Tracks major personnel decisions, executive actions, immigration, industrial, energy, healthcare, foreign and national-security policy, and other major governing changes since President Donald Trump began his second term in 2025. Issues warranting independent tracking are linked to dedicated detail timelines.
11 events · 21 sources · Updated 12 days ago
President Donald Trump signed a major sanctions law intended to increase pressure on Russia's war financing. The law targets Russia's energy and defense sectors and shadow fleet and authorizes additional tariffs on major purchasers of Russian energy.
Continues as a separate issueRussia-Ukraine WarGreenland, Denmark and the United States announced plans to sign an agreement strengthening security in the Arctic and North Atlantic at the UN General Assembly. Danish and Greenlandic statements emphasized sovereignty and self-determination, while President Trump emphasized an expanded U.S. security role and restrictions on adversarial presence.
Continues as a separate issueGreenland Arctic Security Agreement and Expansion of U.S. Military PresencePresident Trump announced participation by all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico in the Medicaid GENEROUS model, which uses manufacturer rebates to move covered drug costs toward most-favored-nation price levels.
The two leaders welcomed progress on strategic investment and agreed to continue follow-up talks on nuclear-submarine fuel, enrichment and reprocessing, shipbuilding, wartime operational control and Korean Peninsula peace.
Trump said negotiations with Iran were ongoing and expressed confidence that a settlement could be reached, while reiterating opposition to an Iranian nuclear weapon.