-american-energy/ 1/20/2025 Dept. of Energy energy, environment repeal the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act IIJA 365 /
Trump signed an executive order indefinitely pausing the disbursement of funds https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/unleashing-american-energy/ blocked https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.276842/gov.uscourts.dcd.276842.51.0.pdf Dept. of Energy energy, environment repeal the Inflation Reduction Act 365 ✔ reconciliation bill rescinds unobligated funds https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1?overview=closed
Dept. of Energy energy, environment limit subsidized renewables 401 ✔
reconciliation bill phases out tax credits for wind and solar projects; Secretary Wright cancelled $13 billion for green projects https://e360.yale.edu/digest/big-beautiful-bill-renewable-energy-china, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/24/trump-energy-secretary-chris-wright 7/4/2025 Dept. of Energy environment, energy eliminate carbon capture utilization and storage programs 376 /
The Trump administration canceled 24 grants aimed at carbon capture and industrial decarbonization https://www.ehn.org/trump-administration-cancels-billions-in-clean-energy-and-carbon-capture-grants Dept. of Energy environment, energy eliminate the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management or redirect it to increasing fossil fuel use 377 ✔ https://www.energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-reverses-biden-lng-pause-restores-trump-energy-dominance-agenda 1/21/2025 Dept. of Energy environment, energy expand natural gas infrastructure 402 Dept. of Energy environment, energy eliminate considerations of upstream and downstream greenhouse gas emissions 406 /
https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/ferc-formally-axes-its-draft-policy-statement-on-greenhouse-gas-emission-considerations-for-natural-gas-act-projects Dept. of Energy environment, energy ensure liquified natural gas export applications are approved expeditiously without consideration of climate change 377, 408 /
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/unleashing-american-energy/
Dept. of Energy environment, energy expand energy exploration and extraction in Alaska open Natl Petroleum Reserve to leasing and development 390, 524 /
the Bureau of Land Management is seeking to reopen up to 82 of the Natl Petroleum Reserve and Coastal Plain of the Arctic Natl Wildlife Refuge to oil/gas leasing https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/department-interior-moves-expand-oil-and-gas-development-alaskas-national-petroleum
Dept. of Energy energy reverse Biden era decisions to retire parts of nuclear arsenal, reject Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 399 Dept. of Energy environment, energy restart the Yucca Mountain licensing process to dispose of nuclear waste 397
Dept. of Energy reorganization, environment, energy eliminate the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations 369 /
the Energy Department is proposing to shut down its Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations https://www.axios.com/pro/energy-policy/2025/04/04/scoop-doe-proposes-shutting-down-clean-energy-office Dept. of Energy reorganization, energy eliminate the Office of State and Community Energy Programs 369 Dept. of Energy reorganization, energy eliminate the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy agency 369 Dept. of Energy reorganization, energy eliminate the Office of Grid Deployment 369 /
Trump's administration has laid off employees at the Grid Deployment Office; proposed budget cuts funding by 75% https://archive.ph/zsNkk Dept. of Energy reorganization, energy eliminate the DOE Loan Program 369 Dept. of Energy reorganization, environment, energy eliminate the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy or reduce its funding 379 /
the Trump administration is proposing a 70% budget cut https://theconversations.com/federal-energy-office-illustrates-the-perils-of-fluctuating-budgets-and-priorities-255936 Dept. of Energy reorganization, environment, energy eliminate the Clean Energy Corps funded by the IIJA 386 /
Trump signed an executive order indefinitely pausing the disbursement of funds https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/unleashing-american-energy/ blocked https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.276842/gov.uscourts.dcd.276842.51.0.pdf Dept. of Health and Human Services childcare fund in home childcare instead of universal day care 486 Dept. of Health and Human Services education, childcare eliminate the Head Start program 482
Agency Subject Objective Project 2025 goals Page Progress
(/ = in progress) Notes Link Date completed Court orders Court sources
Dept. of Health and Human Services LGBTQIA, reproductive health prioritize traditional heterosexual marriage in its messaging, health, and welfare policies 451, 481 /
while not at HHS, we are starting to see the beginnings of this policy in other agencies the Transportation Dept directed money to areas with high marriage and birth rates https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dot-memo-funds-communities-marriage-birth-rates_n_679bf8d8e4b0e1faebeef9c8
Dept. of Health and Human Services LGBTQIA, health reverse prohibitions on healthcare discrimination based on gender identity 475 ✔
Trump rescinded guidance extending the nondiscrimination protections under Section 1557 to discrimination based on gender identity https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-children-from-chemical-and-surgical-mutilation/ 1/28/2025
Dept. of Health and Human Services LGBTQIA, childcare revoke guidance that prohibited adoption foster agencies from discriminating based on sexual orientation and gender identity 477 /
Trump established the White House Faith Office to in part promote foster care and adoption programs in partnership with faith based entities https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/establishment-of-the-white-house-faith-office/
Dept. of Health and Human Services LGBTQIA, Medicare rescind Medicare coverage for gender reassignment surgery 474
Dept. of Health and Human Services reproductive health create and promote a research agenda that supports pro life policies and explores the harms of abortion 461
Dept. of Health and Human Services reproductive health enforce the Hyde amendment banning any federal funds from being used for abortions abortion counseling etc 471 ✔ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/enforcing-the-hyde-amendment/ 1/24/2025
Dept. of Health and Human Services reproductive health end taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood 471 /
The administration is withholding tens of millions of dollars from Planned Parenthood clinics; reconciliation bill prohibits Medicaid payments to abortion providers for one year https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/31/trump-admin-cuts-tens-of-millions-from-planned-parenthood-00261763; https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1?overview=closed
partially blocked https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/07/politics/planned-parenthood-funding-lawsuit Dept. of Health and Human Services reproductive health withdraw HHS funding, including 10 of Medicaid funds, from states that require private health insurance plans to cover abortion 472
Dept. of Health and Human Services reproductive health rescind guidance that requires hospitals to perform an abortion to save a womans life under EMTALA 473 ✔
The administration rescinded guidance requiring hospitals to provide abortions to women in medical emergencies https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/03/trump-admin-emergency-abortion-emtala 6/3/2025
Dept. of Health and Human Services reproductive health pass the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act 474
Dept. of Health and Human Services reproductive health reverse prohibitions on healthcare discrimination based on pregnancy to cover abortion 475 ✔
Trump revoked Biden's executive order that banned discrimination based on pregnancy or related conditions https://archive.ph/cBbWv 1/27/2025
Dept. of Health and Human Services reproductive health restore Trump era religious and moral exemptions to ACA contraception requirement 483 /
Completed by the Biden administration's withdrawal of its own proposed rule prior to Trump taking office; a court later blocked Trump's first admin rule https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/feds-rescind-proposed-rule-requiring-contraception-access blocked https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judge-blocks-trump-religious-exemption-birth-control-coverage-2025-08-13/ Dept. of Health and Human Services reproductive health eliminate ACA s requirement to cover the morning after pill 485
Dept. of Health and Human Services reproductive health eliminate the HHS Reproductive Healthcare Access Task Force and install a pro life task force 489 /
Trump dismantled the Reproductive Healthcare Access task force https://nwlc.org/resource/the-trump-administrations-first-actions-in-2025-targeting-patients-providers-and-reproductive-health-care-access/
Dept. of Health and Human Services reproductive health prohibit family planning grants from going to entities that perform abortions or provide funding to other entities that perform abortions 491
Dept. of Health and Human Services reproductive health restore the Office of the Deputy Director for the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division 494
Dept. of Health and Human Services reproductive health withdraw Biden era guidance that retail pharmacies must dispense abortion medication and contraception 496
Dept. of Health and Human Services reproductive health withdraw Biden era guidance that strengthened HIPAA protections for reproductive healthcare 497 ✔ Completed by Judge Kacsmaryk, who vacated the rule https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.395990/gov.uscourts.txnd.395990.110.0.pdf 6/18/2025
Dept. of Health and Human Services reproductive health, immigration rescind policy of Office of Refugee Resettlement to provide abortion access for pregnant unaccompanied immigrant youth 478
Dept. of Health and Human Services public assistance increase breadth of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families work requirements 476
Dept. of Homeland Security aid eliminate most of DHS s grant programs 135 /
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem froze all grants to non governmental organizations https://archive.ph/sYSk8
Dept. of Homeland Security civil rights, reorganizationeliminate the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties 164 ✔ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/us/politics/trump-civil-rights-homeland-security-deportations.html 3/21/2025
Dept. of Homeland Security cyber security dismiss the entirety of the CISA Cybersecurity Advisory Committee 155 ✔
The acting DHS Secretary terminated all current memberships on advisory committees within DHS https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25500093-dhs-advisory-boards-termination-letter/ 1/20/2025
Dept. of Homeland Security cyber security, elections terminate CISA s counter mis disinformation efforts 155 ✔
CISA has frozen all of its election security work many of CISA s misinformation team were put on leave https://archive.ph/0xFEW, https://archive.ph/vkrNh2/10/2025
Dept. of Homeland Security FEMA shift the majority of FEMA preparedness and response costs to states and localities 135 /
Trump created a council to review FEMA s structure after telling the media FEMA should go away https://www.governing.com/resilience/trump-moves-to-abolish-fema-shift-disaster-response-to-states
Dept. of Homeland Security FEMA privatize the FEMA National Flood Insurance Program 135
Dept. of Homeland Security FEMA immigration limit FEMA issued grants to states that comply with all aspects of federal immigration laws including the honoring of all immigration detainers and states localities that give total information sharing to federal law and immigration enforcement 137 /
FEMA clawed back 80 million in previously approved migrant housing funds for New York; FEMA withheld emergency funds to states that do not assist ICE blocked by court order
https://apnews.com/article/fema-ruling-migrant-shelters-new-york-7438c39d5ae66fdb06240d0080020b29
partially blocked https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-immigration-fema-grants-ruling-sanctuary-state/
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration break up the Dept. of Homeland Security or at least combine ICE and CBP to form a Border Security and Immigration Agency 133
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration do not increase the number of H 2 B seasonal non agricultural visas 138
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration CBP should restart and expand use of horseback mounted Border Patrol 139
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration create a detention standard that includes the flexibility to use large numbers of temporary facilities such as tents 140 ✔
the administration is housing immigrants in tent complexes in Texas and Florida https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-deportations-deployed-resources-tent-company, https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article310130645.html 4/11/2025
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration ICE should be required to take custody of all aliens with records for felonies DUIs and any other crime that is considered a national security or public safety threat 141 ✔ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/securing-our-borders/ 1/20/2025
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration eliminate T and U visas given to victims of trafficking and certain crimes 141 /
Numerous immigrants pursuing T and U visas have been detained and/or deported by ICE https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/immigrants-u-visas-deportation-new-trump-rules-ice-rcna223480; https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vtd.40062/gov.uscourts.vtd.40062.14.0.pdf
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration eliminate or significantly reduce the number of visas issued to foreign students from enemy nations 141 /
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is revoking student visas for political speech pledges to aggressively revoke visas of Chinese students https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/us/politics/rubio-immigration-students-ozturk-chung-khalil.html, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/us/politics/china-student-visas-revoke.html
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration increase use of civil search warrants for workplace raids 142 ✔
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/01/23/ice-details-538-ion-workplace-raids/7811737692376/, https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-executes-federal-criminal-search-warrants-fresh-mark-146-arrested-immigration 1/23/2025
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration increase ICE funding for 100,000 detention beds 143 ✔ enacted by reconciliation bill https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/press-release/congress-approves-unprecedented-funding-mass-detention-deportation-2025/ 7/4/2025
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration repeal TPS designations 145 ✔
Trump ended TPS for Cubans Haitians Nicaraguans and Venezuelans https://apnews.com/article/immigration-humanitarian-parole-china-haiti-nicaragua-venezuela-562e081b310228605add5f5ed2506da2 6/12/2025
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration revive Trump s public charge rule 145
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration repeal the diversity lottery 145
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration end chain migration 145
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration increase USCIS fees and implement fee for asylum applications 146 ✔ enacted by reconciliation bill https://www.nilc.org/resources/the-anti-immigrant-policies-in-trumps-final-big-beautiful-bill-explained/ 7/4/2025
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration create an authority akin to the Title 42 Public Health authority to expel illegal immigrants across the border immediately 147
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration raise the standard for a credible fear of persecution for asylum 148 ✔
Trump went farther, shutting down nearly all asylum claims https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/guaranteeing-the-states-protection-against-invasion/, https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/trump-asylum-shutdown-putting-migrants-in-harms-way-groups-say/ 1/20/2025
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration repeal Section 235 of the TVPRA which protects unaccompanied minors encountered near the border 148
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration end the Flores Settlement Agreement which sets basic standards of care for immigrant children in custody 148 /
Trump administration is arguing in court that the Flores agreement interferes with its ability to establish immigration policy https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigrant-kids-detained-conditions-trump-administration-end-protections/?linkId=845969097
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration reinstateRemain in Mexico 149 /
Trump signed an executive order reinstating the policy https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/securing-our-borders/ blocked https://cgrs.uclawsf.edu/news/court-blocks-remain-mexico-reimplementation
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration, police Congress should require compliance with immigration detainers 150
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration, police authorize state and local law enforcement to participate in immigration actions 150 ✔
ICE partnerships with local law enforcement have more than tripled since Trump took office https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-partnerships-local-law-enforcement-trump-immigration/ 4/18/2025
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration, reorganizationeliminate the Office of Immigration Detention Ombudsman 165 ✔ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/us/politics/trump-civil-rights-homeland-security-deportations.html 3/21/2025
Dept. of Homeland Security immigration, reorganizationeliminate the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman 166 ✔ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/us/politics/trump-civil-rights-homeland-security-deportations.html 3/21/2025
Dept. of Homeland Security intel, reorganization eliminate the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis 161
Dept. of Homeland Security personnel DHS Secretary should quickly remove all current members of the Homeland Security Advisory Committee and replace them 138 ✔
The acting DHS Secretary terminated all current memberships on advisory committees within DHS https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dhs-terminates-all-advisory-committees-ends-investigation-chinese-linked-telecom-hack-salt-typhoon/ 1/22/2025
Dept. of Homeland Security personnel, unions remove all unions in the Dept. of Homeland Security 135 /
DHS is terminating union agreements with select groups of employees e.g Federal Protective Services and TSA https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/dhs-law-enforcement-unit-challenges-nixing-of-union-contract
Dept. of Homeland Security police allow Secret Service officers to serve as law enforcement in the District of Columbia 158 ✔
Trump deployed officers from across many federal agencies, including the Secret Service https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5444307-federal-officers-patrol-dc/ 8/8/2025
Dept. of Homeland Security TSA privatize TSA screening 135 /
DHS ended TSA collective bargaining agreement https://apnews.com/article/collective-bargaining-agreement-tsa-homeland-security-e3eb1d5e0ae8e1b4a6fdb87cd7f6bd39 blocked https://cfce73f5-6016-42c8-9343-fa96f8863f56.usrfiles.com/ugd/cfce73_5c3b35fd855c43458234dbc727149e6a.pdf
Dept. of Justice civil rights, elections reassign enforcement of voting rights from the Civil Rights Division to the Criminal Division 562
Dept. of Justice criminal justice prosecute local officials including district attorneys that use their discretion not to prosecute a criminal case 553
Dept. of Justice criminal justice pursue the death penalty for all applicable crimes 554 ✔ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-the-death-penalty-and-protecting-public-safety/ 1/20/2025
Dept. of Justice criminal justice rigorously prosecute drug activity including simple possession of distributable quantities 555
Dept. of Justice criminal justice, police eliminate existing DOJ consent decrees 558 ✔ https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/22/politics/justice-department-trump-police-reform-agreements/index.html, https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/justice-department-drop-police-reform-agreements-louisville-minneapolis/story?id=122030877 1/22/2025
Dept. of Justice criminal justice, reproductive health avoid politically motivated prosecutions e.g. people who violate the FACE Act 558 ✔
DOJ has directed federal prosecutors to limit enforcement of the FACE Act https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-face-act-abortion-related-actions-justice-department/ 1/24/2025
Dept. of Justice DEIA use the full force of federal prosecutorial resources to investigate and prosecute state and local govts inst of higher ed corporations and private employers who have diversity initiatives 562 /
Bondi directed DOJ to investigate eliminate and penalize private companies and universities https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/02/06/ag-pam-bondi-targets-dei-at-private-companies-and-universities-on-day-one/ partially blocked https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ilnd.473983/gov.uscourts.ilnd.473983.52.0_2.pdf, https://www.jacksonlewis.com/insights/court-clarifies-dei-injunction-applies-across-government
Dept. of Justice immigration cut off DOJ grants to states/localities that do not cooperate with Trump s immigration plans 566 /
the DOJ issued a memo stating that sanctuary jurisdictions should not receive access to federal grants administered by the Department of Justice https://iptp-production.s3.amazonaws.com/media/documents/2025.02.05_AG_Memo_Sanctuary_Jurisdiction_Directives.pdf
Dept. of Justice immigration issue guidance to all U S Attorneys emphasizing the importance of prosecuting immigration offenses 567 ✔ https://immpolicytracking.org/policies/doj-memo-creates-new-prosecutorial-discretion-guidelines-and-directs-the-fbis-joint-terrorism-task-force-to-redeploy-doj-resources-and-personnel-for-immigration-enforcement/ 1/21/2025
Dept. of Justice immigration ensure appropriate steps are taken to obtain cooperation with sanctuary cities and states 567 /
the DOJ issued a memo stating that sanctuary jurisdictions should not receive access to federal grants administered by the Department of Justice; DOJ sued Boston over sanctuary policies https://iptp-production.s3.amazonaws.com/media/documents/2025.02.05_AG_Memo_Sanctuary_Jurisdiction_Directives.pdf; https://www.cbsnews.com/boston-michelle-wu/
Dept. of Justice LGBTQIA, education classify educators and public librarians who discuss transgender ideology with minors as sex offenders 5
Dept. of Justice media rescind AG Garland s policy that limited the Department s ability to subpoena journalists during leak investigations 214 ✔
AG Bondi revoked a policy that made journalists testimony and phone records largely off limits to investigators https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/25/justice-depatment-journalists-leaks-investigations-00311515
4/25/2025
Dept. of Justice presidential power immediately end any policies investigations or cases that run contrary to administration policies including the brazenly partisan and ideologically driven prosecution of perceived political enemies 557 ✔ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-the-weaponization-of-the-federal-government/ 1/20/2025
Dept. of Justice presidential power take the position that Humphreys Executor violates the separation of powers 560 ✔ https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/humphreys-executor-doj-supreme-court-federal-agencies-rcna192041 2/12/2025
Dept. of Justice reorganization eliminate the Office of General Counsel Office of Congressional Affairs and Office of Public Affairs within the FBI 551
Dept. of Justice reproductive health DOJ should withdraw from lawsuits seeking to uphold EMTALA abortion requirements 474 ✔ https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/04/trump-emergency-abortions-00211399 3/4/2025
Dept. of Justice reproductive health enforce the Comstock Act 562
Dept. of Justice technology prohibit the U S government from combating the spread of misinformation and disinformation 550 ✔ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/restoring-freedom-of-speech-and-ending-federal-censorship/ 1/20/2025
Dept. of Labor civil rights, labor rescind Executive Order 11246 Equal Opportunity Employment 584 ✔ https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osec/osec20250124 1/24/2025
Dept. of Labor civil rights, LGBTQIA, reproductive health, labor clarify that religious employers may make employment decisions based on religion 586
Dept. of Labor civil rights, LGBTQIA, reproductive health, labor provide robust accomodations for religious employees 586 ✔
OPM issued a memo that will allow federal workers to promote their religious beliefs to colleagues, display religious items at work and pray together or individually https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/28/politics/federal-workers-religious-beliefs-memo
7/28/2025
Dept. of Labor DEIA, labor eliminate DEIA programs in Labor policy 582 /
Trump issued an EO eliminating all DEIA programs and positions in government https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-and-wasteful-government-dei-programs-and-preferencing/ partially blocked https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ilnd.473983/gov.uscourts.ilnd.473983.52.0_2.pdf, https://federalnewsnetwork.com/litigation/2025/04/federal-judge-blocks-labor-department-from-enforcing-key-part-of-trumps-anti-dei-executive-orders/
Dept. of Labor environment, LGBTQIA prohibit employee retirement plans from investing based on ESG factors 606
Dept. of Labor labor eliminate the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs OFCCP 583 /
Dept. of Labor labor mandate time and a half compensation on a Sabbath 589
Dept. of Labor labor return to Trump era overtime exemption threshold 592 ✔ courts already struck down Biden expansion https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/another-judge-blocks-biden-rule-expanding-overtime-pay-2024-12-30/ 12/30/2024
Dept. of Labor labor expand apprenticeship programs 594
Dept. of Labor labor lessen child labor regulations to allow teenage workers to work in inherently dangerous jobs 595
Dept. of Labor labor, unions undermine union protections by allowing employer councils and favoring right to work laws 599
Dept. of Labor labor, unions roll back definition of protected concerted activity that protects employees from retaliation for union activity 601
Dept. of Labor labor, unions rescind the persuader rule that required employers to disclose when they had hired union busting consultants 602
Dept. of Labor labor, unions discard the card check as the basis of union recognition and mandate the secret ballot exclusively 603 /
Federal Mediation Conciliation Service FMCS will no longer assist with card check https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-06/us-fmcs-to-stop-facilitating-card-check-for-union-recognition Dept. of Labor labor, unions eliminate the contract bar rule that prevents employers from union busting and decertifying a union mid contract 603
Dept. of Labor labor outsource the administration of unemployment programs to non public organizations 605
Dept. of Labor labor let companies stop paying overtime and allow states to opt out of federal overtime and minimum wage laws 592, 605
Dept. of Labor reorganization, staffing, labor appoint new EEOC and NLRB general counsels 615 ✔
Trump fired EEOC s Karla Gilbride and NLRB s Jennifer Abruzzo https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/statement-from-departing-nlrb-general-counsel-jennifer-abruzzo 1/28/2025
Dept. of Labor reproductive health, laborclarify that no employer is required to provide accommodations for abortion 585 ✔
Accomplished by a Trump appointed judge who ruled that abortion is not covered by the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-strikes-down-federal-rule-requiring-employers-to-accommodate-abortions/ 5/21/2025
Dept. of State aid freeze allocation of resources foreign aid disbursements and hiring and recruiting decisions 174 ✔
Rubio froze all foreign aid spending Congress approved rescission package clawing back 7 billion in foreign aid; Supreme Court allowing Trump to use pocket recission to cancel over 4 billion in aid https://www.npr.org/2025/07/18/nx-s1-5469912/npr-congress-rescission-funding-trump, https://www.aei.org/op-eds/trump-attempts-pocket-rescission-to-cut-4-9-billion-in-foreign-aid/ 9/26/2025
Dept. of State aid withdraw from the World Health Organization 191 ✔ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/withdrawing-the-united-states-from-the-worldhealth-organization/ 1/20/2025
Dept. of State aid withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council 191 ✔ https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/03/us-withdraw-un-human-rights-council-trump-00202100 2/3/2025
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Dept. of State aid withdraw from UNESCO 191 /
Trump announced the U S withdrawal from UNESCO will go into effect Dec 2026 https://apnews.com/article/unesco-trump-withdraw-paris-united-nations-israel-129a4ffbce562e1aa497231e0bdd55a5
Dept. of State aid withdraw funding for United Nations Relief and Works Agency 191 ✔ https://archive.ph/xGrx7 2/5/2025
Dept. of State DEIA prohibit the flying of divisive symbols such as the rainbow flag or the Black Lives Matter flag at US embassies 89 ✔ https://archive.ph/EscQG 1/24/2025
Dept. of State foreign affairs strengthen relations with Saudi Arabia 185
Dept. of State immigration suspend all visas to people from countries that do not accept the return of immigrants ordered deported 177 /
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-the-american-people-against-invasion/
Dept. of State immigration indefinitely curtail USRAP refugee admissions 178 ✔
Trump suspended refugee resettlement now plans record low refugee cap of 7 500 that prioritizes white South Africans of Afrikaner ethnicity https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/realigning-the-united-states-refugee-admissions-program/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-planning-7500-person-refugee-ceiling-sources-say-2025-10-04/ 1/20/2025
Dept. of State reproductive health aid reinstate the Mexico City policy banning aid to groups that even communicate about abortion services 261 ✔ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/memorandum-for-the-secretary-of-state-the-secretary-of-defense-the-secretary-of-health-and-human-services-the-administrator-of-the-united-states-for-international-development/ 1/24/2025
Dept. of the Interior energy, environment lift the coal leasing moratorium by reinstating SO 3348 522 ✔ https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/department-interior-moves-restore-coal-industry 4/8/2025
Dept. of the Interior energy, environment work with the congressional delegations and governors of Wyoming and Montana to restart coal leasing program 523 /
Dept. of the Interior energy, environment maximize offshore oil and natural gas lease sales 523 ✔
reconciliation bill mandates increased offshore oil and gas lease sales https://www.surfrider.org/news/reconciliation-bill-sells-out-more-than-80-million-ocean-acres-for-new-offshore-drilling-every-year 7/4/2025
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