Category: Executive Orders

Five weeks after the Supreme Court told President Donald Trump that his first attempt to narrow birthright citizenship could not stand, he signed two more executive orders on the same subject. The documents released on the evening of August 6 do not try to relitigate the question the justices answered. They walk into the narrow…

President Donald Trump’s early 2025 executive order calling for a U.S. sovereign wealth fund set off a chain of events that has quietly reshaped the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, a federal agency originally designed to support overseas development. What began as a 90-day planning exercise for a new national investment vehicle has instead become…

The United Nations human rights office is warning that it is running on fumes just as global abuses are mounting, and officials say cuts driven by President Donald Trump have pushed the system into what they bluntly describe as “survival mode.” The United States was long the largest single funder of the United Nations, but…

President Donald Trump has turned a long running clash with Harvard into a direct financial ultimatum, telling the university the White House wants a 1 billion dollar payment to resolve federal investigations. The demand, delivered after months of behind the scenes talks, recasts a policy fight over antisemitism, civil rights and campus protests as a…

President Donald Trump’s hard line on immigration is no longer just a political fight in Washington. It is now a boardroom issue for some of the country’s biggest companies, as investors demand to know how aggressive enforcement and new rules are reshaping workforces, supply chains, and reputations. The result is a rare collision between shareholder…

President Donald Trump’s administration has moved to cancel a $1.8 billion federal loan guarantee for Arizona’s largest electric utility, abruptly halting a signature Biden-era clean energy investment in the Southwest. The decision strips Arizona Public Service of low-cost federal financing that was expected to accelerate new renewable generation and large-scale energy storage across the state….

The Trump administration is reshaping the rules that govern how cars are built, sold, and financed in the United States, with a clear tilt toward cheaper gasoline vehicles and fewer perks for electric models. Fuel economy standards are being reset, consumer tax credits for electric vehicles have been eliminated, and new tax breaks are being…

The Treasury Department has taken the extraordinary step of cutting off one of Washington’s most entrenched contractors after a former employee leaked private tax data for President Donald Trump and other ultra-wealthy Americans. By terminating every agreement with Booz Allen Hamilton, officials are signaling that a single breach inside the Internal Revenue Service can now…

The Energy Department’s decision to unwind tens of billions of dollars in Biden-era clean energy financing has jolted investors, developers, and utilities that had banked on federal backing. By moving to scrap or rework roughly $83 billion in green loans and guarantees, the Trump administration is not just tweaking policy, it is rewriting the risk…

The Trump administration is preparing a sweeping intervention in the critical minerals sector, moving to acquire a direct equity stake in USA Rare Earth that could reshape how Washington backs strategic industries. The planned $1.6 billion commitment for a 10 percent holding would give the federal government an unusually hands-on role in a publicly traded…