The Rollback · The Documented Record
THE RECORD
Every protection removed. Every enforcement gutted. Every agency dismantled.
Sources: Federal Register · Executive Orders · Agency Records · Congressional Budget Office · Court Filings
September 14, 2026: A Fish and Wildlife Service Memo Confines 'Take' Under the Endangered Species Act to Acts 'Intentionally Directed Against a Particular Animal.' Its Example: 'Felling a Tree Is Not a Take of the Bats Roosting in It.'September 16, 2026: Trump Revoked the 2009 Executive Order Coordinating Chesapeake Bay Restoration and Told the EPA to Encourage States to Repeal Stormwater Fees He Calls 'Rain Taxes'; Maryland's Entire Delegation, Including Its Lone Republican, ObjectedSeptember 14, 2026: The Rule Removing Habitat Destruction From the Endangered Species Act's Definition of 'Harm' Takes Effect; 20 States and D.C. Sue, Calling It 'a Reversal of Staggering Proportions'Every Rollback in One Place — Searchable and FilterablePFAS Standards Delayed — 100M Americans Affected97% Decline in Wage Enforcement CasesDOJ Civil Rights Division — 70% of Attorneys GoneNon-Compete Ban Killed — $250-$296B/Year in Suppressed Wages$187B Cut From SNAP — Largest Food Assistance Cuts in U.S. HistoryForest Service Dismantled — HQ Moved to State Suing to Seize Public LandSeptember 14, 2026: A Fish and Wildlife Service Memo Confines 'Take' Under the Endangered Species Act to Acts 'Intentionally Directed Against a Particular Animal.' Its Example: 'Felling a Tree Is Not a Take of the Bats Roosting in It.'September 16, 2026: Trump Revoked the 2009 Executive Order Coordinating Chesapeake Bay Restoration and Told the EPA to Encourage States to Repeal Stormwater Fees He Calls 'Rain Taxes'; Maryland's Entire Delegation, Including Its Lone Republican, ObjectedSeptember 14, 2026: The Rule Removing Habitat Destruction From the Endangered Species Act's Definition of 'Harm' Takes Effect; 20 States and D.C. Sue, Calling It 'a Reversal of Staggering Proportions'Every Rollback in One Place — Searchable and FilterablePFAS Standards Delayed — 100M Americans Affected97% Decline in Wage Enforcement CasesDOJ Civil Rights Division — 70% of Attorneys GoneNon-Compete Ban Killed — $250-$296B/Year in Suppressed Wages$187B Cut From SNAP — Largest Food Assistance Cuts in U.S. HistoryForest Service Dismantled — HQ Moved to State Suing to Seize Public Land
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.— George Orwell
90 Deregulatory actions tracked in this table — and growing
7 Rated 'catastrophic' — the most severe actions
4 Areas of American life affected — environment, work, rights, health
4 Ways a rule stops mattering: repealed, unenforced, defunded, or delayed indefinitely
This table documents every significant deregulatory action, enforcement collapse, agency dismantling, and protection rollback we've identified since January 2025. Each row is sourced to the Federal Register, agency records, court filings, or investigative reporting.
Use the category filters to focus on what matters to you: your air and water, your workplace, your rights, or your health and safety. Click any row with a link to read the full investigation.
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Searchable, filterable and sortable by category, with every claim sourced to official records. This table holds the actions documented individually, each with its own record. Published counts of the administration’s total deregulatory activity vary widely depending on what is counted, which the overview page explains; this number is simply how many are documented here.
Showing 90 of 90 actions
Date Action Type Agency Impact Severity
2025-07 EPA proposes rescinding the climate endangerment finding Proposed Rule EPA Would remove the legal foundation federal greenhouse gas rules have rested on since 2009 SEVERE 2025-03 Methane emissions rules weakened Rule Rescinded EPA Oil and gas industry no longer required to control methane leaks SERIOUS
2025-05 PFAS drinking water standards delayed/partially rescinded Rule Delayed EPA 100M+ Americans with PFAS in water; 4 compounds targeted for full rescission CATASTROPHIC 2025-06 Roadless Rule rescinded — 59M acres opened to logging Rule Rescinded USDA 59 million acres of National Forest opened to road-building, logging, extraction SERIOUS
2025-09 Clean Water Act protections stripped from up to 60% of wetlands Rule Change EPA/Corps Millions of miles of streams and up to 60% of wetlands lose protections SEVERE 2025-10 Lead pipe replacement rule — funding distribution delayed Enforcement Delayed EPA Millions of lead service lines; FY25 funding allocations not published CATASTROPHIC 2025-11 Endangered Species Act protections stripped — wolves, grizzlies, monarchs Rule Change FWS Gray wolves delisted; grizzlies, manatees, monarchs left unprotected SERIOUS
2025-11 Migratory Bird Treaty Act protections weakened Rule Change FWS Incidental take of migratory birds no longer penalized SERIOUS
2026-02 EPA climate endangerment finding revoked; vehicle GHG standards eliminated Agency Action EPA EPA calls it the largest deregulatory action in U.S. history; health groups and two dozen states sue in the D.C. Circuit SEVERE
2026-02 Coal ash cleanup deadlines pushed back at 189 legacy sites Rule Weakened EPA Groundwater monitoring moved from May 2028 to Feb 2031; cleanup to Feb 2032 SERIOUS 2026-04 EPA proposes weakening the coal ash standards themselves Proposed Rule EPA Would drop cleanup deadlines for 100+ legacy dumps and allow monitoring wells 150m from a dump edge SERIOUS 2026-04 Forest Service restructured — HQ to Utah, nine regional offices consolidated Agency Restructure USDA/FS 193M acres; 57 of 77 research sites closed; chief is a former timber executive SEVERE
2026-06 DOJ claims a 'right of dismissal' over citizen suits against polluters Litigation Position DOJ Would let any administration shut down private Clean Air Act enforcement it declines to bring SEVERE
2025-02 Glyphosate production mandated via Defense Production Act Executive Order WH Wartime powers used to mandate cancer-linked pesticide production SERIOUS
2025-04 NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) dismantled Rule Rescinded CEQ Environmental review eliminated for federal projects SEVERE
2025-01 NLRB General Counsel fired, board reduced below quorum Personnel Purge NLRB Workers' right to organize paralyzed; thousands of cases frozen SEVERE 2025-01 Independent contractor rule reversed Rule Rescinded DOL Gig workers lose protections; $3.7B/year in lost wages SERIOUS 2025-01 Joint employer rule reversed Rule Rescinded NLRB Franchisors no longer liable for worker violations SERIOUS
2025-03 OSHA heat stress rule killed Rule Killed DOL/OSHA 40-50+ heat deaths/year; disproportionately affects Latino/immigrant workers CATASTROPHIC 2025-03 OSHA workplace injury reporting rule rolled back Rule Rescinded DOL/OSHA Workers can't assess employer safety records before accepting jobs SEVERE 2025-04 OSHA enforcement staff cut — 186 years to inspect every workplace Budget Cut DOL/OSHA 97% decline in wage enforcement cases; 66% drop in penalties SEVERE 2025-09 FTC non-compete ban formally abandoned Rule Abandoned FTC 30M workers trapped; $250-$296B/year in suppressed wages SERIOUS 2024-11 Overtime rule struck down — Trump declines appeal Rule Killed DOL 4.3M workers lose overtime; threshold reverts to $35,568 SERIOUS 2025-01 Executive Order 11246 revoked — 60-year anti-discrimination order Executive Order WH/OFCCP Anti-discrimination requirement removed for ~20% of U.S. workforce SEVERE 2025-01 All federal DEI offices closed, employees placed on leave Executive Order WH/OPM Federal anti-discrimination infrastructure dismantled; companies pressured to follow SEVERE 2025-02 Title IX sexual assault protections rolled back Rule Rescinded ED Live cross-examination reinstated; off-campus assaults no longer covered SEVERE 2025-03 ADA website accessibility rule weakened Rule Weakened DOJ 70M+ disabled Americans; standards undermined before taking effect SERIOUS 2025-03 DOJ Civil Rights Division gutted — 70% of attorneys gone Personnel Purge DOJ All litigation frozen; consent decrees withdrawn; zero cases resolved SEVERE 2025-03 Education OCR dismisses 90%+ of discrimination complaints Enforcement Gutted ED/OCR 18,000 complaints/year normally; redirected to 'anti-Christian bias' SERIOUS 2025-04 Disparate impact liability executive order Executive Order WH 60 years of civil rights enforcement deprioritized across all agencies SEVERE 2025-05 Minneapolis (George Floyd) consent decree withdrawn Enforcement Gutted DOJ Police reform agreement abandoned after George Floyd's murder SEVERE 2025-05 Louisville (Breonna Taylor) consent decree withdrawn Enforcement Gutted DOJ Police reform agreement abandoned after Breonna Taylor's killing SEVERE
2025-05 6 additional police investigations closed Enforcement Gutted DOJ Phoenix, Trenton, Memphis, Mt. Vernon, OKC, Louisiana State Police SERIOUS
2025-05 Fair housing protections dismantled Rule Rescinded HUD Fair housing enforcement effectively ended SERIOUS
2025-01 CFPB enforcement collapsed — complaint resolution 20% to under 1% Enforcement Gutted CFPB 2.7M credit complaints without relief; $19B cost to Americans SEVERE 2025-02 ATF enforcement staff cut through DOGE/hiring freezes Budget Cut ATF 45,000 gun deaths/year; fewer agents; background check expansion halted SERIOUS 2025-03 FDA vaccine regulator fired for refusing to edit safety data Personnel Purge FDA Dr. Peter Marks fired; set tone for systematic purge of vaccine experts SEVERE
2025-04 46% of CDC databases stopped updating Enforcement Gutted CDC Disease surveillance blacked out; measles, TB, HIV tracking offline SEVERE
2025-06 All 17 ACIP vaccine advisory members fired Personnel Purge HHS Eliminated expert committee that guided vaccine recommendations since 1964 SEVERE
2025-07 $187B cut from SNAP — largest food assistance cuts in history Budget Cut USDA 4M people, 1M children; funds $4.5T in tax cuts SEVERE 2025-08 $500M in mRNA vaccine research cancelled Budget Cut HHS Pandemic preparedness undermined; mRNA platform defunded CATASTROPHIC
2025-10 Fluoride supplements phased out for children Agency Action FDA CDC recommendation rescinded; dental health consequences for underserved communities SERIOUS
2026-01 Childhood immunization schedule cut from covering 18 diseases to 11 — stayed by a federal court in March 2026 Agency Action CDC/HHS RSV, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, influenza and COVID-19 moved to risk-based or shared decision-making rather than removed outright. Signed by Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill as acting CDC director under a presidential memorandum. Stayed in AAP v. Kennedy, March 16, 2026. CATASTROPHIC
2025-06 Bump stock ban reversed by Supreme Court — no replacement pursued Rule Lapsed ATF Las Vegas massacre weapons legal again; 60 killed, 413 wounded in 2017 SERIOUS 2025-11 $600M in HIV/STD prevention funding cancelled Budget Cut CDC Testing, PrEP, treatment funding cut in CA, CO, IL, MN SEVERE
2025-03 Department of Education dismantled — half of workforce fired Agency Restructure ED 1,400 employees fired; special education, student loans threatened SEVERE
2025-01 CDC communications blackout — Weekly Report missed for first time Enforcement Gutted CDC Bird flu and overdose death data withheld from public SERIOUS
2025-01 All EPA scientific advisory board members fired Personnel Purge EPA Science-based advice eliminated from environmental rulemaking SEVERE
2025-01 HHS agency databases purged — pregnancy and HIV info deleted Enforcement Gutted HHS Public health information disappeared from government websites SEVERE
2025-01 CDC researchers banned from publishing in scientific journals Enforcement Gutted CDC Peer-reviewed science suppressed; existing submissions forced to retract SEVERE
2025-02 USAID clinical trials abandoned — patients mid-treatment cut off Budget Cut USAID Malaria and TB treatments for children terminated mid-trial SEVERE
2025-02 Mass firings across CDC, FDA, NIH, NSF Personnel Purge HHS/NSF NSF loses 10% of workforce; scientific expertise decimated SEVERE
2025-02 NOAA: 880 employees fired including Hurricane Center staff Personnel Purge NOAA Weather forecasting degraded; balloon launches curtailed; 25% of Environmental Modeling Center cut SEVERE
2025-03 694 NIH research grants cancelled — $2.4B in cancer, Alzheimer's research Budget Cut NIH Active clinical trials terminated; patients cut off from monitoring SEVERE
2025-03 CDC measles outbreak report suppressed during worst outbreak in decades Enforcement Gutted CDC Public deliberately kept uninformed during health emergency CATASTROPHIC
2025-03 $11.4B in public health grants rescinded — bird flu vaccine cancelled Budget Cut HHS/CDC State health department funding eliminated; Moderna vaccine contracts cancelled during outbreak CATASTROPHIC
2025-04 10,000 HHS employees fired in single day — largest in HHS history Personnel Purge HHS CDC 2,473; FDA 2,519; NIH 1,312 fired; Lead Poisoning Prevention Program eliminated SEVERE
2025-11 The Americas lose measles-free status; U.S. review pending for Nov 2026 Public Health PAHO/CDC Regional loss driven by Canada; U.S. recorded ~2,286 cases in 2025, the most since 1991, with 3 deaths SERIOUS
2025-06 DoD stops sharing weather data with NOAA Agency Action DoD Weather forecasting, hurricane tracking, crop planning degraded SEVERE
2025-07 EPA Office of Research and Development dissolved Agency Restructure EPA Entire EPA research arm eliminated; science underpinning air/water standards gone SERIOUS
2025-07 Texas flooding kills 100+ — linked to NOAA staffing cuts Enforcement Gutted NOAA Deadliest inland flooding in ~50 years; forecasting failures after layoffs SEVERE
2025-08 BLS Commissioner fired — first in 140-year history Personnel Purge BLS Fired after weak jobs report; independence of employment statistics compromised SERIOUS
2025-08 CDC Director fired for refusing to change vaccine policy Personnel Purge CDC Dr. Susan Monarez fired for upholding science over political demands SEVERE
2025-11 Endangered species protections stripped — wolves, grizzlies, monarchs Rule Change FWS Gray wolves delisted; grizzlies, manatees, monarchs lose protections SERIOUS
2025-11 October jobs report cancelled — first gap in 900+ months Enforcement Gutted BLS Employment data permanently missing due to 43-day shutdown SERIOUS
2026-01 Climate science and Native American history erased from national parks Agency Action NPS Climate exhibits, environmental displays, Indigenous history removed from visitor centers SERIOUS
2026-04 CDC COVID vaccine study blocked from publication Enforcement Gutted CDC Study showing 55% hospitalization reduction suppressed; identical methodology approved for flu study SEVERE
2025-01 Federal grant freeze attempted Executive Order OMB All federal research and grant funding temporarily halted MODERATE
2025-04 NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) dismantled Rule Rescinded CEQ Environmental review eliminated for major federal projects SEVERE
2025-04 Migratory bird protections stripped — incidental take no longer penalized Rule Change FWS Millions of birds legally killed by oil drilling, power lines, waste pits SERIOUS
2025-01 Joint employer rule reversed Rule Rescinded NLRB Franchisors no longer liable for worker violations at franchise locations SERIOUS
2025-05 Fair housing protections dismantled Rule Rescinded HUD Affirmatively furthering fair housing rule rescinded SERIOUS
2025-05 6 additional police department investigations closed Enforcement Gutted DOJ Phoenix, Trenton, Memphis, Mt. Vernon, OKC, Louisiana State Police SERIOUS
2025-02 Stabilizing brace rule withdrawn — pistol-to-rifle conversions Rule Rescinded ATF Weapons designed to circumvent handgun regulations now unregulated SERIOUS
2025-03 Discredited researcher hired for vaccine-autism study Personnel Purge HHS David Geier (disciplined for practicing without license) leads HHS study SERIOUS
2025-12 Whooping cough stays far above pre-pandemic levels Public Health CDC ~28,000 cases in 2025, about 4x the 2023 total, though below the 2024 peak of 43,000+; infants most vulnerable SERIOUS
2025-01 CISA eviscerated — election security agency gutted Personnel Purge DHS/CISA Agency that secured 2020 election dismantled; cybersecurity specialists gone SEVERE
2025-01 75 election protection officials fired, resigned, or reassigned Personnel Purge DOJ/DHS Every official who protected 2020 results removed across Justice and Homeland Security SERIOUS
2025-02 ~24 election deniers installed in election-affecting positions Personnel Purge DOJ/DHS 10 actively worked to reverse 2020 vote; others from election denial activist groups SERIOUS
2025-03 Executive order asserting federal control over state elections Executive Order WH Judges blocked key provisions; unprecedented federal overreach into state voting SERIOUS
2026-03 Second election EO — federal control over mail-in voting and eligibility Executive Order WH Attempts unparalleled federal control over mail-in ballots; challenged in court SERIOUS
2026-02 FDA outbreak source-tracing rate falls to 36% (from 77% in 2024); FoodNet cuts tracked pathogens from 8 to 2 Enforcement Gutted FDA/CDC Contaminated product stays on shelves longer; recalls arrive broader and later. Foreign food facility inspections hit historic lows. SERIOUS
2026-03 White-collar prosecution rate falls to 24% of referrals — lowest since records began in 1986 Enforcement Gutted DOJ Three of every four fraud and financial-crime referrals closed without prosecution. Reported consumer fraud losses hit a record $15.9B in 2025 (FTC). SERIOUS
2026-07 EPA proposes making data center air-pollution disclosure voluntary at state discretion Rule Change EPA Removes Clean Air Act transparency and public-participation requirements for 'minor source' pollution, the category covering most data centers. MODERATE
2026-06 EPA declines to set any national environmental standard for data centers Enforcement Gutted EPA Water use, cooling system design and air quality left entirely to states and localities — the same governments competing to host the facilities. SERIOUS
2026-08 Power plants serving only data centers exempted from acid rain pollution limits Rule Change EPA Identical emissions regulated differently based on who buys the electricity. SERIOUS
2026-08 Corporate Transparency Act shell-company ownership registry repealed; filed records to be deleted Rule Rescinded Treasury/FinCEN Ends the requirement that companies report who owns them. A reporting rule can be reinstated later; deleted records cannot be recovered. SERIOUS
2026-08 Interior blocks 130+ already-funded national park partnership projects worth at least $25 million Agency Action Interior/NPS Fire preparedness, burned-area recovery and hantavirus rodent removal at Joshua Tree were among the work blocked. Interior said the partners work against administration priorities but did not name them. SERIOUS
2026-07 DHS public charge rule lets officers weigh any means-tested benefits against green card applicants Rule Change DHS/USCIS DHS itself estimates about $13.05 billion a year less in federal and state benefit payments from disenrollment. Effective September 18, 2026; 22 states and D.C. sued on September 14. SERIOUS
2026-09 EPA finalizes repeal of most 2024 carbon standards for coal and gas power plants and proposes repealing the rest Rule Rescinded EPA When announced, the 2024 rule was projected to prevent 1,200 premature deaths in 2035. The administration's own 2025 estimate put full repeal at 123 million more metric tons of CO2 in 2035 alone. SEVERE
This table is updated as new rollbacks are documented. Every entry is sourced to official records. The protections existed. They were removed.