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List of executive orders issued by President Trump related to the administrative state

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The following page features Ballotpedia's selected coverage of executive orders related to the administrative state issued by President Donald Trump (R).
President Donald Trump's (R) first presidential term began on January 20, 2017, and ended on January 20, 2021. His second term began on January 20, 2025.
Click here to see a full list of all of Trump's executive orders during his second term starting in 2025.
Trump administration, second term (2025-2029)
- Executive Order: Restoring the United States Department of War (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Further Exclusions From the Federal Labor-Management Relations Program (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Creating Schedule G in the Excepted Service (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Increasing Efficiency at the Office of the Federal Register (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Establishment of the Religious Liberty Commission (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Ensuring Commercial, Cost-Effective Solutions in Federal Contracts (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Restoring Common Sense to Federal Office Space Management (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting To Unleash American Energy (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Reducing Anti-Competitive Regulatory Barriers (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Cost Efficiency Initiative (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Deregulatory Initiative (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Implementing The President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Workforce Optimization Initiative (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Eliminating the Federal Executive Institute (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Council To Assess The Federal Emergency Management Agency (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Reforming The Federal Hiring Process And Restoring Merit To Government Service (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Establishing And Implementing The President’s “Department Of Government Efficiency” (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce (Donald Trump, 2025)
Trump administration, first term (2017-2021)
- Executive Order 13765: Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal (2017)
- Executive Order 13771: Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs (2017)
- Executive Order 13772: Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System (2017)
- Executive Order 13777: Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda (2017)
- Executive Order 13781: Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch (2017)
- Executive Order 13783: Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth (2017)
- Executive Order 13789: Identifying and Reducing Tax Regulatory Burdens (2017)
- Executive Order 13836: Developing Efficient, Effective, and Cost-Reducing Approaches to Federal Sector Collective Bargaining (2018)
- Executive Order 13837: Ensuring Transparency, Accountability, and Efficiency in Taxpayer Funded Union Time Use (2018)
- Executive Order 13839: Promoting Accountability and Streamlining Removal Procedures Consistent with Merit System Principles (2018)
- Executive Order 13843: Excepting Administrative Law Judges from the Competitive Service (2018)
- Executive Order 13875: Evaluating and Improving the Utility of Federal Advisory Committees (2019)
- Executive Order 13891: Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents (2019)
- Executive Order 13892: Promoting the Rule of Law Through Transparency and Fairness in Civil Administrative Enforcement and Adjudication (2019)
- Executive Order 13893: Increasing Government Accountability for Administrative Actions by Reinvigorating Administrative PAYGO (2019)
- Executive Order 13924: Regulatory Relief To Support Economic Recovery (2020)
- Executive Order 13957: Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service (2020)
- Executive Order 13960: Promoting the Use of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in the Federal Government (2020)
- Executive Order 13980: Protecting Americans From Overcriminalization Through Regulatory Reform (2021)
- Executive Order 13979: Ensuring Democratic Accountability in Agency Rulemaking (2021)
Trump administration, second term executive orders organized by topic (2025-2029)
- Executive Order: Reforming The Federal Hiring Process And Restoring Merit To Government Service (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Restoring Accountability to Policy-Influencing Positions Within the Federal Workforce (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Deregulatory Initiative (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Exclusions From Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Cost Efficiency Initiative (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Implementing The President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Workforce Optimization Initiative (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Eliminating the Federal Executive Institute (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Council To Assess The Federal Emergency Management Agency (Donald Trump, 2025)
- Executive Order: Establishing And Implementing The President’s “Department Of Government Efficiency” (Donald Trump, 2025)
Trump administration, first term executive orders organized by topic (2017-2021)
- Executive Order 13836: Developing Efficient, Effective, and Cost-Reducing Approaches to Federal Sector Collective Bargaining
- Executive Order 13837: Ensuring Transparency, Accountability, and Efficiency in Taxpayer Funded Union Time Use
- Executive Order 13839: Promoting Accountability and Streamlining Removal Procedures Consistent with Merit System Principles
- Executive Order 13843: Excepting Administrative Law Judges from the Competitive Service
- Executive Order 13957: Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service
- Executive Order 13771: Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs
- Executive Order 13777: Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda
- Executive Order 13891: Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved Agency Guidance Documents
- Executive Order 13892: Promoting the Rule of Law Through Transparency and Fairness in Civil Administrative Enforcement and Adjudication
- Executive Order 13893: Increasing Government Accountability for Administrative Actions by Reinvigorating Administrative PAYGO
- Executive Order 13924: Regulatory Relief To Support Economic Recovery
- Executive Order 13979: Ensuring Democratic Accountability in Agency Rulemaking
- Executive Order 13980: Protecting Americans From Overcriminalization Through Regulatory Reform
- Executive Order 13765: Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal
- Executive Order 13772: Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System
- Executive Order 13783: Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth
- Executive Order 13789: Identifying and Reducing Tax Regulatory Burdens
- Executive Order 13875: Evaluating and Improving the Utility of Federal Advisory Committees
- Executive Order 13960: Promoting the Use of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in the Federal Government
See also
- Donald Trump's executive orders and actions, 2025
- List of executive orders issued by President Biden related to the administrative state
- List of executive orders issued by President Obama related to the administrative state
- List of executive orders issued by President George W. Bush related to the administrative state
- List of executive orders issued by President Clinton related to the administrative state
- List of executive orders issued by President Reagan related to the administrative state
- List of executive orders issued by President Carter related to the administrative state
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- Administrative state
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