Tag: Donald Trump
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Trump signs resolution disapproving of Bureau of Land Management plan for the National Petroleum Reserve
On Dec. 5, President Trump (R) signed a resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) into law, disapproving of a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) resource management plan for land administered by the BLM in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. This resolution is the first time the CRA has been used to disapprove of…
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Trump has issued a total of 196 midterm endorsements so far
As of Dec. 8, 2025, President Donald Trump has issued a total of 196 endorsements in 2026 primary races. Ninety-four percent (184) of these endorsements are for incumbent Republican officeholders, 5% (10) are for Republican candidates running in open races, and only 1% (2) are for Republican candidates running to challenge an incumbent. Trump has…
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President Trump has appointed 17 federal judges through November 1 of his first year of his second term
President Donald Trump (R) has appointed, and the U.S. Senate has confirmed, 17 Article III federal judges through Nov. 1 of the first year of his second term. This is the second-fewest number of Article III judicial appointments through this point in any president's second term since President Bill Clinton (D). The average number of…
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U.S. Supreme Court has granted 83% of the Trump administration’s requests on the emergency docket
As of Oct. 1, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court had fully granted 19 of the Donald Trump (R) administration’s emergency applications for intervention in lower court cases, 83% of the decided emergency applications that the administration filed. The court granted in part and denied in part two applications, denied one application, and denied one other…
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September saw President Donald Trump’s (R) second-lowest monthly executive order total
President Donald Trump (R) issued 11 executive orders in September, bringing his second-term total to 209. This is the second-fewest executive orders he has issued in any month of this term. To view each order he issued in September, click here. So far this term, Trump issued the fewest executive orders in June 2025 with…
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Third quarter federal agency rule count lower at this stage in Trump's presidency than Biden's
Federal administrative agencies in the third quarter of the first year of the second Trump administration have issued less proposed and final rules than in the third quarter of the first year under the Biden administration. President Donald Trump (R) issued more presidential documents in Q3 2025 than former President Joe Biden (D) did in Q3…
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President Donald Trump (R) hit 43% approval in September, lowest rating of his second term
At the end of September, approval polling averages showed President Donald Trump (R) at 44% approval. Fifty-four percent of voters disapproved of his performance. In early September, Trump received a 43% approval rating, the lowest of his second term. The highest approval rating Trump has received this term is 54%, last seen on Jan. 22,…
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Tracker: Article III federal judicial nominations by president by days in office since 2001
There were 50 vacancies out of 890 authorized federal judicial posts as of Sept. 30. Forty-nine of those were for Article III judgeships. This report is limited to Article III courts, where appointees are confirmed to lifetime judgeships. In the past month: By Sept. 30—254 days in office—President Donald Trump (R) had nominated 26 judges…
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Michael Waltz confirmed as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Michael Waltz as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Sept. 19, 2025. The Senate voted 47-43 in favor of his nomination, with 44 Republicans and three Democrats, Sens. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), voting in favor. There were 41 Democrats who voted against…
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Ballotpedia releases federal judicial vacancy count for September 2025
In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies from Aug. 2 through Sept. 1, 2025. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month. HIGHLIGHTS New vacancies There were 50 vacancies out of 870 active Article III judicial positions, a total vacancy percentage of 5.7, which…