Trump Administration Executive Action Tracker
The second Trump administration has attacked nearly all of the freedoms, public services and protections, and programs that our communities rely for health care, housing, education, safety, and more. NETWORK is committed to keeping justice-seekers informed by tracking the Trump administration's executive orders and actions--which harm us all and threaten all aspects of NETWORK’s An Economy for All agenda.
You can find NETWORK's Executive Action Tracker resource here, and reflected in the tables below. The tables list many, not all, of the Administration's executive orders and actions, their impacts, and the litigation, or legal action, challenging them. They are organized according to how they undermine NETWORK's An Economy for All agenda areas. Finally, we have included a list of additional litigation that NETWORK is supporting.
Please continue to monitor the Executive Action Tracker as we will update it regularly.
Last update: March 18, 2025
For more detail about the legal challenges to Trump executive orders and actions, please visit Just Security’s Litigation Tracker.
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The Trump administration’s attacks on:
Jobs with paid leave and wages that cover our bills, retirement, and more
| Executive Order or Action | ||
|---|---|---|
| OPM memo paying federal grant funding: Shuts down all federal grant funding, imperiling the lives and livelihood of our neighbors and the non-profits that provide life-saving support to those in need in our communities. | This action would endanger millions of people by decimating the non-profit providers who feed, clothe, educate, house and care for our communities. | A lawsuit was immediately filed to block the funding halt. The Trump administration backed down 24 hours later and restored funding, but the case remains, with plaintiffs asking for an injunction against the Administration’s future efforts to cut off funding. Update: On Feb. 25, 2025, the court enjoined the Trump administration from implementing the funding freeze. Issues remain with some funding yet to be released. NETWORK sent an email to Democracy Forward in support of their litigation. |
| Action on labor: Fires two members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), naming no successors. Fires head of Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). | Leaves the NLRB without a quorum, preventing it from taking any official action to certify union elections, find labor law violations, and more. | Members of the NLRB (and also Merit Systems Protections Board who were similarly removed) have brought suit challenging their removal and seeking reinstatement. Update: Courts found NLRB and MSPB firing illegal. |
| Action on collective bargaining: Directs agencies to refuse to honor federal collective bargaining agreements entered into in the last 30 days of the Biden administration which do not comply with Trump administration priorities (with exceptions for law enforcement). | Violates federal employees’ collective bargaining rights. | |
| Ending diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs: Terminates federal programs, executive orders, private sector, and educational programs that support diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the federal government and in external programs that receive federal support. Mandates measures to deter future related programs. Dear Colleague Letter: The Department of Education posted a letter threatening to withhold federal funding from universities with diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. The Department of Education terminated $600 million in K-12 grants, alleging that the grants involved diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. | This action will terminate funding for programs nationwide that help realize individuals’ potential and foster respect and belonging in workplaces. This action will severely limit opportunities for education and workforce development, especially for people with disabilities, Black, Brown, and Indigenous people, and other individuals who have historically had fewer opportunities to be considered for jobs, and if chosen, to be supported in their workplaces. | Multiple lawsuits. All seek to overturn the ban, stating it is unconstitutional and unlawful. Cases are moving through the courts with different results. A lawsuit challenging the Dear Colleague Letter argues that the letter is unconstitutional and seeks an injunction against any steps to enforce it. NETWORK has reached out to Democracy Forward voicing support for their lawsuits. Several state recipients of diversity, equity, and inclusion grants filed suit, alleging that the grant terminations were unlawful. On Mar. 10, 2025, the court issued a TRO. The Trump administration has appealed. |
Affordable housing, food, and health care for all
| Executive Order or Action | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dismantling USAID: Paused all international aid for 90 days. DOGE shuts down U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF). | This action risks the health, economic well-being, and political stability of people in the U.S. and across the world. Eliminating USAID will increase conflict around the world, discourage democratic processes, increase suffering from disease and death, discourage sustainable economic growth, accelerate environmental destruction, and exacerbate climate change around the world. This action also marks the Trump administration’s first blatant usurpation of Congress’s mandate in establishing a federal agency. | Multiple lawsuits allege pause is unlawful and unconstitutional and seek declaratory and injunctive relief. After the Administration lost the SCOTUS appeal, a lower court ordered $2 billion in funding to be paid by Mar. 10, 2025. USADF filed suit to block DOGE from shutting it down. |
| On prescription drug costs: Rescinds the Biden Executive Order on lowering prescription drug costs. | Ends drug price negotiations and other Biden administration measures to lower drug costs. | Rescinding an executive order from a previous administration cannot be challenged in the courts. |
| Establishing DOGE: Establishes programs to “modernize” federal government by slashing federal jobs and cutting off funding to vital programs. DOGE has been granted further access to the sensitive personal information of private citizens. | In the name of “efficiency,” DOGE leadership has promised to eliminate programs and benefits that serve persons living in or near poverty and to rescind regulations that protect vulnerable communities. | Multiple lawsuits challenging the legality of DOGE, DOGE’s access to confidential agency data, and DOGE’s refusal to comply with FOIA requests. The courts have reached different results in each case, with some ruling to allow DOGE continued access and other courts ruling to stop access. NETWORK has reached out to Public Citizen voicing support for their lawsuit. |
| Trade policy: Orders federal agency to develop plans for the implementation of tariffs and other trade measures to advance “American First” foreign policy. | Tariffs used strategically to address unfair trade practices can be an important economic tool, but across the board tariffs are ineffective and can raise prices for low-income consumers. | |
| Withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO): Removes U.S. from participation in WHO; ends U.S. participation in negotiations for a global Pandemic Agreement. | Harms U.S. ability to respond to pandemics and other global health crises, increasing risk of severe medical threats and economic dislocation. | |
| Threatening truthful education on race: Authorizes recission of federal funds to any K-12 education program that acknowledges or discusses matters of racial or ethnic equity or gender identity; establishes a “1776 Commission” to develop a “patriotic education” program. | Threatens schools and school systems with loss of all federal funds for virtually any mention of racial or ethnic discrimination or any recognition of gender identity in schools. | |
| Banning funds for gender-affirming care: Bans the use of federal funds through any federal health insurance program for gender-affirming care and authorizes the withholding of federal research or education grant funding for institutions that provide such care. | Forbids the use of federal funds (Medicaid, Medicare, ACA, military coverage) for gender-affirming care and threatens hospitals, medical schools, and other providers with loss of research and education grants if they provide even privately-funded gender-affirming care. | Two lawsuits, one brought by states and one by advocacy organizations. Are challenging the ban as unconstitutional. Courts have issued TROs blocking enforcement. |
| Removing health information from Health and Human Services (HHS) websites. | Removing this information puts the health of patients at risk and further endangers research that improves the health and health care of all people in the U.S. | Doctors for America, suing on behalf of doctors and scientists who rely on the data, allege that the removal violates the Administrative Procedure Act and seek an injunction and to restore the data. A judge issued a TRO on Feb. 11, 2025. NETWORK has reached out to Public Citizen voicing support for their lawsuit. |
| Reducing funding for research: Imposes an across the board 15 percent reimbursement rate for indirect costs of medical research, which research institutions have historically negotiated on an individual basis, and suspends research activities in important areas affecting health. | These actions threaten the nation’s ability to continue high level research in science and medicine, imperiling the health and safety of our country and progress towards future innovation. | 22 states whose public research institutions will face hardship on the policy, as well as universities, hospitals, and health care associations across the country, seek injunctive relief. On Feb. 10, 2025, the court issued a nationwide TRO. |
| Blocking public health information: Bans external communications and meetings with outside scientists by NIH, CDC and other health agencies pending Administration review of their operations and priorities. | This action keopardizes public health by blocking the public from receiving information about public health emergencies, including the bird flu outbreak, and new treatment breakthroughs. | |
| Student debt: The Trump administration has requested that the Supreme Court put on hold its upcoming case regarding the Biden administration’s student loan relief program. | This action signals that the Trump administration is likely to rescind the student loan relief program at issue, as well as others not yet before SCOTUS. | SCOTUS has granted the Administration’s request to suspend action on this case. |
Safe and welcoming neighborhoods
| Executive Order or Action | ||
|---|---|---|
| Removing protections for transgender and nonbinary people: Requires that federal programs only recognize people as the gender they were assigned at birth. | Removes protections for transgender and nonbinary individuals who already endure severe discrimination from all programs covered by the 1964 Civil Rights Act and other laws. | Plaintiffs, represented by the ACLU, have sued arguing that the order is unconstitutional and violates the Administrative Procedure Act and seeking a permanent injunction. |
| Pardons for offenses related to January 6: Blanket pardon for all individuals convicted of offenses, including violent offenses, during the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol. | Signals that the Trump administration will accept political violence when violence promotes their interests. | |
| Restoring the federal death penalty: Requires the death penalty for capital crimes committed by undocumented immigrants and crimes resulting in the death of a law enforcement officer. Requires harsh prison conditions for persons whose death sentences were commuted by President Biden and “encourages” additional state criminal charges against those individuals. | Expands the use of the death penalty in the federal criminal justice systems and targets undocumented immigrants with the death penalty for any capital crime. | |
| Contracting with private prison corporations: Rescinds Biden Executive Order barring the Justice Department from renewing contracts with private prison firms. | Private prisons are historically less safe for the people incarcerated in them, and lead to increased incarceration rates and longer sentences. | |
| Withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO): Removes U.S. from participation in WHO; ends U.S. participation in negotiations for a global Pandemic Agreement. | Harms U.S. ability to respond to pandemics and other global health crises, increasing risk of severe medical threats and economic dislocation. | |
| Revoking federal policing and safety reforms: Eliminates requirements to advance accountable federal policing and criminal justice practices, including: limiting home entries without knocking and the use of chokeholds; mandating body cameras; limiting transfer of military equipment to state and local law enforcement; requiring a national federal police misconduct database; and establishing grants for state and local policing reforms. | Revokes critical federal policing reforms put in place after the murder of George Floyd. | |
| DOJ memo on the criminal legal system: Revokes Biden-era DOJ policies to mitigate harsh sentencing practices and racial disparities in the criminal justice system. | Foreshadows a return to increased incarceration, excessive sentences, and government waste without advancing public safety. | |
| DOJ memo on gun ownership: Requires a review of all regulations and policies that “infringe” on gun rights. | Will likely result in the elimination of some regulations and policies that protect against gun violence. | |
| Designating English as the official language. | A victory for the English-only movement, which has long been tied to efforts to eliminate bilingual education and restrict immigration. | |
| Blocking public health information: Bans external communications and meetings with outside scientists by NIH, CDC and other health agencies pending Administration review of their operations and priorities. | This action keopardizes public health by blocking the public from receiving information about public health emergencies, including the bird flu outbreak, and new treatment breakthroughs. |
Clean air and water
| Executive Order or Action | ||
|---|---|---|
| Oil drilling in Alaska: Opens federal and state lands in Alaska to potentially unlimited mining, drilling, and oil and gas leasing. | Risks increased air pollution nationally and poses risk of water pollution and toxic exposures for Alaskan Indigenous communities. | Environmental non-profits, represented by Earth Justice, filed suit alleging that these actions are unconstitutional and seeking injunctive relief. |
| Stalling wind power development: Temporarily withdraws U.S. coastal areas from wind power leasing pending review of federal wind policies. | Pauses new coastal wind projects and jeopardizes their future, setting us back in renewable energy development. | |
| Threatening protected lands: Authorizes new, expansive authority to mandate energy production on federal and other lands, using eminent domain to do so. | Threatens to remove environmental protections for federal and some private lands in order to make way for drilling and mining. | |
| Expanding mining of fossil fuels: Expands oil energy production and mining on federal lands and water. | Promotes massive fossil fuel production, accelerating the pollution of air, water, and soil and the destruction of land that comes with mining. | |
| Freezing disbursement of funds for clean energy projects. | Billions of dollars in funding authorized by the Infrastructure Act and the Inflation Reduction Act have been halted across the country. This funding freeze imperils clean energy goals and efforts to limit carbon emissions, including by discouraging the purchase and use of energy efficient vehicles and appliances. | PA Governor Shapiro has sued to challenge the freeze on funding that has already been appropriated under the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Act. Plaintiffs were granted a TRO, but the Trump administration has yet to release $5 billion in funding for PA (in other words, President Trump is not complying with the order). A coalition of funding recipients have also sued to restore access to funding. |
| Abolishing the American Climate Corps. | Limits opportunities for young Americans to gain valuable work experience in clean energy jobs. | |
| Withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris Agreement. | Removes any international accountability for U.S. environmental policies and practices, and harms global cooperation in addressing climate change. Gives China and the EU a competitive advantage in the booming clean energy market and limits opportunities for U.S. workers. | |
| DOJ request on clear air cases: The Trump administration has requested that the Supreme Court put on hold three upcoming Clean Air Act cases, including the EPA’s “Good Neighbor” regulations; a waiver granted to California to require stricter standards than the federal standard; and a challenge by oil companies who were denied certain waivers. | This action signals that the Trump administration is likely to rescind the regulations or revisit the EPA decisions at issue in these cases. | |
| Removing climate-related data from the Department of Agriculture website. | Deprives farmers of critical information on drought, floods, and shifting growing conditions, imperiling their ability to protect the nation’s food supply by responding to emerging climate threats. | |
| Repealing 31 regulations and changing the purpose of the Environmental Protection Agency to “lowering energy costs.” | This action threatens to reverse decades of progress on clean air, clean water, combating greenhouse gas emissions, and protecting lands. This action also eliminates enforcement efforts that prioritize protecting neighborhoods that corporations have historically polluted, particularly low-income neighborhoods and Black and Brown communities. |
A tax code that ensures the wealthy pay their fair share
| Executive Order or Action | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tariffs: With a series of executive orders, President Trump has imposed broad, virtually across-the-board tariffs on Canada (25%), Mexico (25%), and China (10%), and then issued a series of actions temporarily altering the terms of these tariffs and promising additional alternations and new tariffs in the future. | While targeted tariffs may be effective in fostering U.S. economic growth, blanket tariff programs will increase costs to consumers, especially for food and gas. Already, these tariff measures have created instability in the nation’s food, energy, and manufacturing markets and triggered a trade war with our largest trading partners. | |
| Memo on OECD tax deal: Rescinds U.S. participation in the 140-nation Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Tax Deal. | Allows for widespread corporate tax avoidance. | |
| Ending Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act: Ends a bipartisan anti-money laundering law passed during the first Trump administration. | Threatens to make the U.S. a magnet for drug cartels, illegal arms dealers, and corrupt foreign officials by setting up shell companies to avoid paying taxes while they move assets in and out of the U.S. with no oversight. Small business owners will struggle as they are forced to compete with fraudulent and criminal enterprises. |
A just and humane immigration system
| Executive Order or Action | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discontinuing the CBP One app: The Biden administration created the app to allow asylum seekers to schedule appointments to request asylum. | Current plaintiffs had sued the Biden administration challenging limitations in the app, but now seek to supplement their pleadings based on the government’s new position. | |
| Prohibits people seeking asylum from staying in the U.S. while they pursue their claim. | This prohibition puts people who are fleeing war and persecution in harm’s way. | Plaintiffs allege order is unlawful and unconstitutional. Update: court has issued an emergency stay and the Trump administration has agreed not to remove plaintiffs pending resolution of litigation. |
| Mobilizing troops to the border: Declares a national emergency at the southern border. 10,000 troops are currently stationed at the border and a naval warship is deployed to the region. | Militarizes the southern U.S. border to prevent people seeking safety from entering the U.S. | |
| Limiting access to legal representation for immigrants: Cuts off funding that was appropriated by Congress in 2024 to allow certain detained immigrants to have access to legal representation. | Hinders the right of people in immigration detention to access legal representation. | Plaintiffs allege the termination is unlawful and unconstitutional and seek injunctive relief. |
| Closing the southern border: Suspends the entry of migrants and allows President Trump to impose any “appropriate” restrictions on new entries. | Effectively closes the southern border to people and families seeking safety, and temporarily and gives President Trump sweeping discretion to impose further restrictions on immigration. | |
| Designating cartels as terrorist organizations: Names foreign drug cartels as terrorist organizations and expands law enforcement measures and penalties for those organizations and those who participate in their activity. | Raises the risk that NGOs, including Catholic organizations, that aid undocumented immigrants with services like food or housing may be labeled as supporting “terrorists.” | |
| Targeting immigrants and communities who help them: Greatly expands immigrant detention facilities. Orders the hiring of more border patrol agents; cuts off federal funds to sanctuary states and cities; and denies public benefits to undocumented immigrants. | Potential massive increases to migrant detention capacity and ICE workforce. Threatens to dismantle sanctuary protections by cutting off federal funding to sanctuary states and cities. | Multiple cities and counties have sued on the grounds that the executive order and DOJ memo threatening to withhold funding from sanctuary cities violate the Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act. They seek a declaration that the executive order is unconstitutional and a permanent injunction on any effort to enforce the provisions withholding funding. NETWORK has reached out to Democracy Forward expressing support for their lawsuit. |
| “Vetting” immigrants: Requires all agencies to conduct “enhanced alien vetting” to ensure that a person has no “hostile” attitudes toward the U.S. or “terrorist” history. This applies to immigrants seeking entry and those already in the U.S. Requires information from the individual’s country of origin and allows for full exclusion of all migrants from non-cooperating countries. | Threatens serious obstacles to the ability to both enter and remain in the U.S., even for those with otherwise legal status. Allows the government to entirely block immigration from selected countries. | |
| Criminalizing migration: Seeks to complete the border wall and detain migrants suspected of violating immigration law. Seeks to criminally charge people who already live in the U.S. without documentation, as well as people who “facilitate their unlawful presence in the U.S.” | Threatens criminal prosecution of migrants here without citizenship, as well as NGOs that provide aid to immigrants. | |
| Ending birthright citizenship: Seeks to end birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants. | This is a blatant violation of the 14th amendment of the U.S. Constitution. | Multiple lawsuits brought by the ACLU, Immigration Reform Law Institute, Public Rights Law Project, and Northwest Immigration Rights Project, suing to enforce the plain meaning of the 14th Amendment. Update: Plaintiffs have been granted temporary injunctive relief as briefing continues. The Trump administration has asked SCOTUS to limit enforcement of the injunction to states that are part of the lawsuit, meaning if a state has not sued to block enforcement of the ban, the executive order would apply there. This has larger implications for other litigation. |
| Suspending refugee arrivals: Suspends the entry into the U.S. of already-vetted refugees. | Bars refugees even if they had plane tickets, including 1,600 Afghan refugees. Deprives recently arrived refugees from statutorily mandated support and defunds refugee assistance organizations. | Multiple lawsuits, including one brought by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and another with multiple plaintiffs, argue that the suspension is unlawful. USCCB requests a declaratory judgement and reinstatement of millions of dollars in promised funding. Other plaintiffs have filed a proposed class action seeking injunctions to block implementation of the orders. On Feb. 25, 2025, the court temporarily blocked the suspension of the refugee admission program. |
| Targeting immigrants in protests: Requires all agencies to develop plans to address anti-Semitism, singling out campus demonstrations against military actions by Israel and participation by non-U.S. citizen students in those demonstrations. ICE arrested green card holder Mahmoud Khalil and is detaining him in Louisiana for his participation in pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University, where Khalil is a student. The U.S. government is trying to revoke his green card and deport him. | Effectively threatens participants in such demonstrations with criminal and civil penalties, notably deportation for non-citizen students who participate. Khalil’s arrest is a dangerous precedent intended to chill free speech and political activism. | Khalil’s attorneys are fighting his arrest and detention on constitutional grounds. |
| Fast-track deportations memo: A DHS directive that authorizes fast-track deportations for people who cannot prove they have been in the U.S. for two years. Authorizes ICE raids on “sensitive locations” including schools, churches, and hospitals. Establishes quotas for daily ICE arrests. | On expedited removal: Plaintiff, Make the Road New York (represented by the ACLU), brought a lawsuit arguing that summary deportation without adequate procedural safeguards is unconstitutional. On sensitive locations: Multiple lawsuits, including one by a coalition of Quaker congregations represented by Democracy Forward, brought a lawsuit seeking to enjoin ICE and CBP from conducting enforcement actions in “sensitive places” such as houses of worship, schools and hospitals. A TRO has been issued in one case, preventing enforcement actions at places of worship. Courts are considering TRO requests in the other cases. | |
| Invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798: Allows for summary deportation of people from countries at war with the U.S. Hundreds of Venezuelans accused of being gang members have been sent to prisons in El Salvador. | Prisons in El Salvador are notorious for their inhumane treatment of inmates. This EO may be used more broadly and will deprive immigrants of due process rights and subject them to abuse and torture. | A federal court issued a TRO to stop the deportations and ordered flights that had left to return to the U.S. The Trump administration refused to comply with the court order. |
| Rescinding TPS: Rescinds the recent renewal of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Venezuelan and Haitian immigrants. | Strips 600,000 Venezuelan migrants and 500,000 Haitian migrants in the U.S. of their legal immigration status and subjects them to deportation to a country in crisis. | The National TPS Alliance and individual TPS holders from several countries sued to maintain their TPS status. |
| Opening camps at Guantanamo: Directs the opening of immigrant detention camps at Guantanamo. | Multiple lawsuits on behalf of Plaintiffs who anticipate transfer to Guantanamo. Update: On Mar. 13, 2025, all detainees were reportedly flown back to the U.S. |
A politics responsive to the people, not the money
| Executive Order or Action | ||
|---|---|---|
| Removing civil service protections in federal hiring: “Reforms” federal hiring, including removing civil service protections for senior federal agency managers and designating their employment as “at the pleasure of the President.” | Threatens to transform the civil service system for higher management into a political patronage scheme. | Multiple lawsuits argue the order is unlawful and seek declaratory and injunctive relief. Plaintiffs include unions and non-profits representing whistleblowers. NETWORK has reached out to Democracy Forward voicing support for their lawsuit. |
| Firing federal employees: Federal workers have been fired, seen their jobs eliminated, or been placed on administrative leave at agencies across the government. These employees include federal employees who are not “faithful” to Trump administration policies; probationary employees; employees whose work includes diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility efforts; employees at the Department of Education (which the Administration wants to eliminate); and teachers at federally funded tribal schools. | These firings threaten the health, safety, education, and welfare of all people in the U.S. by weakening the government’s ability to meet current needs and respond to future crises through established federal programs. These firings also increase unemployment (as of Mar. 14, 2025, 250,000 federal workers have been fired). | Multiple lawsuits brought on behalf of federal workers allege the mass firings are unlawful and unconstitutional and seek reinstatement. Update Mar. 11, 2025: Five thousand probationary employees reinstated to the USDA. Update Mar. 13, 2025: Court orders thousands of probationary employees to be reinstated at various agencies. |
| OPM memo on hiring: Allows agencies to temporarily hire unlimited numbers of political appointees as they use various measures to reduce civil service staff. | Facilitates the transformation of the civil service system into a patronage scheme, filling government positions with Trump loyalists. | |
| Regulatory freeze: Freezes progress on any new regulations and permits postponement of already-published regulations. | Jeopardizes implementation of regulations needed to protect our health and safety, the environment, and workers’ rights. | |
| Promoting disinformation: Bars government employees from questioning mis- and dis-information on the internet. | Leaves no guardrails for internet disinformation. | |
| Revoking security clearances for law firms that have represented Democrats and the January 6th prosecutor Jack Smith. | Attempts to intimidate and silence perceived political enemies. | Law firms have filed suit, stating that the action is unlawful and unconstitutional. Update Mar. 12, 2025: court issued a TRO blocking enforcement of parts of the EO. |
| Removing AI protections: Authorizes suspension or rescission of any provision of the Biden Executive Orders on AI and crypto currency that “pose obstacles” to U.S. AI and digital currency development. | Removes important protections on the development and use of AI and cryptocurrency established by the Biden administration. | |
| DOGE workforce overhaul: Requires DOGE approval of any new federal hire. Directs federal agencies to immediately plan for “large-scale reductions in force” (exempting military, immigration enforcement, and some law enforcement). | Threatens to weaken federal government’s ability to provide needed benefits and services and to enforce laws protecting the health, safety, and economic security of our communities. | |
| Bringing regulatory agencies under Trump’s control: Establishes a series of White House and OMB measures to control the policies and operations of the nation’s independent regulatory agencies to ensure consistency with President Trump’s priorities. | Strips independent regulatory agencies of much of their independence from White House political control. | Multiple lawsuits brought by the fired leaders of independent agencies who seek to be restored to their roles. |
| Removing 19 Inspectors General, the head of the Office of Special Counsel, and the head of the Office of Government Ethics. | The people in these positions ensure that the president cannot punish his political enemies or hide his own mismanagement and corruption. Firing them removes a vital guardrail and removes any independent oversight of President Trump’s actions. | Eight Inspectors General have filed suit. Court ordered attorneys to drop their request for a TRO while the case proceeds. Court allowed the firing of the head of the Office of Special Counsel, who then dropped appeal and resigned. |
| Ending the promotion of democracy abroad: Withheld $200 million in funding to the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a bipartisan organization that promotes democracy in countries across the world. | National Endowment for Democracy has sued to reinstate funding. On Mar. 10, 2025, the State Department voluntarily restored funding. |
NETWORK’s support for other litigation
On Meta’s discriminatory practices: NETWORK has reached out to the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law expressing support for their lawsuit against tech company Meta for discrimination in advertising higher education opportunities. The lawsuit alleges that Meta disproportionately steers advertisements regarding predatory for-profit schools to Black people while steering ads for public nonprofit schools to white people on social media platforms Facebook and Instagram. The lawsuit alleges this is a violation of the D.C. Human Rights Act and Consumer Protection Procedures Act.
On the Affordable Care Act’s no-cost preventative services mandate: On Feb. 18, 2025, NETWORK signed onto an Amicus Brief in Braidwood v. Becerra, a case before the Supreme Court challenging the validity of the no-cost preventive services mandate under the Affordable Care Act. NETWORK joined United States of Care in recognizing the importance of maintaining no-cost preventive care for diseases including diabetes, cancer, heart disease, depression, and tobacco use.