President Donald J. Trump and his administration continue racking up major wins for the American people at lightning speed — and his cabinet is a major driving force.
Here are some big wins from the cabinet this week:
- The Department of Energy approved a liquefied natural gas (LNG) permit extension for Golden Pass LNG Terminal in Texas — the Department’s second LNG approval since President Trump took office and immediately reversed the Biden Administration’s LNG export ban.
- The Department of Justice arrested the ISIS-K terrorist who orchestrated the murders of 13 U.S. service members at Abbey Gate.
- The Department of Justice arrested two illegal immigrants accused of running one of the largest human smuggling rings in the United States.
- The Department of State formally designated the Iran-backed Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization following President Trump’s executive order earlier this year.
- The Department of State announced visa restrictions on foreign officials who facilitate illegal immigration into the United States and international students linked to terrorist organizations, including Hamas.
- The Department of State revoked the first visa of a foreign student linked to “Hamas-supporting disruptions.”
- The Department of Homeland Security announced illegal border crossings in February fell to the lowest level ever recorded, down 94% from last February and down 96% from the all-time high of the Biden Administration.
- The Department of Defense renamed Fort Moore, Georgia, as “Fort Benning” in honor of a World War I hero.
- The Department of the Treasury suspended enforcement of invasive, burdensome reporting requirements that saddled small businesses with unnecessary red tape.
- National Federation of Independent Business: “NFIB greatly appreciates President Trump’s strong support in this important effort to protect America’s Small Business owners from what he correctly labeled an ‘outrageous and invasive’ Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting requirement… We thank President Trump and his administration for their willingness to stand up for small businesses and address the Beneficial Ownership Information reporting rule.”
- The Department of Health and Human Service’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services formally alerted hospital providers of “their obligation to protect American children from often irreversible chemical and surgical mutilation” following President Trump’s executive order ending the radical practice for minors.
- The Department of Health and Human Service’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched a new tool to detail conflicts of interest among current and past members of its vaccine advisory committee.
- The Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education, and the U.S. General Services Administration canceled $400 million in federal grants to Columbia University over their inaction to protect Jewish students from anti-Semitism.
- The Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the U.S. General Services Administration announced additional measures to end the scourge of anti-Semitism on college campuses.
- The Department of Transportation took action to improve public transportation safety in Washington, D.C., as tens of thousands of federal workers return to the office.
- The Department of the Interior announced a new ten-year lease with Williams Transco for continued critical energy infrastructure in New York City — at a site that had been used to house illegal immigrants during the Biden Administration.
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development extended foreclosure relief for Californians impacted by the Los Angeles County wildfires.
- The Department of Veterans Affairs began terminating 585 non-mission-critical or duplicative contracts — redirecting $900 million in savings back to health care, benefits, and services for VA beneficiaries.
- The Environmental Protection Agency canceled 21 additional wasteful grants, saving more than $116 million in taxpayer dollars — bringing the total savings by the EPA to $287+ million.
- The Small Business Administration implemented a series of reforms to put American citizens first — including requiring citizenship verification on loan applications and relocating offices out of so-called “sanctuary cities.”