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In a presidential memorandum issued January 7, President Trump announced the United States will begin executive proceedings to withdraw from a historic number of international organizations, conventions and treaties,...more
President Donald Trump issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM-7) on September 25, 2025, titled “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence.” Through this directive, President Trump tasked...more
On December 2, 2025, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a significant new policy memorandum PM-602-0192, titled “Hold and Review of all Pending Asylum Applications and all USCIS Benefit Applications...more
The reciprocal, country based tariffs, which the Trump Administration imposed as a blunt tool of trade policy, are becoming more nuanced in their application as the U.S. looks to add additional products to the list of imports...more
The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) was one of several legal authorities President Donald Trump directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to rely upon in a September 25, 2025 Presidential Memorandum on Countering...more
Federal contractors, borrowers, grantees, and other recipients of federal funds are subject to a range of regulations restricting the use of those funds for political purposes, including lobbying. ...more
On September 25, President Trump directed federal agencies to investigate and prosecute organizations and individuals that engage in “acts of political violence.”...more
What Happened: On August 28, 2025, the Administration issued a significant Presidential Memorandum addressed to the Attorney General entitled “Use of Appropriated Funds for Illegal Lobbying and Partisan Political...more
On the heels of an Executive Order (EO) purporting to designate Antifa as a “Domestic Terrorist Organization,” President Trump has issued a broader National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) titled “Countering Domestic...more
On September 25, 2025, President Trump issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum on Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence, accompanied by a Fact Sheet. ...more
President Trump has signed a presidential memorandum, “Addressing Misleading Direct-To-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertisements.” ...more
President Donald Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum on September 9, 2025 directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure transparency and accuracy in direct-to-consumer (DTC) prescription drug...more
Donald Trump recently issued a presidential memorandum directing the U.S. attorney general to investigate whether federal grant funds are being used to illegally support lobbying activities and to take appropriate enforcement...more
Former FEC Chairmen Urge Supreme Court to Clarify Bribery Standard, Warn Against Criminalizing Routine Campaign Interactions...more
On June 18, 2025, the District Court of Massachusetts allowed a coalition of 17 states, the District of Columbia, and an environmental advocacy organization to proceed with a lawsuit against a Presidential Memorandum...more
On August 7, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon directed the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to collect data on admissions for institutions of higher education to ensure that race-based...more
A recent Presidential Memorandum aims to consolidate the funding process for energy infrastructure and critical minerals projects in the United States via a "one stop shop" that would transform the way large projects seek and...more
On April 9, 2025, President Trump directed federal agencies to repeal certain categories of regulations in his memorandum entitled Directing the Repeal of Unlawful Regulations (“Memorandum”). In this Memorandum, President...more
RECENT LOBBYING, ETHICS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE UPDATES - Campaign Finance & Lobbying Compliance The Federal Election Commission (FEC) will soon lose its ability to enforce and regulate campaign finance laws, NOTUS reported...more
President Trump issued a Memorandum on April 6 directing the heads of all executive departments and agencies to identify on a fast-track basis (60 days) certain categories of “unlawful and potentially unlawful” regulations...more
The Administration signed two Executive Orders (EOs or “Orders”) and one Presidential Memorandum (“Memo”) on April 9, 2025, that aim to make federal procurements faster and more efficient: 1.Modernizing Defense...more
OVERVIEW: •On March 22, 2025, the Trump administration published a Presidential Memorandum titled: Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court. •The memo directs Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi to seek...more
On February 21, 2025, President Trump issued a new memorandum addressing both foreign investment into the United States and outbound investment by US persons. Without imposing immediate legal or regulatory changes, the...more
On February 21, 2025, President Trump issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) that sets out his administration's “America First Investment Policy,” with a particular focus on promoting foreign investment...more
On February 13, 2025, President Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum on “Reciprocal Trade and Tariffs” (the “Reciprocal Tariffs Memorandum”), introducing the “Fair and Reciprocal Plan” to determine “the equivalent of a...more