“Promises Made, Promises Kept.” That is the framing the White House has chosen for a new document cataloguing 250 actions it credits to President Donald J. Trump on behalf of the faith community — a release timed to America’s 250th anniversary and building, the administration says, on the record of Trump’s first term while reversing the policies of his predecessor.

The document argues that “since the founding of our nation, nobody has fought harder or gained more for believers” than President Trump, organizing its claims across 25 categories spanning religious liberty, houses of worship, conscience rights, free speech, antisemitism, education, parental rights, women’s sports, life, family policy, the military, the courts, international religious freedom, Israel, and national commemorations of faith. The full text, organized by category below, was published by the White House on September 17, 2026.

01 Protected Religious Liberty

• Established the historic White House Faith Office — the first office focused exclusively on faith, located in the West Wing and reporting to the President through the Domestic Policy Council.
• Created Centers for Faith with Faith Directors or Faith Liaisons in every federal department and agency.
• Established the Religious Liberty Commission, appointing leaders of every major faith to the Commission and its advisory boards.
• The Religious Liberty Commission held a year-long series of hearings with almost 100 witnesses, culminating in a report with recommendations for protecting religious liberty.
• The Department of Justice issued guidance directing all departments and agencies to protect religious liberty in programs, policies, and practices.
• Established a new Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias to investigate discrimination against Christians under the previous administration.
• The Task Force released a report and documentary detailing alleged efforts to persecute Christians under the Biden Administration.
• Issued an executive order to combat antisemitism on campuses and in the streets.
• HHS created a Conscience and Religious Freedom Division to defend religious liberty and enforce conscience protections in healthcare.
• Ordered the repeal of regulations that violate religious liberty under new Supreme Court precedents.
• The Department of Education released prayer guidance affirming students’ and school officials’ right to pray and parents’ right to direct their children’s upbringing.
• The Office of Personnel Management issued guidance protecting religious expression and accommodations for federal employees, including telework.

02 Defended Houses of Worship

• DOJ reached an agreement protecting houses of worship’s free speech in relation to the Johnson Amendment.
• Treasury announced guidance to protect houses of worship’s religious freedom and free speech under the Johnson Amendment.
• DOJ issued an opinion eliminating a “religious restriction” that required faith-based organizations to strip religious content to receive federal funds.
• DOJ made protecting houses of worship a “top priority,” including strong enforcement of RLUIPA.
• FEMA announced $300 million in new funding to protect houses of worship and non-profits against terrorism and targeted violence.
• DOJ arrested dozens of rioters who attacked a worship service at a Minnesota church.
• The FBI opened an investigation into an attack on a Detroit-area synagogue where more than 100 preschool-aged children were present.
• DOJ brought federal charges in attacks on a synagogue and Jewish community center in New Mexico and worshippers at a Manhattan synagogue.
• DOJ filed a FACE Act lawsuit against violent protestors at a synagogue in New Jersey.
• DOJ sued New York for requiring Catholic nuns running a residential hospice ministry to house men with women.

03 Secured Conscience Rights

• The EEOC agreed to allow Christian employers to run their businesses according to their faith, including on pronouns, restrooms, and dress codes.
• Strengthened conscience protections for healthcare providers objecting to abortion, sterilization, or assisted suicide.
• HHS launched investigations into facilities that allegedly violated healthcare workers’ conscience rights.
• HHS investigated states for allegedly coercing healthcare entities to pay for abortion coverage.
• HHS rescinded Biden-era guidance that could force pharmacists to dispense abortion pills against their beliefs.
• HHS found Illinois engaged in “impermissible discrimination” by requiring conscientious-objector providers to refer patients for abortion.
• The EEOC filed multiple lawsuits over denial of religious accommodations from COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
• The EEOC secured relief for federal employees denied religious accommodations under the Biden-era vaccine mandate.
• DOJ supported a college football coach denied a religious exemption from a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
• The EEOC sued or investigated companies for refusing to accommodate employees’ worship or Sabbath observance.

04 Ended the Weaponization of Government

• Issued an executive order ending weaponization of the federal government against Americans, including people of faith.
• DOJ launched a Weaponization Working Group to investigate targeting of traditional Catholics and parents at school board meetings.
• The Working Group published a report detailing FBI labeling of Catholics as “extremists” and surveillance of priests.
• The FBI conducted terminations and oversaw resignations tied to an anti-Catholic memo authored during the Biden Administration.
• The Working Group released a report on the Biden DOJ’s alleged collaboration with pro-abortion groups to target pro-life defendants under the FACE Act.
• Pardoned Christians and pro-life activists described as unjustly persecuted for praying and living out their faith.
• DOJ restricted misuse of the FACE Act against pro-life advocates, dismissing several cases.
• The FBI terminated all ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League.
• DOJ indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center over alleged fraudulent donation funneling to extremist groups.

05 Promoted Free Speech

• Issued an executive order restoring free speech and ending federal censorship.
• Issued an executive order combating debanking of Americans based on political and religious beliefs.
• DOJ subpoenaed major financial institutions over allegations of debanking Americans for religious or political views.
• Directed the EEOC to investigate Major League Baseball over threats to Christian players displaying Bible verses.
• The EEOC sued a company after an employee was fired over a social media post with a Bible verse.
• Issued a national AI legislative framework protecting free speech online.
• DOJ moved to end prior efforts to coerce social media platforms into censoring disfavored speech.
• The FTC acted to bar collusion among major advertising agencies to demonetize disfavored viewpoints.
• Issued a counterterrorism strategy prioritizing free speech and pledging not to weaponize counterterrorism powers against Americans who “simply disagree.”

06 Fought Antisemitism

• DOJ launched a Task Force to Combat Antisemitism and an Anti-Semitism Advisory Committee.
• DOJ launched a 15-city National Awareness & Action Tour to combat antisemitism.
• The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights investigated universities over alleged antisemitic discrimination, finding several in Title VI violation.
• DOJ sued Harvard University over alleged tolerance of assaults, harassment, and intimidation of Jewish and Israeli students.
• Federal agencies canceled billions in grants and contracts to Harvard and Columbia over failures to protect Jewish students.
• DOJ sued the University of California over an alleged hostile environment for Jewish and Israeli students.
• Secured a settlement with Columbia University over civil rights violations.
• Condemned the killing of two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, D.C., and the Boulder, Colorado attack as antisemitic terrorism.
• DOJ announced an investigation into a Brooklyn coffee shop for denying service to a congressman over his support for Israel.

07 Protected Faith-Based Organizations

• OMB proposed a rule clarifying the federal government may not discriminate against faith-based organizations in grantmaking.
• Departments took steps to ensure faith-based organizations may fully participate in government-funded programs.
• The Department of Labor published resources to help faith-based organizations compete for federal grants.
• The SBA eliminated a ban on disaster relief for faith-based organizations.
• HUD rescinded guidance requiring Christian colleges to open co-ed dormitories.
• DOJ filed Supreme Court briefs supporting tax exemptions for religious groups, religious charter schools, and a Catholic preschool’s benefit-program inclusion.

08 Expanded School Choice & Promoted Wholesome Education

• Issued an executive order supporting parents’ rights to choose private, religious, or charter schools.
• Signed the first-ever national school choice program, enabling parents to choose faith-based schools.
• The Working Families Tax Cuts Act’s school choice provisions expanded school choice nationwide.
• Issued an executive order laying groundwork to close the Department of Education.
• Issued an executive order ending what the release calls “radical indoctrination” in schools.
• Ended COVID-19 vaccine mandates in schools and reinstated common-sense discipline policies.
• The Department of Education ended what it calls the “Biden book ban hoax,” citing parents’ ability to protect children from certain materials.
• Reformed the higher-education accreditation process, said to have been used against faith-based institutions.
• The Administration for Children and Families ordered 46 states and territories to remove gender-ideology references from sex-ed materials.
• Terminated sexual-education grants alleged to promote inappropriate material and undermine parental rights.
• The Department of Education prioritized grants to charter schools.

09 Upheld Parental Rights

• DOJ rescinded the Biden-era memo directing the FBI to investigate parents raising concerns at school board meetings.
• DOJ issued a memo pledging to uphold parental rights and supported them at the Supreme Court.
• HHS warned states not to remove children from parents who decline gender-transition-related steps.
• The Department of Education ordered schools to allow parents to inspect records related to “gender identity.”
• The Department of Education acted against districts alleged to have hidden students’ “gender transitions” from parents.
• DOJ filed suit to stop a Kansas school district from allegedly transitioning children without parental knowledge.
• DOJ investigated California districts over alleged failure to notify parents of opt-out rights for sex education.
• Issued an executive order on parental rights and religious freedom regarding childhood vaccines.
• HHS announced actions on parents’ rights in children’s health decisions and guidance against vaccine coercion.
• HHS affirmed West Virginia’s religious exemptions for school vaccine mandates.

10 Saved Women’s Sports

• Issued an executive order keeping men out of women’s sports.
• DOJ supported the policy at the Supreme Court.
• HHS announced that “sex” under Title IX will no longer also refer to “gender identity.”
• DOJ and the Department of Education announced a Title IX Special Investigations Team focused on female athletes.
• Filed lawsuits, opened investigations, and took enforcement action against states over women’s-sports protections.
• The Department of Education reversed prior findings on the issue.
• The NCAA and International Olympic Committee took related action, which the release credits to the administration’s lead.

11 Protected Children From Harmful Procedures and Ideology

• Banned federal funding for gender-transition procedures for minors, followed by a final implementing rule.
• DOJ supported states’ authority to ban such procedures for minors at the Supreme Court.
• HHS issued a report on harms of gender-transition drugs and procedures for minors.
• HHS published “Wolves in White Coats,” alleging fraudulent billing and referring over 100 hospitals and clinics for investigation.
• HHS launched a whistleblower portal on the issue.
• DOJ ended prosecution of a whistleblower from a Texas children’s hospital.
• The FTC held a workshop on “gender-affirming care” for minors and sued a national transgender association over alleged deceptive claims.
• DOJ secured resolutions requiring facilities to stop certain procedures on minors, with some paying penalties or establishing detransition clinics.
• DOJ and FBI reported recovering over 6,000 child victims, eliminating over 3 million dark-web pedophile accounts, and arresting nearly 1,000 offenders.

12 Restored Biological Truth

• Issued an executive order affirming two sexes, male and female, across the federal government.
• Called on Congress to pass the SAVE America Act.
• Issued a counterterrorism strategy addressing what it calls “radically pro-transgender” ideology.
• HHS rescinded Biden-era “gender-affirming care” guidance; the EEOC rescinded related harassment guidance on “misgendering.”
• The EEOC allowed federal employers to maintain single-sex bathrooms and locker rooms.
• HHS proposed clarifying that gender dysphoria is not a disability under federal law.
• The Bureau of Prisons ended taxpayer-funded transition procedures for inmates and announced plans on housing.
• HUD acted to ensure shelters are not required to house men in women-only facilities.
• Cut billions in grants tied to gender-ideology programs; DOJ opened an investigation into Washington state prison housing.

13 Strengthened Families and Safeguarded Children

• Issued an executive order on foster care, a First Lady Melania Trump initiative, maximizing faith-based partnerships.
• HHS rescinded a rule forcing foster parents to choose between faith and fostering.
• The Administration for Children and Families warned states against gender-ideology mandates that exclude qualified religious families.
• Issued proclamations for National Adoption Month and National Foster Care Month.
• Signed the Take It Down Act, a Melania Trump initiative, addressing online extortion and deepfake abuse of minors.
• Issued a national AI framework aimed at protecting children and empowering parents online.
• The Administration for Children and Families awarded over $100 million to promote marriage, fatherhood, and strong families, much to faith-based organizations.
• The State Department began revoking passports of parents owing significant unpaid child support.
• DOJ appointed a National Coordinator for Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking.
• DHS reported finding over 140,000 migrant children reported missing during the Biden Administration.

14 Defended Life Through Tax Dollars

• Mandated Hyde Amendment enforcement, ending federal funding of elective abortion.
• DOJ opinion found the Hyde Amendment bars federal funding of travel for elective abortions.
• Reinstated the Mexico City Policy; State Department finalized an expansion barring U.S. assistance from subsidizing abortion, gender ideology, or DEI programs abroad.
• The Working Families Tax Cuts Act defunded abortion providers including Planned Parenthood.
• DOJ supported states’ rights to defund abortion clinics.
• The SBA opened review of Planned Parenthood affiliates’ eligibility for $88 million in PPP loans largely forgiven under the Biden Administration.

15 Valued Life

• Shared pro-life messages with the March for Life in both years of his second term; Vice President Vance addressed the event both years.
• Celebrated Down Syndrome Awareness Month and issued a National Sanctity of Human Life Day message.
• Issued a statement supporting the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
• HHS restricted new Title X grant funds from abortion use and restored Title X funding stripped from pro-life states.
• Ended use of fetal tissue from abortions in NIH-funded research.
• HHS warned Texas hospitals regarding the case of “Baby Gabriel.”
• FDA is reviewing the abortion drug mifepristone.
• CMS rescinded certain EMTALA guidance on abortion in emergency rooms; ended mandates forcing insurers to cover abortion.
• HHS deactivated ReproductiveRights.gov.

16 Empowered and Supported Mothers

• Launched Moms.gov on Mother’s Day 2026, with pregnancy-resource, adoption, fertility, and maternal-health resources.
• Provided $4 million toward infertility research and treatment access.
• Took action to lower IVF and fertility-care costs and launched a related MAHA education campaign.
• The Working Families Tax Cuts Act expanded the Child Tax Credit and adoption credit, added paid-leave credits, and created Trump Investment Accounts for newborns.
• HHS announced funding for embryo adoption projects and proposed allowing child support payments for unborn children.
• Issued a Mother’s Day proclamation on the dignity of life, born and unborn.

17 Strengthened Our Military

• Reinstated service members discharged over COVID-19 vaccine objections, including religious accommodation requests.
• Restored benefits for affected service members; VA rescinded a speech code affecting military chaplains’ sermons.
• The Department of War announced Chaplain Corps reforms and monthly Pentagon worship services.
• Secretary of War Pete Hegseth encouraged troops to “lean into their faith.”
• Ended the policy allowing service with gender dysphoria and ended related medical-care funding.
• Issued an executive order to eliminate race- and sex-based discrimination within the military.
• VA reversed a rule on taxpayer-funded abortion counseling and travel expenses for service members.

18 Restored Fairness for All Americans and Ended DEI

• Issued an executive order ending DEI programs in the federal government and dissolved the White House Gender Policy Council.
• Eliminated DEI practices among federal contractors and subcontractors, and gender ideology in service academies.
• OPM directed agencies to close initiatives promoting gender ideology.
• The EEOC fined Planned Parenthood $500,000 over DEI-related discrimination and sued the New York Times on similar grounds.
• The FCC investigated Disney and ABC over DEI-related discrimination.

19 Protected the Courts

• Ended a Biden-era commission that explored court-packing proposals.
• Appointed numerous constitutionalist federal judges, building on three Supreme Court appointments from his first term.

20 Advanced International Religious Freedom

• Reaffirmed U.S. commitment to international religious freedom on the anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act.
• Designated Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern over killings of Christians; ordered strikes against Islamic State jihadists targeting Christian communities there.
• State Department restricted visas for individuals involved in religious-freedom violations.
• Provided humanitarian assistance to Druze, Christian, and Bedouin communities in southern Syria.
• DHS eased restrictions on religious worker (R-1) visas.
• Launched a probe into a Spanish euthanasia case involving a 25-year-old woman.
• The White House Faith Office hosted a roundtable with Christians from Sudan, China, Nigeria, Cuba, Turkey, and Finland on persecution.
• Issued a Captive Nations Week proclamation on rights coming “from God in Heaven.”
• Brokered peace deals described as ushering a new era of global partnership.

21 Affirmed Life and Biological Truth Internationally

• A U.S. representative pressed the U.N. on the definition of “woman” and affirmed biological reality at a Commission on the Status of Women meeting.
• Directed foreign-aid programs and NGO funding to align with American interests.
• Ended gender self-identification on U.S. passports.
• Announced the U.S. will lead the Geneva Consensus Declaration coalition.
• Withdrew from the World Health Organization.
• Encouraged foreign nations to protect children from online pornography and sexual abuse.

22 Supported Israel

• Stood with Israel throughout its war with Hamas and negotiated an end to the conflict in Gaza, including release of hostages.
• Welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the first world leader hosted at the White House in his second term.

• Appointed Governor Mike Huckabee as Ambassador to Israel.
• DOJ launched Joint Task Force October 7 to pursue justice for victims of the October 7, 2023 attack.
• Sanctioned the International Criminal Court over arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, including Netanyahu.
• Withdrew from the U.N. Human Rights Council and UNRWA, and announced withdrawal from UNESCO.
• Appointed leaders to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.
• Ordered Operation Midnight Hammer and launched Operation Epic Fury aimed at preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

23 Promoted American Values

• Released a report on the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, calling for it to reflect American exceptionalism.
• Issued an executive order on restoring the Smithsonian Institution and sent related direction to its Board of Regents.
• The Department of Education launched an America 250 Civics Education Coalition.
• Instituted a “One Flag Policy” limiting embassy flags to the American flag; VA adopted a similar facilities policy.
• Removed several Kennedy Center board members over alleged ideological programming.

24 Partnered With the Faith Community

• State Department awarded nearly $2 billion in global aid to faith-based and community organizations — described as the largest such allocation in over 20 years.
• The White House partnered with faith-based entities on addiction treatment and recovery.
• HHS announced $700 million in new funding to fight mental illness, addiction, and homelessness, including with faith-based partners.
• HUD invited the faith community to help address homelessness and hosted Opportunity Zone revitalization conferences.
• The Bureau of Prisons launched the Prison Fellowship Academy under the First Step Act.

25 Honored America’s Faith Legacy & Days of Remembrance

• Held a year-long celebration of America’s 250th anniversary and launched the America Prays initiative.
• Hosted Rededicate 250 on the National Mall, drawing an estimated 50,000 people.
• Marked 250 years of the Bible in America through the “America Reads the Bible” event at the Museum of the Bible.
• Spoke of America’s destiny as “written by God” during July 4, 2026 National Mall remarks.
• Honored George Washington, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson for their contributions to religious freedom.
• Marked the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and issued a Bill of Rights Day proclamation.
• Opened his first cabinet meeting in prayer and spoke of “tremendous renewal in religion, faith, Christianity, and belief in God” in the State of the Union.
• President Trump and Cabinet members honored the life and faith of Charlie Kirk at his memorial service.
• Called religious liberty “the bedrock of American life.”
• Issued messages and proclamations for the National Day of Prayer, Ash Wednesday, Holy Week, Easter, Pentecost, Passover, Christmas, Global Coptic Day, Jewish American Heritage Month, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Holocaust Days of Remembrance, the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr, Diwali, Holi, and Religious Freedom Day, and hosted an Iftar dinner at the White House.
• Issued proclamations honoring Pope Francis and Pope Saint John Paul II.
• NASA’s Artemis II astronauts spoke of their faith while orbiting the moon.

Source: The White House, “President Trump’s Top 250 Victories for People of Faith,” released September 17, 2026.