Trump Action Archive

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• Former Inspector General Mark Greenblatt reported firing of Export-Import Bank Inspector General — Former Inspector General Mark Greenblatt confirmed that Trump has fired another Inspector General, this time at the Export-Import Bank. Greenblatt characterized the dismissal as "deeply alarming," stating it weakens independent oversight and erodes a vital safeguard for taxpayers.
• Trump fired Export-Import Bank Inspector General without notifying Congress — Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) stated that President Trump fired the Export-Import Bank Inspector General without informing Congress, violating federal law. Grassley noted that the law requires the President to specifically inform Congress about Inspector General firings and stated that "unless the courts say otherwise, that's still the law."

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• FTC commissioners file lawsuit challenging Trump terminations — Democratic FTC commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya filed a lawsuit on March 28, 2025, challenging their terminations by President Trump announced the previous week. They argue the removals violated the FTC Act, which permits removal only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance, and violated the First and Fifth Amendments. The complaint seeks a court declaration that the terminations are unlawful and that the commissioners be reinstated to serve their remaining terms. Trump's removal notice cited only inconsistency with administration priorities, not statutory grounds.
• FTC commissioners Bedoya and Slaughter fired by Trump administration — Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, Democratic commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission, were terminated by the Trump administration. Bedoya, who had led cases against Amazon and other major tech firms, characterized the firings as illegal removals shielded by law only for "insufficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance." Both commissioners have sued the administration. Bedoya warned of "quid pro quo" dealmaking between the administration and billionaire allies, citing Amazon's $1 million inaugural donation and reported payments to the Trump family, alongside the nomination of an Amazon safety executive to lead OSHA.

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• Executive Order on Deregulatory Initiative — President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Order 14219, directing federal agencies to review and potentially rescind regulations deemed unconstitutional or overly burdensome. The order aims to reduce federal overreach and restore constitutional separation of powers by prioritizing the deconstruction of the administrative state. Agencies must identify regulations that exceed statutory authority or impose significant costs without public benefits, and report findings to the Office of Management and Budget within 60 days.
• Executive Order to Reduce Federal Bureaucracy — President Donald Trump issued an executive order on February 19, 2025, aimed at reducing the size of the federal bureaucracy. The order targets non-statutory components of several governmental entities, including the Presidio Trust and the United States Institute of Peace, for elimination. It mandates these entities to minimize their statutory functions and personnel to the extent required by law. The order also calls for the termination of specific Federal Advisory Committees and revokes a 1961 Presidential Memorandum related to government coordination. The Office of Management and Budget is tasked with rejecting inconsistent funding requests.
• Trump issues executive order on deregulation — President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled "Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's 'Department of Government Efficiency' Deregulatory Initiative" on February 19, 2025. The order directs agency heads to review and potentially rescind regulations deemed unconstitutional or not in the national interest. It emphasizes reducing federal overreach and restoring constitutional separation of powers. Agencies are instructed to prioritize reviewing significant regulatory actions and to de-prioritize enforcement of regulations that exceed statutory authority. The order aims to streamline government operations and reduce regulatory burdens on private enterprises.
• White House issued fact sheet promoting executive order on regulatory review and DOGE implementation — The White House published a fact sheet on February 19, 2025, promoting an executive order signed the same day. The order directs agency heads, in coordination with DOGE team leads and OMB, to review regulations for consistency with law and Trump Administration policy, prioritize rules imposing heavy costs for rescission or modification, and use enforcement discretion to de-prioritize actions stretching statutory authority. The fact sheet claims the Biden Administration imposed $1.7 trillion in regulatory costs and characterizes the order as reversing "regulatory overreach and abusive enforcement."
• White House signed executive order directing agencies to review and rescind regulations deemed unconstitutional or contrary to administration policy — The White House issued an executive order titled "Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's 'Department of Government Efficiency' Regulatory Initiative" on February 19, 2025. The order directs all federal agencies to review regulations within 60 days and identify those deemed unconstitutional, based on unlawful delegations of power, inconsistent with statutory authority, or imposing costs exceeding public benefits. Agencies must de-prioritize enforcement of regulations the administration deems unlawful and terminate enforcement proceedings deemed non-compliant with law or administration policy. The order establishes a process coordinated through "DOGE Team Leads" and the Office of Management and Budget to rescind or modify identified regulations.