White House shares 250 steps it has taken to promote religious liberty

As Christians are considering which candidates and issues to support in the midterm elections, the White House released a list of 250 things the administration has done to advance religious liberty, as part of its effort to help voters make informed decisions.

1. President Trump establishedthe historic White House Faith Office – the first White House office focused exclusively on faith and located in the West Wing – reporting to the President and housed in the Domestic Policy Council.
2. President Trump createdCenters for Faith with Faith Directors or Faith Liaisons in every federal department and agency.
3. President Trump establishedthe Religious Liberty Commission to secure and promote religious liberty for Americans of all faiths, appointing leaders of every major faith to the Religious Liberty Commissionand its advisory boards.
4. The Religious Liberty Commission helda year-long series of hearings with almost 100 witnesses, culminatingin a historic report to the President with recommendations on how this Administration can protect religious liberty for future generations.
5. The Department of Justice issuedguidance to all departments and agencies, directing them to protect religious liberty in all programs, policies, and practices.
6. President Trump establisheda new Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias to investigate and dismantlethe systematic discrimination against Christians that occurred under the previous Administration.
7. The Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias released a reportand documentarydetailing the Biden Administration’s radical efforts to persecute Christians and highlighting how President Trump is ensuring Christians are free to live out their faith.
8. President Trump issued an executive orderto combat anti-Semitism on our campuses and in our streets.
9. The Department of Health and Human Services createda Conscience and Religious Freedom Division to defend religious liberty and enforce conscience protections in healthcare.
10. President Trump orderedthe repeal of all regulations that violate religious liberty under new U.S. Supreme Court religious liberty precedents.
11. The Department of Education releasedprayer guidance emphasizing that students and school officials have a right to pray in school as an expression of individual faith and that parents have the right to direct the education and upbringing of their children.
12. The Office of Personnel Management issued guidance protecting religious expressionand supporting religious accommodationsfor all federal employees, including in relation to telework.
13. The Department of Justice reachedan agreement protecting the free speech of houses of worship in relation to the Johnson Amendment.
14. The Department of Treasury announcedit will issue guidance to protect the religious freedom and free speech of houses of worship in relation to the Johnson Amendment.
15. The Department of Justice issueda historic opinion eliminating the “religious restriction” that required houses of worship and faith-based organizations to ban religious aspects of their programs to receive federal funds.
16. The Department of Justice has madeprotecting houses of worship a “top priority,” including through strong enforcementof the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.
17. FEMA announced$300 million in new funding to protect houses of worship and non-profits against potential acts of terrorism and targeted violence.
18. The Department of Justice swiftlyarresteddozens of radical left rioters who attacked a worship service at a Minnesota church — sending a clear message that violence against places of worship will not be tolerated.
19. The FBI immediately openedan investigation into an attack on a Detroit-area synagogue where more than 100 preschool-aged children were playing, studying, or worshiping, calling the attack “deeply disturbing and tragic.”
20. The Department of Justice broughtfederal charges against an attacker who terrorized a synagogue and Jewish community center in New Mexico and anotherassailant who assaulted worshippers at a Manhattan synagogue.
21. The Department of Justice fileda lawsuit under the FACE Act against violent protestors at a synagogue in New Jersey.
22. The Department of Justice suedNew York for requiring Catholic nuns running a residential hospice ministry to house men with women.
23. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission agreedto allow Christian employers to conduct their businesses according to their faith, including on issues of pronouns, restrooms, and dress codes.
24. The Trump Administration strengthenedconscience protections for healthcare providers who object to abortion, sterilization, or assisted suicide.
25. The Department of Health and Human Services has launchedmultiple investigations into health care facilities that violated healthcare workers’ conscience rights.
26. The Department of Health and Human Services launchedinvestigations into states for allegedly coercing health care entities to pay for abortion coverage.
27. The Department of Health and Human Services rescindedBiden-era guidance that could force pharmacists to stock and dispense abortion pills in pharmacies in violation of the pharmacists’ religious beliefs or conscience.
28. The Department of Health and Human Services foundthat the state of Illinois engaged in “impermissible discrimination” in requiring health care providers with conscientious objections to refer patients for abortion services.
29. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filedmultiple lawsuits against companies for denying religious accommodations to employees from the COVID-19 vaccine.
30. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission securedjustice for federal employees denied religious accommodations under the Biden-era COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
31. The Department of Justice supporteda college football coach who was denied a religious exemption from his employer’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
32. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued or investigated multiplecompaniesfor refusing to accommodate persons of faith to attend worship services or honor the Sabbath.
33. President Trump issued an executive orderending the weaponization of the federal government against all Americans, including people of faith.
34. The Department of Justice launchedthe Weaponization Working Group to investigate the weaponization of the federal government under the Biden Administration, including against traditional Catholics and parents expressing concerns at local school board meetings.
35. The Weaponization Working Group publishedan in-depth report detailing how the FBI labeled many Catholics as “extremists” and ran investigations and surveillance on priests.
36. The Federal Bureau of Investigation conductedterminations and oversaw resignations in response to an anti-Catholic memo authored by the FBI during the Biden Administration.
37. The Weaponization Working Group releaseda bombshell report on how the Biden DOJ collaborated with pro-abortion groups to target pro-lifers and weaponized the FACE Act against pro-life defendants.
38. President Trump pardonedChristians and pro-life activists who were unjustly persecutedfor praying and peacefully living out their faith.
39. The Department of Justice restrictedthe misuse of the FACE Act against pro-life advocates, dismissingseveral cases aimed at persecuting pro-life Americans.
40. The Federal Bureau of Investigation terminated all ties with the Southern Poverty Law Centerand Anti-Defamation League due to the organizations’ radical leanings.
41. The Department of Justice indictedthe Southern Poverty Law Center for allegedly funneling fraudulent financial donations to extremist groups.
42. President Trump issued an executive orderrestoring free speech and ending federal censorship.
43. President Trump issuedan executive order combating the debanking of Americans based on their political and religious beliefs, which had been targeted at conservatives and people of faith.
44. The Department of Justice subpoenaedseveral of America’s largest financial institutions over allegations they debanked Americans because of their religious and/or political views.
45. The Department of Justice announcedthe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission would investigate Major League Baseball for threatening Christian players who displayed Bible verses on their caps.
46. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission fileda lawsuit against a company after an employee was fired over posting a social media post with a Bible verse.
47. President Trump issueda national AI legislative framework that protects free speech online.
48. The Department of Justice movedto officially end the previous Administration’s efforts to coerce social media giants to censor disfavored speech.
49. The Federal Trade Commission took actionto bar collusion by the nation’s largest advertising agencies to demonetize disfavored viewpoints online.
50. President Trump issueda new counterterrorism strategy prioritizing free speech and pledging that counterterrorism powers will not be weaponized against “our fellow Americans who simply disagree with us.”
51. The Department of Justice launcheda Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism.
52. The Department of Justice createdan Anti-Semitism Advisory Committee to provide recommendations to the Department of Justice on strategies to address the rising tide of antisemitism across the United States.
53. The Department of Justice launcheda 15-city National Awareness & Action Tour to combat antisemitism.
54. The Department of Education Office for Civil Rights is investigatingscores of universities that allegedly allowed anti-Semitic discrimination and harassment on campus and has foundmany others in violation of Title VI for tolerating or failing to take adequate measures to prevent anti-Semitic harassment on campus.
55. The Department of Justice fileda lawsuit against Harvard University for tolerating assaults, harassment, and intimidation of Jewish and Israeli students.
56. Multiple federal agencies have canceled billions of dollars in federal grants and contracts to Harvardand Columbiaover the universities’ failure to protect Jewish students from anti-Semitism.
57. The Department of Justice suedthe University of California for tolerating an appalling hostile educational environment against Jewish and Israeli students.
58. President Trump secureda historic settlement with Columbia University, holding the University accountable for its violations of civil rights laws.
59. President Trump immediately condemned the killingof two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, D.C. and the Boulder, Colorado attackon those peacefully supporting Israeli hostages as anti-Semitic terrorism.
60. The Department of Justice announcedan investigation into a Brooklyn coffee shop for denying service to a congressman over his support for Israel.
61. The Office of Management and Budget proposeda new rule protecting religious liberty in grantmaking, clarifying that the federal government may not discriminate against faith-based organizations because of their religious character, affiliation, or exercise.
62. Key departments have takenstepsto ensure faith-based organizations may fully participate in government-funded programs.
63. The Department of Labor publisheda website to assist faith-based organizations in competing for federal grants.
64. The Small Business Administration eliminateda Biden-era ban on disaster relief for faith-based organizations.
65. The Department of Housing and Urban Development rescindedguidance which required Christian colleges to violate their religious beliefs by opening co-ed dormitories.
66. The Department of Justice filed briefs at the U.S. Supreme Court supporting tax exemptions for religious groups, religious charter schools, and a Catholic preschool’s rightto be included in a benefit program available to secular preschools.
67. President Trump issued an executive orderon school choice, supporting parents’ rights to choose private, religious, or public charter schools for their children.
68. President Trump signedthe first-ever national school choice program, empowering parents to choose faith-based schools for their children and ending the monopoly of government-run education.
69. President Trump’s school choice program in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act has led to school choice expandingacross the U.S.
70. President Trump issued an executive orderlaying the groundwork to close the Department of Education.
71. President Trump issued an executive orderending radical indoctrination in schools.
72. President Trump endedCOVID-19 vaccine mandates in schools.
73. President Trump reinstatedcommon sense school discipline policies.
74. The Department of Education endedthe Biden book ban hoax, ensuring parents can protect their children from books espousing radical secular ideologies such as transgenderism and gender fluidity.
75. President Trump reformedthe higher education accreditation process, which was repeatedly weaponized against faith-based institutions.
76. The Administration for Children and Families ordered46 states and territories to remove all references to gender ideology from sex ed materials.
77. The Trump Administration terminatedsexual education grants that promoted inappropriate material for children and undermined parental rights.
78. The Department of Education prioritizedgrants to charter schools, ensuring children can access the highest quality schools.
79. The Department of Justice rescindedthe infamous Biden-era Garland memo directing the FBI to investigate parents who raised concerns about their children’s education at local school board meetings.
80. The Department of Justice issueda memo pledging to upholding parental rights and supportedparental rights at the U.S. Supreme Court.
81. The Department of Health and Human Services warnedstates not to remove the children of parents who refuse to capitulate to radical transgender ideology.
82. The Department of Education orderedschools to allow parents to inspect and review education records, including those related to their children’s “gender identity.”
83. The Department of Education crackeddownon school districts violating federal law by hiding students’ “gender transitions” from parents.
84. The Department of Justice fileda first-of-its-kind lawsuit to stop a Kansas public school district from secretly “transitioning” children without their parents’ knowledge or consent.
85. The Department of Justice investigatedmultiple California school districts for allegedly failing to notify parents of their right to opt their children out of controversial sex education.
86. President Trump issuedan executive order protecting parental rights and religious freedom in relation to childhood vaccines.
87. The Department of Health and Human Services announcedstrong actions to protect parents’ rights in children’s health decisions.
88. The Department of Health and Human Services issuednew guidance to ensure families are not coerced into accepting vaccines by their medical providers and physicians are not penalized for respecting parents’ choices.
89. The Department of Health and Human Services affirmedWest Virginia’s religious exemptions for school vaccine mandates out of respect for parent’s choices.
90. President Trump issued an executive orderkeeping men out of women’s sports.
91. The Department of Justice supportedkeeping men out of women’s sports at the U.S. Supreme Court.
92. The Department of Health and Human Services’ upheld biological truth by announcingthat references to “sex” in Title IX will no longer also refer to “gender identity.”
93. The Department of Justice and Department of Education announceda Title IX Special Investigations Team to protect students, especially female athletes, from radical gender ideology in school programs and activities.
94. The Trump Administration has filed lawsuits, opened investigations, and taken enforcement actionagainst states for failing to protect women and girls in sports.
95. The Department of Education reversedBiden-era findings that schools violated the law by upholding biological reality.
96. Following the Trump Administration’s lead, the NCAA and the International Olympic Committee have taken actionto align with biological reality and protect women in sports.

PROTECTED CHILDREN FROM HARMFUL PROCEDURES AND IDEOLOGY

97. President Trump bannedfederal funding for the chemical and surgical mutilation of minors, protecting children from irreversible harm, followed by a final ruleimplementing his order.
98. The Department of Justice supportedthe right of states to ban sex-rejecting drugs for minors at the U.S. Supreme Court.
99. The Department of Health and Human Services issueda report highlighting the “significant harms” of gender transition drugs and procedures for minors.
100. The Department of Health and Human Services publisheda report, entitled Wolves in White Coats, exposing millions of dollars in fraudulent billing for pediatric sex-rejecting procedures and referring over 100 hospitals and clinics for federal investigation.
101. The Department of Health and Human Services launched a portalfor whistleblowers to file complaints regarding the chemical and surgical mutilation of children.
102. The Department of Justice endedits prosecution of a whistleblower sounding the alarm over sex-rejecting procedures at a Texas children’s hospital.
103. The Federal Trade Commission helda workshop on “The Dangers of ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Minors.”
104. The Department of Justice securedmultipleresolutions requiring medical facilities to no longer perform sex-rejecting procedures on minors, with some being required to pay penalties and others to establish first-of-their-kind clinics to care for detransitioners.
105. The Federal Trade Commission fileda lawsuit against a national transgender association, alleging that the group facilitated false claims that deceived parents about the safety and effectiveness of sex-rejecting procedures for children.
106. The Department of Justice and FBI setrecords in eliminating child predators and their online networks by recovering over 6,000 child victims, eliminating over 3 million pedophile accounts from the dark web, and arresting nearly 1,000 criminals targeting children.

107.President Trump issued an executive order restoring biological truth to the federal government and affirming the reality that there are only two sexes, male and female.

108. President Trump calledon Congress to pass the SAVE America Act to affirm biological reality, protect women’s sports, and prohibit sex-rejecting surgeries on children.
109. President Trump issueda new counterterrorism strategy to protect America from the threats of “radically pro-transgender” ideology.
110. The Department of Health and Human Services rescindedBiden-era guidance on “gender-affirming care.”
111. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rescindedBiden-era guidance to ensure that actions such as “misgendering” do not constitute harassment.
112. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission protectedwomen in the federal workplace by allowing federal employers to maintain single-sex bathrooms and locker rooms.
113. The Department of Health and Human Services issueda proposed rule clarifying that gender dysphoria is not a disability under key federal laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act.
114. The Bureau of Prisons endedtaxpayer-funded sex-rejecting procedures for inmates and announcedplans to move men out of women’s federal prisons.
115. The Department of Housing and Urban Development took actionto ensure homeless shelters are not required to house men in facilities intended for women only.
116. The Trump Administration axedbillions of dollars in grants that had been used by states to perpetuate radical gender ideology and related propaganda.
117. The Department of Justice announceda federal investigation into whether Washington state’s practice of housing men in women’s prison violates the Constitution.
118. President Trump issued an executive orderon foster care – a key initiative of First Lady Melania Trump – maximizing partnerships with Americans of faith and seeking to remedy state policies that prohibit qualified people or organizations from serving in foster care due to their religious beliefs.
119. The Department of Health and Human Services formally rescindeda Biden-era rule that forced foster parents to choose between their religious beliefs and fostering children.
120. The Administration for Children and Families defended religious foster parents by warningmultiple states that gender ideology mandates that deny qualified families the ability to provide loving homes to foster children violate the First Amendment.
121. As a result of the Trump Administration’s actions to protect religious foster parents, some states have immediately changedtheir policies to welcome faith-based families in foster care.
122. President Trump issued a proclamationfor National Adoption Month honoring adoptive families, noting that adoption “reflects the deep value our Nation places on family and abundant life.”
123. President Trump issued a proclamationfor National Foster Care Month recognizing that every child deserves love and support and honoring the “heroes” who open their hearts and homes to children in need.
124. President Trump signedthe Take It Down Act – a key initiative of First Lady Melania Trump – protecting children and families from online extortion and exploitation through the non-consensual distribution of intimate images and deepfake abuse.
125. President Trump issueda national AI legislative framework that will protect children and empower parents in the digital sphere.
126. President Trump celebratedAmerican fathers for preserving the “nuclear family” as “one of the most powerful and enduring forces for good in our country.”
127. The Administration for Children and Families awardedover $100 million to promote healthy marriage, responsible fatherhood, and strong families across America, with a large percentage being awarded to faith-based organizations.
128. The State Department beganrevoking the passports of parents who owe a “significant amount” of unpaid child support to promote children’s security and stability.
129. The Department of Justice appointeda National Coordinator for Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking.
130. The Department of Homeland Security announcedthe Trump Administration has found over 140,000 migrant children who went missing during the Biden Administration.

DEFENDED LIFE THROUGH YOUR TAX DOLLARS

131. President Trump mandatedenforcement of the Hyde Amendment, ending the use of federal taxpayer dollars to fund or promote elective abortion in America.
132. The Department of Justice releasedan opinion finding that the Hyde Amendment prohibits federal funding of travel or transportation for elective abortions.
133. President Trump reinstatedthe Mexico City Policy, ending the use of federal taxpayer dollars to fund nongovernmental organizations that perform or promote coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization internationally.
134. The Department of State finalizeda historic expansion of the Mexico City Policy to bar U.S. foreign assistance from directly or indirectly subsidizing abortion, gender ideology, or DEI programs.
135. President Trump ensuredthe Working Families Tax Cuts Act defunded abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.
136. The Department of Justice supportedstates’ rights to defund abortion clinics.
137. The Small Business Administration openeda review requiring Planned Parenthood affiliates to provide documentation proving their eligibility for $88 million in small business loans they received from the COVID-era Paycheck Protection Program — almost all of which was forgiven by the Biden Administration.

VALUED LIFE

138. Within one week of taking office in his second term, President Trump shared a pro-life messagewith the March for Life, referring to the unborn as “precious little babies” while Vice President Vance gave his first speechas vice president at the March for Life, declaring that America is “fundamentally a pro-baby, a pro-life, and a pro-family country.”
139. In the second year of his second term, President Trump shared another powerful messagewith the March for Life, reaffirming that every life is a sacred gift from God while Vice President Vance delivered inspiring remarksat the same event, reinforcing the Trump Administration’s unwavering commitment to supporting families and protecting life.
140. President Trump celebratedDown Syndrome Awareness Month, tellingDown Syndrome children they are “amazing.”
141. The White House issued a presidential messagedeclaring the 53rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade as National Sanctity of Human Life Day.
142. The White House issued a statement of supportfor the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
143. The Department of Health and Human Services announcedthat funds from new Title X grants may not be used to perform abortions and plansto issue new Title X regulations that align with the law and administration priorities.
144. The Department of Health and Human Services restoredTitle X funding that the Biden Administration had stripped from states due to the states’ pro-life policies.
145. The Trump Administration endedthe barbaric use of fetal tissue from aborted babies in federally funded research at the National Institutes of Health.
146. The Department of Health and Human Services senta letter warning Texas hospitals against denying life-saving care to Baby Gabriel, whose biological parents allegedly asked his surrogate mother to abort him due to a disability.
147. The Food and Drug Administration is conductinga review of the abortion drug mifepristone.
148. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rescindedcertain Biden Administration EMTALA guidance, which sought to force emergency room physicians to perform abortions.
149. The Trump Administration eliminatedBiden-era mandates forcing insurance companies to cover abortions.
150. The Department of Health and Human Services deactivatedReproductiveRights.gov.

EMPOWERED & SUPPORTED MOTHERS

151. On Mother’s Day 2026, the Trump Administration launchedMoms.gov, a groundbreaking website with resources for new mothers, including a pro-life pregnancy resource center finder, adoption and fertility guides, and programs to support maternal and infant health.
152. The Trump Administration provided$4 million to address root causes of infertility and expand access to testing and treatments that will help families have children.
153. President Trump tookhistoric action to lower costs and expand access to IVF and high-quality fertility care while also launchinga MAHA education campaign to improve the health and fertility of Americans looking to start a family.
154. President Trump ensuredthe Working Families Tax Cuts Actincluded pro-family measures such as a Child Tax Credit expansion, strengthened adoption tax credits, permanent tax credits for paid family and medical leave, and Trump Investment Accounts for every American newborn.
155. The Department of Health and Human Services announcednew funding opportunities for embryo adoption projects.
156. The Department of Health and Human Services proposeda new rule allowing pregnant women to receive child support payments for unborn children.
157. President Trump issued a Mother’s Day proclamationhonoring the God-given dignity of every human life, born and unborn, and supporting mothers experiencing unexpected or at-risk pregnancies.
158. President Trump reinstatedservice members discharged from the military due to their objections to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, including religious service members who requested religious accommodations.
159. The Department of War announcedsteps to restore honor to service members separated from the military due to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
160. The Air Force restoredfull post-service benefits for servicemembers discharged for declining the COVID-19 vaccine.
161. The Department of Veterans Affairs rescindeda Biden-era speech code that censored the sermons of military chaplains.
162. The Department of War announcednew reforms to make the Chaplain Corps great again and has held monthly worship services at the Pentagon.
163. The Department of War prioritized providing spiritual support for troops, with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth encouragingtroops to “lean into their faith” and “rely on God.”
164. President Trump issued an executive orderon prioritizing military excellence and readiness, ending the Biden-era policy that allowed personnel to serve with gender dysphoria.
165. The Department of War announcedit will no longer fund gender transitions or medical care related to gender dysphoria.
166. President Trump issued an executive orderto eliminate race-based and sex-based discrimination within the military.
167. The Department of Veterans Affairs issueda new rule reversing the Biden-era rule that allowed taxpayer funded abortions and required VA employees to offer abortion counseling to veterans, along with endingthe practice of paying for service members’ abortion-related travel expenses.
168. President Trump issued an executive orderending diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in the federal government.
169. President Trump dissolvedthe White House Gender Policy Council.
170. President Trump eliminateddiversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices by Federal contractors and their subcontractors.
171. President Trump eliminatedradical gender ideology from U.S. service academies and training programs.
172. The Office of Personnel Management directedall agencies to close all initiatives, offices, and programs that promote gender ideology.
173. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission finedPlanned Parenthood $500,000 for DEI-related discrimination.
174. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission stood for fairness for all Americans by suingthe New York Times for DEI-related discrimination.
175. The Federal Communications Commission investigatedDisney and ABC for DEI-related discrimination.
176. President Trump endedthe Biden-era commission on court reform, which explored left-wing ideas like court packing.
177. President Trump has appointedmany constitutionalist judges to the United States federal courts, in addition to appointing three sterling U.S. Supreme Court justices in his last term.

ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

178. The State Department reaffirmedthe United States’ commitment to championing international religious freedom on the anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act.
179. President Trump designatedNigeria as a Country of Particular Concernin response to the recent killing of thousands of Christians in the country.
180. President Trump orderedtargeted strikes against jihadist Islamic State terrorists in Nigeria who have terrorized Christian communities for years.
181. The Department of State restrictedvisas for individuals for individuals who have directed, authorized, significantly supported, participated in, or carried out violations of religious freedom.
182. The Trump Administration providedlife-saving humanitarian assistance to Druze, Christian, and Bedouin communities in Southern Syria and beyond, standing firmly with believers under threat.
183. The Department of Homeland Security issuedan interim final rule removing longstanding restrictions on religious worker visas (R-1) to promote stability and minimize disruptions to the vital services that R-1 religious workers provide to U.S. houses of worship.
184. The Trump Administration launcheda probe into the Spanish government’s euthanasia of 25-year-old Noelia Castillo.
185. The White House Faith Office hosteda West Wing roundtable with Christians from Sudan, China, Nigeria, Cuba, Turkey, and Finland – bearing witness to harrowing accounts of anti-Christian persecution throughout the world.
186. President Trump issued a proclamationin honor of Captive Nations Week upholding the “simple truth that our rights do not come from Government, but from God in Heaven.”
187. President Trump brokeredmultiple peace deals throughout the world, ushering in a new era of partnership and peace in key areas of the globe.
188. At the United Nations, a Trump Administration representative expressedconcern that the UN can’t answer the question “What is a woman?” and affirmed the truth of biological reality.
189. The United States advocatedfor “gender” to refer only to men and women at a United Nations meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women.
190. President Trump directedagencies to ensure all foreign aid programs andall funding provided to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) aligns with American interests.
191. The Trump Administration endedthe practice of allowing gender self-identification on passports, restoring biological sex as the sole basis for sex designation.
192. The State Department announcedthe U.S. will serve as the lead nation for the Geneva Consensus Declaration, an alliance of countries that champions women’s health, strengthens the natural family, and rejects an international right to abortion.
193. The U.S. withdrewfrom the pro-abortion, anti-faith, anti-freedom, World Health Organization (WHO).
194. The Department of State encouragedforeign nations to protect children from the dangers of online pornography and sexual abuse.
195. President Trump stoodsteadfast with the State of Israel throughout its war with Hamas, ensuring peace through strength not only in the Middle East, but throughout the world.
196. President Trump negotiatedan end to the conflict in Gaza, the release of all Israeli hostages, and a robust foundation for sustainable peace in the Middle East.
197. President Trump welcomedIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House as the first world leader to be invited to the White House during the President’s second term.
198. For President Trump’s efforts toward peace in the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nominatedPresident Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize and said“Donald Trump is the greatest friend that the state of Israel has ever had in the White House.”
199. President Trump appointedGovernor Mike Huckabee, a staunch ally of Israel, as Ambassador to Israel.
200. The Department of Justice launchedJoint Task Force October 7 to seek justice for victims of the October 7, 2023, terrorist attack in Israel.
201. President Trump imposedsanctions on the International Criminal Court for issuing baseless arrest warrants for key Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
202. President Trump withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council(UNHRC) due to its protection of human rights abusers and from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East(UNRWA) due to its employees’ involvement in the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, while announcing the U.S. would withdraw from United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for continually demonstrating anti-Israel sentiment.
203. President Trump appointedleaders to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council to ensure Americans “never forget” those lost in one of the “darkest moments” in history.
204. President Trump tookdecisive action through Operation Midnight Hammer to ensure Iran will never attain a nuclear weapon.
205. President Trump launchedoperation Epic Fury, ensuring Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon and ceases destabilizing activities throughout the world.
206. The White House releaseda report finding gross ideological capture at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History and affirming that the museum should celebrate American exceptionalism rather than denigrate our history.
207. President Trump issuedan executive order outlining steps to restore truth, sanity, and trustworthiness to the Smithsonian Institution, and the White House sent a letterto the Institution’s Board of Regents implementing those steps.
208. The Department of Education launchedan America 250 Civics Education Coalition dedicated to renewing patriotism, strengthening civic knowledge, and advancing a shared understanding of America’s founding principles in schools across the nation.
209. The State Department institutedthe “One Flag Policy,” permitting only the American flag to be flown at U.S. embassies.
210. The Department of Veterans Affairs instituteda new policy permitting only American flags, U.S. State flags, and other military or government flags to be flown at VA facilities.
211. President Trump firedmany board members of the Kennedy Center, a DC arts venue, over the previous board’s perpetuation of radical ideology at taxpayers’ expense.
212. The Department of State awardednearly $2 billion in global aid to faith-based and community organizations – the largest allocation of global health foreign assistance to such organizations in over 20 years.
213. The White House is partneringwith faith-based entities to help Americans struggling with drug addiction find help, treatment, and recovery.
214. The Department of Health and Human Services announced$700 million in new funding to fight mental illness, addiction, and homelessness, including in partnershipwith faith-based organizations.
215. The Department of Housing and Urban Development welcomedthe faith community to partner with it in addressing underlying causes of homelessness.
216. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is hostingconferences around the country to encourage faith and business communities to revitalize Opportunity Zones through economic and community development.
217. The Bureau of Prisons launchedthe Prison Fellowship Academy, the nation’s first faith-based, evidence-based recidivism reduction program under the First Step Act.
218. President Trump helda year-long grand celebration honoring the history of our great nation on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of American independence.
219. President Trump launchedthe America Praysinitiative, a call for Americans to unite in prayer for the nation’s strength, peace, and prosperity as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
220. President Trump issued a proclamationdeclaring 2026 a year of celebration and rededication.
221. President Trump rededicated America as one nation under God at Rededicate 250, where approximately 50,000 people gathered on the National Mall to celebrate America’s faith heritage.
222. President Trump honored250 years of the Bible in America as he and key Administration officials publicly read scripture passages as a part of the week-long “America Reads the Bible” event at the Museum of the Bible.

223.On the National Mall on July 4, 2026, President Trump honored God’s providence in American history, stating that America’s destiny has been “written by God,” making America “the hope, the promise, the light, and the glory among all of the nations of the world.”

224. President Trump honoredFounding Father George Washington for his acknowledgement that, in order to be a great nation, America must be a nation that prays and gives thanks to our Creator.
225. President Trump honoredFounding Father James Madison, drafter of the Bill of Rights, as a champion of religious freedom.
226. President Trump honoredFounding Father Thomas Jefferson for being a steadfast defender of religious freedom and penning the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, which laid the foundation for the First Amendment.
227. President Trump celebratedthe 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, observing how a “single revolutionary truth” laid the foundation for American greatness – that “all men are created equal” and are “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, and that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”
228. President Trump issued a proclamationin honor of Bill of Rights Day, vowing to always preserve, protect, and defend our God-given rights.
229. President Trump openedhis first cabinet meeting in prayer.
230. In the State of the Union, President Trump celebratedthe “tremendous renewal in religion, faith, Christianity, and belief in God” since he was reelected, and called on all Americans to, “come together to reaffirm that America is one nation under God.”
231. President Trump and many Cabinet members honoredthe life, legacy, and faith of Charlie Kirk at Kirk’s memorial service.
232. President Trump calledreligious liberty part of “the bedrock of American life” and committed to “protect [that] fundamental freedom with absolute devotion.”
233. President Trump committedto fighting to “defend America’s longstanding legacy of prayer, faith, and trust in God.”
234. NASA astronauts on the Artemis II spokeabout their faith and honoredGod as they flew around the moon and celebrated returning safely home.

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235. President Trump honored the National Day of Prayer by hosting a Rose Garden eventwith religious leaders of many faiths and issuinga message honoring America’s “enduring tradition of prayer, faith, and trust in Almighty God.”
236. President Trump and the First Lady issued messages honoring Ash Wednesdayand the start of Holy Weekand hosted an Easter Dinner at the White House.
237. President Trump issued a messagecelebrating Pentecost.
238. President Trump issued a messagecelebrating Passover.
239. President Trump issued a messagecelebrating Christmas.
240. President Trump issued a proclamationhonoring the memory of His Holiness Pope Francis and a message honoring the legacy of His Holiness Pope Saint John Paul II.
241. President Trump issued a messagecelebrating the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and a message celebrating the Feast of the Ascension.
242. President Trump issued a messagecelebrating Global Coptic Day.
243. President Trump issued a proclamationhonoring Jewish American Heritage Month and a messagecelebrating Education and Sharing Day.
244. President Trump issued a messagecelebrating Yom Kippur and a messagecelebrating Rosh Hashanah.
245. President Trump issued a proclamationhonoring Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust and a proclamationhonoring the National Day of Remembrance of the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz.
246. The President issued presidential messages sending his warmest greetings for Ramadanand Eid al-Fitr.
247. President Trump hostedan Iftar dinner at the White House.
248. President Trump issued a messagecelebrating Diwali.
249. President Trump issued a messagecommemorating Holi.
250. President Trump issued a proclamationhonoring Religious Freedom Day.

–Lee Hartman | Metro Voice

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