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Several federal agencies deleted government websites containing information for health practitioners on contraception, HIV prevention, and more.

On January 31, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration – two agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – abruptly deleted a broad range of health-related data and other information from their public-facing websites, including resources identifying risks to youth health, HIV prevention, and contraception access. This was in response to guidance from the Office of Personnel Management directing agencies to delete all public-facing resources that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion and so-called gender ideology. The deleted information includes crucial resources for doctors and researchers seeking to provide patients with the best possible care and develop clinical studies that produce accurate results. A group of health professionals and medical trainees has sued to challenge the deletion; a temporary restraining order has been granted stopping the removal of this data; and a motion for summary judgement is pending.

This order attempts to undo lawfully negotiated collective bargaining agreements between the government and unions representing public servants.

This order takes issue with collective bargaining agreements that were lawfully negotiated near the end of the Biden Administration between that administration and federal employees. President Trump asserted without any legal basis that he has the power to undo such agreements ratified in the last 30 days of the prior administration, but he does not.

This order sets a federal policy of addressing chronic diseases, with misleading claims about their causes and flimsy attacks on existing federal programs and scientific research.

The Make America Healthy Again Commission is charged with assessing and making recommendations to address chronic health issues, including restructuring the federal government's response to childhood chronic diseases. It undertakes this effort while the rest of the Trump administration is blocking funding for scientific research and public health programs. The Order asserts without evidence that chronic diseases have been ignored by the federal government, that current scientific research is replete with conflicts of interest, and that federal funding has not promoted high-quality scientific research. The Commission is authorized to hold hearings and receive expert input, and is directed to issue an initial assessment in 100 days and a "Make Our Children Health Again" strategy within 180 days. However, the commission is headed by a vaccine skeptic and the Order falsely implies that chronic diseases are caused by an "over-reliance on medication and treatments" that can be addressed by "fresh thinking" on "food and drug quality and safety."

This memo directs federal agencies to immediately close all of their diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility offices and put their employees on paid administrative leave.

The Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued this memo directing agency heads across the federal government to immediately close all agency offices focusing exclusively on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives, and to place employees of those offices on paid administrative leave while the administration take steps to plan a reduction-in-force. The order directs agencies to ask employees to report changes to contract descriptions or personnel positions that obscure their relationship to "DEI or similar ideologies" and threatens employees with adverse consequences for failure to report. The order also directs agency heads to look back in time and provide OPM with a complete list of all diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility offices, employees, and agency contracts as of November 5, 2024.

This order encourages investigations of campuses where post-October 7th protests occurred.

This order denounces anti-Semitism in the wake of the October 7, 2024 attack. However, rather than suggest forward-looking measures to combat antisemitic discrimination, the order concerns only backward looking investigations of events on university campuses. In particular, it directs the Attorney General to review past complaints around campus protest and "encourages" the AG to bring or intervene in cases as a result.

This order expands the capacity of Guantanamo to house migrants to the U.S.

This order directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand capacity at the naval base at Guantanamo Bay to hold migrants to the U.S.. Reports say President Trump wants the capacity to expand to 30,000, but has not explained how the United States will pay for the expansion or the needs of the migrants detained.