On February 6, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 14203, “Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court,” blocking the property of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Chief Prosecutor and providing authority to designate any foreign persons that the Secretary of State (in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General) determines to have directly engaged in certain specified acts.

On February 4, 2025, President Donald Trump issued his second National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSM-2), enacting “maximum pressure on the Iranian regime.” While Iran is already subject to robust and comprehensive U.S. economic sanctions and embargos, NSM-2 focuses on denying Iran nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles, countering Iran’s development of weapons, and disrupting those who act on behalf of Iran (including Iran’s “surrogates” and “terror proxy groups”).

On January 20, 2025, shortly after his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed the “Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions” Executive Order (EO) 14148. In order to “restore common sense to the Federal Government and unleash the potential of the American citizen,” EO 14148 rescinded 67 Executive Orders and 11 Presidential Memoranda from the Biden administration.