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.

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 order imposed tariffs on Canadian imports but was later paused.

This executive order further expanded President Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the Southern border (EO 10886) to include the Northern border with Canada. It then imposed 25% tariffs on most Canadian imports in response, creating conditions for an escalating trade war. The EO was paused two days later after Canada made gestures toward addressing the flow of fentanyl to the U.S and threatened to impose retaliatory tariffs.

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.