Category: Federal
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President Donald Trump (R) ends March with 47% approval, 51% disapproval
At the end of March, approval polling averages showed President Donald Trump (R) at 47% approval. Fifty-one percent of voters disapproved of his performance. The lowest approval rating he’s received during his presidency is 47%, last seen on March 31, 2025. The highest approval rating Trump has received is 54%, last seen on Jan. 22,…
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President Donald Trump (R) has issued most executive orders in the first 100 days of his presidency since Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D)
As of March 23, 2025, President Donald Trump (R) has issued 98 executive orders so far in his second presidential term. This is the most executive orders issued by a president during the first 100 days of an administration since Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D), who issued 99 orders during that timeframe. Recent orders issued by…
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President Trump fires the two Democratic FTC commissioners
On March 18, 2025, the Trump Administration sent letters to the two Democratic Commissioners on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) saying that they were removed as commissioners effective immediately. At least one of the letters stated that the commissioner’s “continued service on the F.T.C. is inconsistent with my administration’s priorities.” There are two active Republican…
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Six members of Congress have announced they will not seek re-election in 2026
With 20 months to go until the 2026 midterm elections, six members of Congress—four senators and two representatives—have announced that they will not seek re-election that year. We’ll explain how these figures compare to previous years and what they tell us about the state of play for both parties in 2026. U.S. Senate Since our…
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Hagerty introduces bill prohibiting foreign ESG rule enforcement
Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, introduced a bill—the PROTECT USA Act—that he says will protect American companies from the European Union’s (EU) ESG reporting requirements. Republicans and American business organizations have argued the EU’s ESG regulations would hurt and force compliance on U.S. companies. Hagerty’s bill would prohibit foreign…
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Resolutions to nullify Biden environment and energy rules head to Trump’s desk
What’s the story? Both chambers of Congress passed the following two resolutions in early March to nullify Biden administration rules related to environmental and energy policy: The resolutions of disapproval were sent to Trump’s desk for his signature on March 4 and March 10, respectively. Trump had not yet signed the resolutions as of March…
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All 15 of President Donald Trump’s (R) Cabinet secretaries have now been confirmed
All 15 of President Donald Trump’s (R) main Cabinet secretaries have now been confirmed, following the confirmation of Lori Chavez-DeRemer for secretary of labor on March 10, 2025. The Senate voted 67-32 to confirm Chavez-DeRemer, with 16 Democrats and 51 Republicans voting in favor of her nomination. Among presidents serving from 2009 to the present,…
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European Commission proposes ESG reporting rollback
The European Commission unveiled a proposal to scale back ESG reporting requirements under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Germany and France urged the Commission to ease CSRD requirements, arguing that they undermine EU companies’ competitiveness, especially as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has paused its reporting rules. The proposal would exempt up…
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Ballotpedia releases federal judicial vacancy count for March 2025
In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies from February 2, 2025, to March 1, 2025. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month. HIGHLIGHTS New vacancies There were 43 vacancies out of 870 active Article III judicial positions, a total vacancy percentage of 4.9,…
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Trump has yet to appoint any federal judges 40 days into his first year of his second term
President Donald Trump (R) has appointed and the Senate has confirmed no Article III federal judges through March 1, 2025, of the first year of his second term in office. The average number of federal judges appointed by previous presidents through March 1 of his first year in office is zero. The Senate had confirmed…