A suite of White House directives and agency memos would narrow federal disaster eligibility, raise the damage metric used to trigger aid, reduce the federal cost share and convert some…
A March 2025 executive directive directs the Department of Education to return many responsibilities to states while maintaining core federal functions such as student loans, Title I and IDEA. Agencies…
A newly enacted law boosts child care through the tax code, raising Dependent Care FSA limits, expanding the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, and tripling an employer incentive, while…
A new regulatory budget requires agencies to repeal at least ten rules for every new one and to deliver net‑negative regulatory costs in fiscal 2025, with an energy order adding…
A presidential directive has shifted parts of the drug war from police work to armed conflict, directing the Pentagon to target foreign cartels with maritime interdictions and precision strikes. The…
A new executive framework demands that agencies repeal ten existing rules for every new one and hit a net negative regulatory cost target for FY2025. Implementation is being centralized through…
Framed as a push for accountability, the Schedule F measure reclassifies selective policy-making civil service positions into an excepted category, speeding removals and narrowing appeal rights. Agencies must inventory roles,…
A new directive instructs the Secretary of Education to begin shifting authority, oversight, and many grant functions away from the federal Department of Education and toward states and local agencies.…
A multi‑tool trade push combines reciprocal tariffs, emergency border levies and Section 232 probes with procurement and enforcement changes. Implementation uses presidential proclamations, emergency powers and Commerce‑led investigations while agencies…
