Reciprocal tariffs escalated against additional trading partners under national-security authority — raising consumer costs and retaliatory barriers while bypassing congressional trade powers.

CFPB paused major consumer-finance enforcement actions and supervisory exams — gutting mortgage, student-loan, and credit-card protections while the agency faces structural dismantling.

USDA finalized expanded SNAP work requirements and time limits in additional states — restricting nutrition assistance for able-bodied adults without dependents, mirroring Project 2025 Agriculture chapter proposals.

OSHA delayed silica exposure and heat-illness rulemakings pending political review — extending the administration-wide freeze on worker-safety protections.