Weekly Roundup Archive: WR 1/18/25

1/19 - FTC Releases Summary of Key Accomplishments (FTC)

1/19 - Fact Sheet: The Biden-Harris Administration Cements Legacy of Helping Left-Behind Communities Make a Comeback (WH; see also, president’s statement and EO – note: all links via Internet Archive)

1/19 - Remarks by President Biden on Reaching a Ceasefire and Hostage Deal (WH – link via IA)

1/20 - Statement from President Joe Biden [re: preemptive pardons] (WH – link via IA; see also, list of Biden’s pardons via Office of the Pardon Attorney)

1/20 - Statement from President Joe Biden [re: additional preemptive pardons] (WH – link via IA)

-----------

1/21 - CBP Removes Scheduling Functionality in CBP One™ App (CBP; see also, NBC News article)

1/21 - Statement from a DHS Spokesperson on Directives Expanding Law Enforcement and Ending the Abuse of Humanitarian Parole (DHS; note – it appears the directives have not been publicly released)

1/21 - DHS Reinstates Migrant Protection Protocols, Allowing Officials to Return Applicants to Neighboring Countries (DHS)

1/21 - U.S. Department of Energy Reverses Biden LNG Pause, Restores Trump Energy Dominance Agenda (DOE; see also, OMB memo)

1/21 - FDIC Withdraws from the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (FDIC; see also, NGFS website)

1/21 - SEC Crypto 2.0: Acting Chairman Uyeda Announces Formation of New Crypto Task Force (SEC)

1/22 - 2025 Supreme Court Fellows Program Annual Lecture to Feature U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson (LOC; note – will be livestreamed)

1/22 - More than a Quarter of Public Schools Now Offer All Students Free School Meals Through State or Local Initiatives (NCES; direct to data page)

1/22 - NEH Announces New Funding Opportunity to Support Research on the State and Impact of the Humanities (NEH)

1/22 - Priorities and Mission of the Second Trump Administration’s Department of State (State)

1/23 - GPO Updates Business Unit Names (GPO; direct to change list)

1/23 - Statement from a DHS Spokesperson on Directive Expanding Immigration Law Enforcement to Some Department of Justice Officials (DHS)

1/24 - Interior Department Advances Restoration of Historic Names Honoring American Greatness (DOI)

1/24 - U.S. Department of Education Ends Biden’s Book Ban Hoax (ED)

1/24 - United States Renewed Membership in the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women’s Health and Strengthening the Family (State; see also, Politico article)

1/24 - State Department freezes new funding for nearly all US aid programs worldwide (VOA)

Information below is from congress.gov. Date listed is date signed into law, and the description is an abbreviated version of bill summary available on that website.

---

None this week

See full weekly list of Congressional hearings on congress.gov.

---

Senate confirmation hearings:

1/21 - Elise Stefanik, Representative to the United Nations (Foreign Relations; see also, chair and ranking member opening statements)

1/21 - Douglas Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Veterans; see also, chair opening statement)

1/22 - Russell Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Budget)

1/23 - Brooke Rollins, Secretary of Agriculture (Agriculture; see also, chair and ranking member opening statements)

Please see some general notes about this week's roundup.

1/23 - Major Management Challenges: 2023 edition removed from website, reverting to 2021 edition (Fed)

1/25 (time sensitive) - Trump fires 18 inspectors general overnight in legally murky move (via NBC News; see also, Ware letter via NYT)

1/22 - TikTok Inc. v. Garland: Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to TikTok Divestiture Law (CRS)

1/22 - U.S. Petroleum Trade: Crude Oil Imports from Canada and Mexico and Potential Tariffs (CRS)

1/23 - A New Civil Service “Policy/Career” Schedule: Issues for Lawmakers [re: Schedule F] (CRS)

1/23 - Fundamental Responsibilities of Recognized Statistical Agencies and Units, the Trust Regulation (CRS)

1/23 - Food Safety: USDA Should Take Additional Actions to Strengthen Oversight of Meat and Poultry (GAO)

1/24 - Trump Administration Actions: Geographic Naming (CRS)

1/20 - reproductiverights.gov taken offline (HHS - link via IA)

1/20 - Redesigned website rolled out (IMLS)

1/20 - Biden archive created (performance.gov)

1/20 - Speaker Johnson’s historically narrow House majority shrinks even further (via CNN)

1/20 - Here's who is leading federal agencies as Trump nominees await confirmation (via GovExec)

1/20 - Trump signs order setting up DOGE with a focus on government tech (via GovExec; notes that “United States DOGE Service” replaces “U.S. Digital Service”; see also, DOGE sued to follow the law or cease operations via CREW)

1/21 - Statement on Rescinding E.O. 14084 [Promoting the Arts, the Humanities, and Museum and Library Services] (via everylibrary)

1/22 - Trump administration freezes many health agency reports and online posts (via AP)

1/22 - Trump administration shuts down White House Spanish-language page and social media (via AP)

1/22 - Trump’s new Justice Department leadership orders a freeze on civil rights cases (via AP)

1/22 - Tracking regulatory changes in the second Trump administration (via Brookings, with tracking tool)

1/22 - DOJ threatens to prosecute local officials for resisting immigration enforcement (via NPR; see also, source document via Lawfare)

1/22 - Federal Workers Ordered to Report on Colleagues Over D.E.I. Crackdown (via NYT; see also, Internet Spams Trump's 'DEI Truth' Tip Line With Porn, 'Simpsons' Jokes via HuffPost)

1/22 - House Republicans create new panel aimed at undermining Jan. 6 committee (via Politico)

1/22 - Federal judges in Jan. 6 cases slam Trump’s pardons (via Politico, with links to source documents; see also, Chutkan’s order)

1/22 - Trump admin tells all Democrats on intelligence oversight board to resign (via The Record; see also, PCLOB website)

1/23 - Finding of Mass Influx of Aliens (DHS)

1/23 - Guidance Regarding How to Exercise Enforcement Discretion (DHS)

1/23 - GitHub Is Showing the Trump Administration Scrubbing Government Web Pages in Real Time (via 404 Media; direct to 18F github page)

1/23 - OPM demands agencies comply with Trump’s telework order within 30 days (via GovExec, with link to source documents)

1/23 - Ousted career execs at DOJ are considering options after being given vague rationale for firings (via GovExec)

1/23 - ‘Setting us up for catastrophe’: alarm at Trump attack on federal disaster agency (via The Guardian)

1/23 - Trump ends federal contractor civil rights order with roots that go back to FDR (via LawDork, with links to source documents; see also, DOL statement)

1/23 - Trump calls DEI programs 'illegal' and 'immoral'. Here's how he's ending them (via NPR)

1/23 - U.S. judge temporarily blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order (via NPR; see also, source document)

1/24 - Data Equity and Data Equity Tools pages removed from website (Census – via IA)

1/24 - Federal agencies begin removing DEI guidance from websites in Trump crackdown (via AP)

1/24 - Trump’s Early Actions Mirror Project 2025, the Blueprint He Once Dismissed (via Time)