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23 Trump Executive Orders Followed Cato’s Blueprint

Before the election, Cato’s Handbook on Executive Orders and Presidential Directives laid out a blueprint for restoring constitutionally limited government and protecting individual rights. Now, just two months into his second term, President Trump has issued 23 executive orders that reflect Cato’s proposals. These include ending federal equity programs altering schools’ policies, revoking affirmative action in federal hiring and contracting, lifting executive restrictions on energy production, and cutting wasteful subsidies for high-cost, low-quality health care programs.

200+ Congressional Staffers Have Joined Cato’s Fellowship Programs

In Washington’s hyper-polarized environment, opportunities for meaningful, cross-partisan discussions are rare. But Cato’s Congressional Fellowship Programs provide just that— weekly, off-the-record policy discussions with leading experts and Hill staffers from both sides of the aisle. Demand is so high that many of these eight-week programs, which cover topics from health care and economics to legal studies and foreign policy, have waiting lists. One Democratic staffer summed up the impact: “Certain speakers changed my perspective on issues. As a Democrat, I appreciated the balance of fellows.”

Key Federal Nominees Took the Stage at Cato Events in 2024

Several of President Trump’s top agency picks joined Cato events in 2024 to discuss urgent policy challenges. Martin Makary, nominee for FDA commissioner, discussed his book, Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health, with Cato’s Jeffrey A. Singer. National Institutes of Health director nominee Jay Bhattacharya joined Singer and Ryan Bourne to examine the film COVID Collateral: Where Do We Go for Truth? And Energy Secretary Chris Wright teamed up with Cato’s Marian Tupy and the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship to make the case for unleashing energy productivity.

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