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Policies we're monitoring especially closely given their potential impact to people and communities throughout the United States.
Latest Policies & Analysis
Leverage the credibility of the U.S. government to bolster the cryptocurrency industry
This new EO promotes the untested cryptocurrency industry through a variety of mechanisms.
This new EO promotes the cryptocurrency industry through a variety of mechanisms, including by revoking President Biden's EO entitled "Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets" and by establishing a new cryptocurrency working group chaired by David Sacks, which will, among other things, consider the potential creation and maintenance of a national digital asset stockpile. Much is still unclear about the cryptocurrency industry and blockchain technology, but there are serious downsides associated with both, from the environmental impacts of bitcoin mining, to the potential for cryptocurrency to be used to launder money, to the highly volatile and uncertain nature of cryptocurrency investments.
Declassify records on JFK, RFK, and MLK assassinations
This order seeks to fully declassify records related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
This memo orders the public release of all records related to the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr. — all killed while playing leading roles in the civil rights movement. President Trump has ordered agency heads to present plans for full declassification of remaining secret records. Members of the Kennedy family have called the order a political stunt. The King family has asked to review the records before full declassification.
This memo does not impose any tariffs, but instead directs agencies to review current trade policies and evaluate proposals that could harm American consumers by raising prices.
This memorandum does not impose any tariffs on foreign countries directly, contrary to President Trump's promise to do so on Day 1. Instead, it directs cabinet officials and agency heads to review several existing trade policies with countries like Mexico, Canada, and China to investigate the causes of our trade deficit and look for unfair trade practices. It also directs cabinet officials to investigate the feasibility of creating an External Revenue Service to collect tariffs and duties, and make recommendations on several new proposals that could drastically increase prices for American consumers, including a global tariff.
Cut environmental protections and pause funding distributions
This omnibus order directs agencies to take numerous steps to prioritize energy production at the expense of environmental, climate, or public health concerns.
This executive order rolls back or eliminates most of the advances made by the Biden administration to combat climate change, and undermines longstanding protections to our environment and public health to prioritize domestic energy development. In addition to immediately revoking twelve Biden Executive Orders related to energy, climate, and environmental justice, the order directs agencies to develop plans to expedite permitting and reduce the weight of environmental impacts in policies and other agency decisions. It immediately pauses distribution of funds through the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, specifically targeting programs that would advance America's electric vehicle industry. It prioritizes the expansion of liquified natural gas exports, domestic mining, and energy exploration and production on federal lands and the outer continental shelf.
Block aid obligations to international partners and allies
This order requires a pause and review of certain foreign development assistance.
This order requires a 90-day pause and review of foreign development assistance to purportedly evaluate if such assistance is consistent with U.S. foreign policy. The impact of this order is not immediately clear and it may be limited by the language of the EO that may restrict its effect to new obligations and disbursements. However, regardless of its immediate impact, this order — like others that purport to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Paris Climate Agreement — does serious damage to our country's credibility, undermines international alliances and partnerships, and allows countries like China and Russia to fill the void created by our withdrawal from the world stage.
Pardon people held responsible for the January 6th Insurrection
This order either pardons or commutes the sentences of any person who was convicted of an offense related to the attack on the Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
By pardoning or commuting the sentences of all those convicted of participating in January 6th Insurrection, Donald Trump made it clear to the nation that no one responsible for the violence committed that day would be held accountable. This includes those who were convicted of assaulting police officers and those convicted of seditious conspiracy. This executive order risks further violent outbursts from the President's supporters in the future, with or without his direction.
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