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| 2025 | The title was altered to An Garda Síochána, further refining the organization's official name. |
| 2025 | Resumed the 'remain in Mexico' policy and ordered construction to be resumed on the border wall. |
| 2025 | Moved aggressively against transgender rights and what his administration termed 'gender ideology'. |
| April 2025 | Trump's administration and DOGE declared approximately 6,300 living immigrants as dead in Social Security's Death Master File, in an attempt to encourage 'self-deportation'. |
| 2025 | Threatened sixty universities and cultural institutions over DEI and antisemitism grounds, forcing law firms to comply with his administration's directives. |
| 2025 | The White House released a health examination report by physician Sean Barbabella, stating Trump was in 'excellent cognitive and physical health' with well-controlled high cholesterol. |
| 2025 | Trump engaged in an unprecedented targeting of law firms and lawyers who previously represented positions adverse to him, raising concerns about potential constitutional challenges. |
| April 2025 | Trump triggered a stock market crash following a global tariff announcement, causing large drops in consumer sentiment and increased expectations of higher inflation rates. |
| April 9 2025 | A high-level delegation from the National Party (NP), led by party president Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch, met with Nawaz Sharif and senior Pakistan Muslim League (N) leaders in Lahore to discuss the Balochistan crisis. |
| 2025 | Trump canceled and paused federal grants, making significant cuts to scientific research during his second presidency. |
| April 2025 | Imposes tariffs on nearly all countries, raising them to their highest levels since World War II. |
| April 2 2025 | Trump announced plans for an extensive global 'reciprocal tariff policy' and suspended American financial contributions to the World Trade Organization (WTO). |
| 2025 | Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change for a second time. |
| March 2025 | With Trump administration's backing, Israel broke the previously negotiated ceasefire with airstrikes on Gaza that resulted in hundreds of casualties. |
| 2025 | Legal experts raised concerns about a potential constitutional crisis due to Trump's defiance of judicial orders and his claimed right to disobey court rulings. |
| 2025 | Donald Trump began increasing criticism of the judiciary and called for impeaching federal judges who ruled against him, signaling a confrontational approach to judicial challenges during his second presidency. |
| 2025 | Trump threatened and signed executive actions targeting his political opponents, critics, and organizations aligned with the Democratic Party, demonstrating an aggressive political strategy. |
| March 2025 | Trump attempted to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport migrants, but was temporarily blocked by a federal judge. |
| March 16 2025 | Becomes the Patron-In-Chief of Lahore Heritage Revival Authority. |
| 2025 | Royal Navy plans to withdraw all Sandown-class mine countermeasure vessels from service, replacing them with autonomous systems and planned 'mothership' vessels. |
| March 2025 | Planned complete retirement of the Royal Navy's two landing platform docks, marking a significant reduction in the service's amphibious warfare capability. |
| March 2025 | Defence Minister Khawaja Asif announced that Nawaz Sharif was prepared to assist in addressing the deteriorating situation in Balochistan. |
| March 2025 | Franklin Foer of The Atlantic declares the 21st century the 'Age of Vladimir Putin', describing his global impact on democracy. |
| 2025 | Attempted to remove birthright citizenship and suspend the Refugee Admissions Program. |
| March 7 2025 | Actions on immigration, firing commissioners and watchdogs, and downsizing the federal workforce had been challenged by over 100 lawsuits nationwide. |
| 2025 | Repealed and reversed pro-diversity policies across the federal government. |
| 2025 | Initiated a review of the EPA endangerment finding, challenging the legal basis for federal greenhouse gas regulations. |
| 2025 | Declared a national energy emergency, which allowed suspension of environmental regulations, loosened rules for fossil fuel extraction, and limited renewable energy projects. |
| 2025 | Halted federal funding to entities providing gender-affirming care to individuals under 19 years old. |
| 2025 | Trump appointed oil, gas, and chemical lobbyists to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), initiating a reversal of climate regulations and pollution controls. |
| 2025 | Prevented transgender women from competing in women's sports programs at federally funded institutions. |
| 2025 | Ended the ability to change gender markers on passports. |
| 2025 | Banned transgender people from serving in the military. |
| March 2025 | By this time, the number of migrants apprehended at the border by CBP had dropped to the lowest level in 15 years, with Mexican authorities recording a 90% decline in border migrants. |
| March 2 2025 | Attended the London Summit on Ukraine, called by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to draft a peace plan, with the objective of creating a 'coalition of the willing' in Europe. |
| February 2025 | Trump began selecting cabinet members prioritizing personal loyalty over traditional governmental experience, marking a significant shift in his second presidential administration. |
| 2025 | Trump pardoned approximately 1,500 January 6 rioters, including those who violently attacked police. |
| 2025 | Within the first four days of his second term, Trump's executive actions were found to closely align with approximately two-thirds of the proposals from Project 2025, according to a Time magazine analysis. |
| 2025 | Becomes the 47th President of the United States. |
| 2025 | Commuted the sentences of 14 individuals. |
| 2025 | Issued more executive orders on his first day in office than any other president in history, with 30 out of 47 executive actions aligning with Project 2025 proposals. |
| 2025 | Donald Trump began his second presidential term, immediately launching a series of controversial executive orders that challenged existing legal and constitutional boundaries. |
| 2025 | Trump granted clemency to all participants of the January 6 Capitol riot, including those who had been involved in violent attacks against police officers, in a sweeping and unprecedented presidential pardon. |
| 2025 | Trump ordered the U.S. Government to stop funding and working with the World Health Organization (WHO) and announced the U.S.'s intention to formally leave the organization. |
| February 18 2025 | Trump began talks with Russia to end the Russo-Ukrainian war, notably without Ukrainian representatives present, signaling a significant shift in diplomatic approach to the conflict. |
| February 2025 | Issued ninety executive orders, memorandums, and directives in the administration's first month. |
| February 2025 | U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) apprehensions reached their lowest level since monthly data tracking began in 2000. |
| February 2025 | BP declared a strategic shift to cut renewable energy investments and increase oil and gas production by around 20% to $10 billion per year, drawing criticism from environmental groups like Greenpeace UK. |
| February 7 2025 | Federal Judge Carl Nichols, originally nominated by Trump during his first term, delayed the administrative leave of 2,200 employees pending a hearing. |
| February 2025 | Held a highly contentious meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, verbally berating him in an unprecedented confrontation for a sitting U.S. president. |
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