#executive order | The Distraction Index
Dashboard
Undercovered
Smokescreen
Timeline
Topics
Search
Method
Corrections
About
Blog
Contact
Support
#executive order
13 events across 8 weeks
4
Damage
6
Distraction
3
Noise
18.9
Avg A
27.6
Avg B
WEEK 63
Mar 8 – 14
DIST
2026-03-09
White House Readies Executive Order to Target Anthropic
Policy Change
federal · narrow
A
13.8
B
54.0
NOISE
2026-03-06
Trump Executive Order on Cybercrime Gangs
Policy Change
federal · moderate
A
0.0
B
11.5
WEEK 62
Mar 1 – 7
DMG
2026-02-26
Appeals Court Lifts Injunction on Trump's Collective Bargaining Rollback for Federal Workers
Policy Change
federal · moderate
A
48.5
B
46.3
DMG
2026-02-26
Trump Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship Challenged in Court
Judicial/Legal Action
federal · broad
A
WEEK 60
Feb 15 – 21
DIST
2026-02-20
Trump Directs Government to Release UFO Files
Information Operation
federal · narrow
A
0.0
B
39.6
DIST
2025-06-04
Trump Birthright Citizenship Executive Order Challenged in Appeals Court
Judicial/Legal Action
federal · moderate
A
WEEK 51
Dec 14 – 20
DIST
2025-12-19
Trump Signs Executive Order on Marijuana Reclassification
Policy Change
federal · broad
A
16.4
B
25.1
DIST
2025-12-19
Trump Closes Federal Government on Christmas Eve and December 26
Policy Change
federal · moderate
A
WEEK 36
Aug 31 – Sep 6
NOISE
2025-09-06
Trump Signs Executive Order on Wrongful Detention of Americans
Policy Change
international · narrow
A
5.1
B
11.4
DIST
2025-09-06
Trump Executive Order Attempts to Rename Department of Defense as Department of War
Policy Change
federal · narrow
A
WEEK 19
May 4 – 10
DMG
2025-05-10
Trump Administration Fast-Tracks Oil and Gas Projects
Policy Change
multi state · broad
A
32.4
B
23.9
WEEK 18
Apr 27 – May 3
DMG
2025-05-03
Federal Judge Blocks Trump Executive Order Targeting Perkins Coie Law Firm
Judicial/Legal Action
federal · narrow
A
33.2
B
22.8
WEEK 14
Mar 30 – Apr 5
NOISE
2025-04-05
AG James Challenges Trump Order Targeting Federal Library and Museum Agency
Judicial/Legal Action
federal · narrow
A
8.2
B
18.5
50.3
B
11.0
32.4
B
33.3
1.8
B
28.7
4.0
B
33.3
