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Featured Start-here instruments with editorial notes, plus a Federal Register PRESDOCU inventory for modern administrations (8,561 actions). Browse the inventory below; open any row for FR links.

20 featured · 8,561 inventory

Featured

Federal Register inventory

PRESDOCU executive orders, proclamations, and memoranda for covered modern admins. Older administrations keep NARA library links on the presidencies shelf.

Desk action inventory with kind, presidency, and signed date
InstrumentKindPresidencySigned
Unleashing American Energy2025-01956MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential2025-01955MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
Holding Former Government Officials Accountable for Election Interference and Improper Disclosure of Sensitive Governmental Information2025-01954MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing2025-01953MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
America First Policy Directive to the Secretary of State2025-01952MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion2025-01951MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
Granting Pardons and Commutation of Sentences for Certain Offenses Relating to the Events at or Near the United States Capitol on January 6, 20212025-01950MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
Declaring a National Emergency at the Southern Border of the United States2025-01948MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 29, 2025
Return to In-Person Work2025-01907MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 28, 2025
Regulatory Freeze Pending Review2025-01906MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 28, 2025
Hiring Freeze2025-01905MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 28, 2025
Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis2025-01904MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 28, 2025
Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship2025-01902MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 28, 2025
Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions2025-01901Executive orderDonald J. TrumpJan 28, 2025
Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government2025-01900MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 28, 2025
Flying the Flag of the United States at Full- Staff on Inauguration Day2025-01899MemorandumDonald J. TrumpJan 28, 2025
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Actions combine a Featured overlay with FR PRESDOCU inventory for covered modern administrations (Clinton+). Older admins keep NARA links and thinner lists until backfill. Source archive: The Ledger Desk watchlist + U.S. presidency catalog. Built 2026-11-01T18:48:58Z. Limits and rebuild notes: methodology.

On watchlist

20

Executive orders

16

Proclamations

2

Memoranda

2

Showing 3 of 20. Featured is the Start-here overlay; full FR inventory expands as coverage grows.

Desk action watchlist
SignedInstrumentPresidency
Jan 20, 2025Regulatory Freeze Pending Review

Memorandum

Directed agencies to freeze pending rules and withdraw unpublished proposals pending presidential appointee review.

Trump · 47th
Jan 20, 2025Executive Order 14168

Executive order · 14168

Directed agencies to recognize sex as binary biological classification in federal policy and records.

Trump · 47th
Jan 20, 2025Executive Order 14148

Executive order · 14148

Revoked a slate of Biden-era executive orders and presidential memoranda on the first day of the second Trump term.

Trump · 47th
  • Regulatory Freeze Pending Review

    Jan 20, 2025 · Memorandum · Donald J. Trump

  • Executive Order 14168

    Jan 20, 2025 · Executive order · Donald J. Trump

  • Executive Order 14148

    Jan 20, 2025 · Executive order · Donald J. Trump