This order suspends enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prevents companies from committing bribery abroad.

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prohibits U.S. companies from paying bribes to foreign officials to get or maintain business. It is a vital tool in the U.S. fight against corruption abroad, which ultimately benefits democratic principles of transparency and rule of law, as well as U.S. customers and the U.S. national interest. It also projects the U.S. commitment to the rule of law abroad and ensures companies do not play an ever escalating game of incurring bribery costs. This order directs the Attorney General to halt any new investigations and review existing ones for 180 days, which can be extended even further.

This order renames and further empowers a previously established office that focuses on strengthening government assistance to faith-based organizations.

This executive order replaces the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI) with the White House Faith Office. Though largely a semantic switch, the EO does strike the referral requirements for organizations receiving federal funding. This means that if providers have religious objections to services, like reproductive care or care in the LGBTQ+ community, they are no longer obligated to refer clients to alternative options. That change could impact a myriad of programs including in the healthcare and education spaces.

This action purports to fire Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel, which investigates internal government whistleblower complaints and prevents corruption.

The Office of Special Counsel exists to protect whistleblowers and other employees inside the government who call out improper and corrupt conduct. It was created after Watergate as part of the series of reforms to guarantee an independent, protected civil service that benefits the people, not the party in power or the personal interests of the president. For that reason, the head of the office serves a five-year term regardless of who holds the presidency, and can only be removed for good reason. The Trump Administration tried to fire Hampton Dellinger, the current Special Counsel, in a one-line email with no justification.

This order largely repeats American policy on Iran, including sanctions and stopping Iran from obtaining nuclear capabilities.

This order largely restates longstanding U.S. policy towards Iran. It highlights sanctions, although Iran is already heavily sanctioned. It directs the UN Ambassador to highlight the Iranian threat, which ambassadors of both parties have routinely highlighted. And it states that U.S. policy is to deny Iran a nuclear weapon, although President Trump withdrew America from the successful Iran nuclear deal during his first term which likely accelerated Iran's efforts to obtain a nuclear weapon.

This order attempts to deny all federal benefits to undocumented immigrants and "sanctuary" cities and states.

This executive order instructs agencies to identify all programs that allow "illegal aliens" — a term that does not designate any specific population in immigration law — to obtain any benefits, and to cut off access to those benefits. The order also instructs agencies not to make payments to states and localities that might "abet" "sanctuary" policies, which is somewhat duplicative of past executive orders and DOJ memos. Finally, this order instructs Russell Vought at OMB, Elon Musk at DOGE, and Stephen Miller, Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, to look for any sources of "funding for illegal aliens" and suggest ways to align federal spending with the goals of this order. Existing law already determines which benefits noncitizens are eligible for and in what circumstances they can qualify; any attempts to deny benefits to people who qualify for them would be illegal. Additionally, past attempts to deny federal funding to states and localities that choose not to spend local tax dollars on immigration enforcement have been declared unconstitutional by multiple courts.

This order directs a review of all federal funding to non-governmental organizations, risking vital services around healthcare, workers, families, and more.

This order directs all executive departments and agencies to review all federal funding provided to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to ensure it aligns with current administration priorities, including the executive orders already issued. While all administrations review their funding decisions, the breadth of this review is staggering, especially in light of the numerous harmful and illegal funding-related decisions the Trump-Vance administration has already made.