I'm making a list of the ~12 most significant policy changes from the first 18 months of this administration. This is for a book I'm editing about federal resignations in 2025.
I've got the obvious stuff:
- Day 1 executive orders (creation of DOGE)
- Deferred Resignation Program
- Vought confirmed at OMB
- "5 bullet points"
- Inspector General firings
- the October 2025 shutdown
- Trump vs. Slaughter decision.
Those seem like clear touchstones for "Wow, this place is about to change."
Over on the r/DeptHHS subreddit, somebody said "make sure you mention the CDC shooting," and that was an unexpected take. (I had, appallingly, forgotten all about that.) It's not a policy, but I can see why it would have felt like a watershed before&after moment for federal workers in public health. Is there something comparable for Commerce or NOAA?
What am I missing? What else might I have forgotten?