Ongoing Chaos of the Trump Administration: A Running List
Keeping track of the nightmares of the Trump administration.
Since taking office on January 20, 2025, Donald Trump and his administration have…
Ordered all U.S.-funded foreign clinics to stop providing HIV medications.
Banned federal funding or support for gender-affirming care for those under 19-years-old.
Banned transgender people from serving in the military.
Rescinded guidelines that previously deterred ICE from conducting raids in “sensitive” locations.
Directed ICE to meet a daily quota of between 1,200 to 1,500 arrests.
Issued and then rescinded a freeze on federal funding.
Signed an executive order to defund K-12 schools that teach Critical Race Theory or “radical gender ideology.”
Signed an executive order to cancel student visas for pro-Palestine protesters and supporters.
Ordered the preparation of the Guantánamo Bay torture site to detain up to 30,000 migrants.
Withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement.
Withdrew from the World Health Organization.
Suspended the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.
Declared a “national emergency” that calls for military personnel and resources at the southern border.
Authorized the military to send troops to the border.
Brought back his “Remain in Mexico” policy.
Authorized increased vetting and screening of those seeking admission to the US, and those already here.
Restricted federal funding for “sanctuary cities.”
Attempted to end birthright citizenship.
Reversed various restrictions on oil drilling and extraction in Alaska.
Implemented a 90-day pause in U.S. foreign assistance.
Ended the Biden-era moratorium on the federal death penalty, expanded the use of the federal death penalty, and directed the Department of Justice to ensure that execution drugs are always readily available.
Eliminated federal recognition of transgender and nonbinary people by only recognizing two sexes – male and female.
Directed the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to terminate all DEI and “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility” (DEIA) mandates, policies, programs, preferences, and activities in the federal government.
Resurrected his 2020 “Schedule F” executive order, which makes it easier to fire federal employees who Trump considers to be “disloyal” to him.
Ordered a hiring freeze of federal civilian employees in the executive branch.
Established the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), overseen by Elon Musk.
Revoked 12 Biden-era clean energy initiatives and ordered federal agencies to “immediately pause” the disbursement of funds from the Inflation Reduction Act.
Delayed enforcement of the TikTok ban for 75 days.
Pardoned, commuted the prison sentences, and vowed to dismiss the cases of all of the more than 1,500 people charged for their roles in the insurrection.
Expanded ICE’s ability to take custody of undocumented immigrants “anywhere” in the U.S.
Authorized state and local law enforcement to participate in ICE raids and arrests.
Redefined “sex” under Title IX “to mean only biological sex recognized at birth.”
Reinstated troops who declined the Covid vaccine.
Reversed Biden-era work on LGBTQ+ equity.
Reversed the Biden-era interpretation of the Hyde Amendment.
Scaled back the Biden-era use of the FACE Act.
Reinstated his “Energy Dominance Agenda.”
Removed discrimination protections on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics.
The administration sued Illinois and Chicago over their sanctuary city policies.
Directed the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and federal health agencies to remove webpages containing specific keywords the administration says goes against their agenda from health-related websites.
Ordered the FBI to turn over details of employees who worked on January 6 cases.
Established a task force to “eradicate anti-Christian bias.”
Imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court.
Banned transgender athletes from women’s sports.
Withdrew from the UN Human Rights Council.
Extended Biden-era pause on funding to UNRWA.
Imposed tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada, and China (and then paused tariffs for Mexico and Canada.)
Pulled almost all U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) workers off the job and out of the field worldwide.
Cut environmental justice programs at the EPA and DOJ.
Disbanded a task force created in 2022 meant to enforce sanctions and target oligarchs close to the Kremlin.
Ordered the U.S. International Trade Commission to cancel an ongoing multi-year investigation into the impact of trade policy on under-served communities and workers.
Suggested that foreign countries could pay a “small fee” to incarcerate Americans.
Threatened federal employees with “consequences” if they fail to report on colleagues who defy orders to stop DEI efforts in their agencies.
Halted legal representation for 26,000 immigrant children.
Moved to fast-track hundreds of fossil fuel projects.
Designated eight Latin American cartels as “foreign terrorist organizations.”
Signed an executive order declaring that only the President and Attorney General are allowed to interpret the meaning of laws carried out by the executive branch.
Fired hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees – just as planes are falling out of the sky in record numbers.
Ordered a halt to congestion pricing tolls in New York City.
Refused to comply with a judge’s orders to lift the freeze on foreign aid.
Instructed the Justice Department to fire all remaining U.S. attorneys appointed by Biden.
Gave U.S. schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk losing federal funding.
Cut funding for groups that help consumers navigate the Affordable Care Act exchanges by 90%.
Fired at least 20 immigration judges.
Fired roughly one-tenth of the CDC workforce.
Fired recently hired FDA employees who review the safety of food ingredients, medical devices and other products.
Directed the assistant to the president for domestic policy to submit “a list of policy recommendations on protecting IVF access and aggressively reducing out-of-pocket and health plan costs for IVF treatment.”
Referred to himself as “King.”
The Justice Department deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct.
Threatened fines and prison time for undocumented immigrants who don’t join a federal government registry.
Announced that the White House press office will choose which journalists are allowed to cover Trump.
Will offer “gold cards” for $5 million as a path to citizenship for the wealthy.
Planning a nationwide operation to locate and potentially deport children who came into the U.S. without a parent or legal guardian.
Removed online applications for some student loan repayment plans.
Rolled back protections for one of the world's most endangered whales.
Signed an executive order expanding the power of Elon Musk’s DOGE agency.
Signed an executive order reviving his 2019 EO forcing health insurers and hospitals to disclose healthcare costs.
Planning to cut over 80,000 jobs from Veterans Affairs.
Dismissed a Biden-era DOJ lawsuit, effectively allowing Idaho to fully enforce its near-total abortion ban even in emergency situations.
Blocking states from receiving tens of millions of dollars in federal disaster aid and flood assistance.
Paused all U.S. military assistance to Ukraine.
Planning to drop a Biden-era lawsuit against a chemical plant accused of worsening cancer risks for residents in a majority-Black community.
Asked the Supreme Court to join oral arguments in a case against South Carolina’s attempts to ban medicaid funding for services offered by Planned Parenthood.
Bypassed congressional approval on a nearly $3B weapons sale to “Israel.”
Sending an additional 3,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Ended gender-affirming medical care for transgender veterans.
Signed an executive order dismantling federal agencies focused on media, libraries, and homelessness.
Ordered South Africa’s ambassador to the United States to leave the U.S. by March 21.
Resumed detaining migrant families with minor children.
Invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which gives Trump “wartime powers” to deport undocumented immigrants with little to no due process.
Cancelled $20 billion in climate-related grants awarded by Biden.
Withdrew from an international body formed to investigate responsibility for the invasion of Ukraine.
Signed an executive order designating English as the official language of the U.S.
Signed an executive order aimed at imposing potentially steep costs on those that sue to block Trump policies.
Called for the impeachment of U.S. District Judge James Boasberg after he blocked the deportation of Venezuelan migrants.
Removed a HHS webpage declaring gun violence a public health crisis.
Announced that the federal government will no longer prohibit contractors from having segregated restaurants, waiting rooms and drinking fountains.
Dropped a federal lawsuit against a company accused of abusing children at migrant shelters.
Detained and is threatening to deport Mahmoud Khalil for pro-Palestinian activism.
Terminated a program tracking mass abductions of Ukrainian children.
Revoked a Biden-era executive order that increased the minimum wage for federal contractors.
Revoked a Biden-era executive order designed to strengthen tribal sovereignty and expand self-determination for the nation’s 574 federally recognized tribes.
Revoked more than $11 billion in funding for addiction and mental healthcare.
Revoked the visas of hundreds of foreign students for their alleged “campus activism.”
Fired the majority of employees at the United States Institute of Peace.
Targeted Smithsonian Institution funding for programs that the administration claims advance “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”
Issued an executive order ending union bargaining rights for more than 1 million federal employees.
Announced an additional 10,000 jobs to be cut from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Moved to formally dissolve USAID despite the shutdown being deemed unconstitutional by a federal judge.
Opened investigations into more than 50 universities for alleged “racial discrimination” DEI practices.
Planning to obtain social media handles from immigrants seeking approval for extended stays.
Froze nearly $10 billion in disaster aid for nonprofits while attempting to identify funding that could be used to “help undocumented migrants.”
Considering creating a compensation fund for pardoned January 6 insurrectionists.
Froze $35 million in Title X funding to healthcare providers.
Signed an executive order to overhaul elections in the U.S.
Revoking students’ immigration status without notifying them or their schools.
Directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione.
The IRS agreed to share tax information of undocumented immigrants with ICE.
Froze billions in federal funding to Brown, Columbia, Princeton, Cornell, and the University of Pennsylvania.
Removed guidance documents that helped businesses follow the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Ordered half of all national forests open for logging.
Revoked the legal status for 900,000 migrants who entered the U.S. on the Biden-era CBP One app.
Moved to reverse bans on PFAS “forever chemicals.”
Ordered the Justice Department to stop the enforcement of policies holding fossil fuel companies accountable.
Will begin screening social media accounts for “antisemitic activity” to block immigrant benefits.
Cancelled funding for the U.S. Global Change Research Program.
“Accidentally” terminated and then reinstated some of the last remaining USAID contracts providing lifesaving food and medical aid across the Middle East.
Cut funding from both the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
Directed the National Institutes of Health to study “regret” after transgender people transition.
Weighing drone strikes on Mexican cartels.
Moved forward with the sale of more than 20,000 U.S.-made assault rifles to “Israel.”
Bypassed environmental regulations to speed up the construction of 2.5 miles of new border wall between Mexico and California.
Planning to fine migrants under deportation orders up to $998 a day if they fail to leave the U.S. and will seize their property if they do not pay.
Planning to spend $45 billion over the next two years to expand immigration detention.
Began dismantling Biden-era gun policies.
Disbanded a unit investigating crypto fraud.
Shut down the CDC’s top laboratory on sexually transmitted diseases.
Created a “special investigative team” to find and ban transgender athletes nationwide.
Signed an executive order to boost the coal industry.
Expressed the desire to deport “violent criminals” who are U.S. citizens to prison in El Salvador.
Closed the State Department’s office countering foreign disinformation.
Sued the state of Maine for refusing to comply with the administration’s ban on transgender athletes in high school sports.
Froze more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard after the school refused to agree to the administration’s demands to stifle activism on campus.
Rolled back protections for migratory birds under the the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
Planning to end the IRS Direct File program for free tax filing.
Urged immigration judges to speed up asylum cases, deny asylum without court hearings.
Proposed loosening protections for endangered species.
Rapidly expanding immigration detention through billion-dollar contracts with private prison companies.
Asked a federal court to throw out a Biden-era regulation capping credit card late fees at $8.
Ordered the military to take control of a large section of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Canceled a $3 billion program for climate-smart farming projects after a review found it “did not align with the priorities of the Trump administration.”
Ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying “anti-Christian bias.”
Requested the Social Security Administration to enter more than 6,000 names of immigrants into its database used to track dead people in an effort to get them to self-deport.
Mulling ideas to “persuade” women to have more children.
Compiling private medical records of Americans with autism for a study.
Canceled grants for gun violence, addiction prevention, and victim advocacy.
Proposed eliminating federal funding for the national suicide hotline for LGBTQ+ youth.
Laid off 280 staffers who work in the EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights.
Eliminated teams responsible for tracking data on critical health issues.
Terminated a civil rights settlement over raw sewage in poor, majority-Black Alabama communities, saying it violates Trump’s ban on “DEI.”
Canceled $1 billion in funding that supported mental health programs in schools.
Signed an executive order seeking to end federal funding for NPR and PBS.
Signed an executive order which, among many things, further militarizes local law enforcement.
Ordered a lab studying deadly infectious diseases to stop research.
Released a 40-page budget proposal calling for less health, education and clean energy programs spending, more military spending.
Asked the Supreme Court to grant DOGE access to Social Security data.
Eliminated the majority of The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health – a CDC agency focused on toxic chemicals and workplace hazards.
Reversed Biden-era protections for journalists from having their records seized or being forced to testify in leak investigations.
Published a 400-page document which questions healthcare for transgender children. (They have refused to publish the names of the authors.)
Declared a military zone around El Paso, allowing soldiers to arrest migrants.
Proposed cutting a $56 million grant that teaches first responders how to use the lifesaving overdose reversal drug naloxone.
Asked the Supreme Court to allow the cancellation of legal status for 500,000 immigrants.
Terminated a federal advisory committee that issued guidance about preventing the spread of infections in health care facilities.
Appointed Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.
Opened an investigation into a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report child abuse, calling it “anti-Catholic.”
Ended a federal grant that helped fund educational children's shows.
Offered undocumented individuals $1,000 to “self-deport.”
Signed an executive order establishing a presidential commission on “religious liberty.”
Fired the chair of FEMA one day after he told lawmakers that he does not support dismantling the agency.
Launched a criminal probe into New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Cut off Harvard’s federal research funding.
Ordered the reopening of Alcatraz prison.
Ended a database that has been tracking the cost of natural disasters since 1980.
Ordered 100% tariffs on foreign-made movies.
Will pay $5 million to the family of insurrectionist Ashli Babbitt.
Reversed a ban on the sale of a device that allows standard firearms to fire like machine guns.
Directing schools to report international students for protest activity or “antisemitic actions.”
“Developed a draft architecture and implementation plan” for Trump’s “Golden Dome” – which could cost up to $500 billion over 20 years.
Closed the U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs.
Will stop recommending routine COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant women, teens and children.
Moved to roll back limits on PFAS “forever chemical” levels in drinking water.
Terminated nearly 600 Voice of America employees.
Asked the Supreme Court to allow mass layoffs of federal workers.
Cut an additional $450 million in federal grants to Harvard.
“Actively evaluating" the possibility of suspending habeas corpus.
Ending a program that offered deportation protections for thousands of people from Afghanistan.
Cut funding for research to help babies with heart defects.
Cancelled $766 million Moderna contract to fight future pandemics, including the bird flu.
Ordered federal agencies to end the use of statistics on race, sex, ethnicity or national origin in the hiring process.
Paused new student visa interviews in anticipation of expanding social media vetting.
Announced plans to “crack down” on Chinese student visa holders and ramp up scrutiny of new visa applicants from China and Hong Kong.
Set a new quota of 3,000 ICE arrests per day.
Named more than 500 "sanctuary jurisdictions" across the country, accusing them of obstructing ICE.
Threatened to crack down states if they continue to provide health insurance for immigrant children without permanent legal status.
Attacked Iran without Congressional approval or notice.
Sued all 15 of Maryland’s federal judges over an order blocking the removal of immigrants.
Plans to limit the classified information that it shares with Congress on its Iran attack.
Expediting the construction of a migrant detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades.
Gave California 10 days to ban transgender athletes from girls’ sports or risk losing federal funding.
Sued to stop a Minnesota law allowing undocumented students to qualify for in-state tuition.
Announced plans to rescind protections for nearly 60 million acres of national forests.
Expanding a militarized zone along the southern U.S. border where troops are authorized to detain people who enter illegally for possible federal prosecution on charges of trespassing in a national defense area.
Planning to dismiss hundreds of thousands of asylum claims of migrants in the U.S. and then make them immediately deportable.
Planning to cut billions of dollars in funding from the National Cancer Institute.
Ending the specialized suicide prevention services for LGBTQ+ youth on the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
Rolled back Biden-era efforts to:
Lower Medicare, Medicaid drug costs.
Protect worker health and safety.
Reform the prison system to eliminate the federal use of privately owned detention facilities.
Establish the Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families.
Promote access to voting across the country.
Impose sanctions on settlers who “undermine peace, security, and stability” in the Occupied West Bank.
Restore science to tackle the climate crisis.
Strengthen Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.
Provide “safe and orderly” processing of asylum seekers at the United States border.
Plan for the impact of climate change on migration.
Advance educational equity and economic opportunity for Native Americans.
Develop safe, secure, and trustworthy use of AI.