White House Policy Tracker

• EO 14156 declared a National Energy Emergency on January 20, 2025, under the National Emergencies Act
• That order addressed America's energy...

Iowa Democratic Senate candidate Zach Wahls unveils 10-point plan for federal reform to boost wages and curb costs:

• Wealth tax on billionaires (5%...

Key agency examples in balancing AI speed with safeguards:

• USDA's avian flu win: Deployed AI analytics, NASA imagery, and neural networks to map...

Key HHS shifts under RFK Jr.:

• MAHA Agenda prioritizes chronic disease (affecting 6 in 10 Americans), food quality, and root causes over...

White House boldly pushes psychedelic therapies:

• Directs FDA to accelerate trials/approvals for ibogaine, psilocybin, LSD, MDMA with $50M funding
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Key steps in restoring common sense to acquisitions:

• OMB memo directs agencies to prioritize commercial solutions per April 2025 EO, with reports on...

Deputy Secretary Landau outlines major US foreign policy shifts at Atlantic Council event:

• Iran Ceasefire: US in talks to clarify details of...

Federal first: EPA lists microplastics on Draft CCL 6 (April 2, 2026), acknowledging them as a potential threat under Safe Drinking Water Act – no...

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner embodies ethical awkwardness, with journalists partying alongside officials they must cover skeptically—now...

State Department under Sec. Rubio is revamping Foreign Service to prioritize merit, history, and results:

• Recruitment overhaul: Removed DEI from...

Key moves this week:

• Senate vote-a-rama looms as Republicans push budget resolution for $70B to ICE/CBP.
• Funds agencies 3+ years through Trump's...

Newly revealed internal memos highlight conservatives' rule-bending to halt Obama's Clean Power Plan:

• Roberts' Feb 5 push: Circulated stay...

Trump pressures officials to speed up his 4-month-old executive order rescheduling cannabis from Schedule I, amid DEA delays.

• But advocates say it...

• Trump budget proposes 52% EPA slash, threatening grants for tree plantings, oysters, and water quality
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation warns cuts leave...

FERC exercises jurisdiction over interstate transmission and wholesale electricity sales, per the Federal Power Act's division with states. Core to navigating federal-state energy oversight.

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• Launched March 24, open until June 15, 2026; targets ops, supply...

David Urban details internal processes in Trump's second term:

• Military action implementation: DoD contingency plans (e.g., C-17s, 82nd Airborne)...

Key disconnect in White House stance on affordability crisis:

• Trump dismisses it as a 'hoax', but data shows record unaffordability in...

Key workforce shifts at Interior Dept:

• RIFs scrapped: Completed third buyout round, no layoff plans after fall proposals
• Parks priority: Filling...

Key Biden-era win: ARPA's $350B State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF), signed in 2021, enabled swift recovery by averting a second Great...