Executive Actions Taken in President Trump's First 100 Days
On Jan. 20, 2025, Donald Trump became the 47th president of the United States. After taking the oath of office, President Trump began signing executive orders pardoning Jan. 6 defendants, implementing Schedule F to reclassify civil servants as political appointees, declaring a national emergency at the border, and more.
Executive actions related to national security and foreign policy can be found in the searchable table below, along with related documents, Lawfare analysis of the orders, and the legal challenges against them. We will continue to add to this page as events unfold.
Executive Orders
Lawfare Analysis
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Lawfare Live: Discussing Litigation over President Trump's Executive Actions
On Feb. 7 at 5pm ET, the Lawfare team will discuss the suits targeting recent orders from President Trump. -
Elon Musk Weaponizes the Government
The billionaire is turning the U.S. government’s own strategy against itself. -
Trump’s Petty Purge of 15 Young Jan. 6 Prosecutors
The fired lawyers are mainly thirty-somethings who had been slated to prosecute street crime in the District. -
Lawfare Daily: The Legality of OPM's "Deferred Resignations”
Discussing the "Fork in the Road" email. -
Will Employees Who Resign Have a Remedy?
The courts may not provide relief to employees if the federal government reneges on the deferred resignation program. -
Lawfare Daily: What Is Happening with USAID?
Will USAID be subsumed by the State Department?
Documents
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Justice Dept. Releases Slate of Memos from Attorney General Bondi
Bondi signed 14 memos on topics ranging from internal personnel matters to potential investigations into current and former civil servants. -
Federal Employee Unions Sue DOGE and the Department of Labor
A coalition of unions seek to block DOGE from gaining access to the Labor Department. -
Trump Issues Memorandum to Detain Migrants at Guantanamo
The president directs the secretaries of defense and homeland security to expand the migrant operations center to “full capacity.” -
Trump Executive Order Targets Transgender Service Members
The order reverses a 2021 Biden administration directive allowing transgender troops to serve openly—which itself had overturned an earlier ban from the first Trump administration. -
Trump Orders Pause on Federal Financial Assistance
The memorandum directs agencies to pause funding and conduct a review of programs implicated by executive orders. -
Presidential Action on Security Clearance for White House Employees
The action grants the highest level security clearance to certain individuals immediately, without full investigations.
Legal Challenges
Lawfare is tracking legal challenges against the executive orders President Trump has enacted. Click on the executive order of interest on the right to see the litigation surrounding the action.