White House Claims Broad Policy Wins Across Energy, Domestic Affairs and Public Safety

Trump 's administration touts mineral permitting in Montana, a CVS Caremark drug-pricing settlement, Medicaid payment deferrals, and sweeping law-enforcement operations in Memphis and Washington.

First Published: July 26, 2026, 5:34 AM ET

WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump‘s White House released its weekly policy achievements report for the period ending July 21, 2026, claiming advances across energy, domestic regulation, public safety, and national security in a document shared on Truth Social.

Here is the full post on truthsocial: “THE WHITE HOUSE Weekly Policy Achievements 7.21.26 Energy/Economy The Libby Exploration Project located in Lincoln County, Montana completed federal permitting. This project will conduct underground exploration and evaluation to explore the potential for critical copper and silver mining. The Council on Environmental Quality withdrew 18 guidance documents that it determined were obsolete or not aligned with the current state of permitting law. The Department of War announced a new program to allow qualified investment fund managers to combine loans from the Office of Strategic Capital with private sector capital to address U.S. national security shortages for critical minerals and materials. The Department of the Interior proposed a lease of more than 31 million acres off the coast of American Samoa for seabed mining. The Department of the Interior sold leases on 355,456 acres of land for oil and gas development during the second quarter of 2026. The Department of the Interior generated over $130 million in revenue from an oil and gas lease sale in Montana. The Department of Health and Human Services deferred more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota until the states submit additional documentation supporting certain high-risk Medicaid claims. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted to issue a proposed rule rescinding the requirement for large employers to file an annual report summarizing aggregate data on their employees’ race and sex. The Department of Justice made a formal finding that the University of California San Diego School of Medicine unlawfully used race in its admissions process in violation of Title VI. The Department of Justice sued the State of Maryland, challenging its state law and regulation that provide in-state tuition and financial assistance for illegal aliens as unconstitutionally discriminating against U.S. citizens. The Department of Education referred its Title IX findings concerning the Jefferson County, Colorado and Kansas City, Kansas School Districts to the Department of Justice for enforcement action. The Department of Education released a major upgrade to the Section 117 reporting portal, which will make available for public inspection information concerning gifts from foreign entities of concern. The Department of Health and Human Services issued a final rule to amend the Standard of Identity for pasteurized orange juice, reducing regulatory barriers that cost the industry $50 million annually. The Department of Justice finalized, in the last four weeks, more than three times the number of Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program death benefit claims than were finalized in the previous nine-month period, providing more than $96 million in benefits to eligible surviving families. The Federal Trade Commission secured a major settlement with CVS Caremark that will create billions in savings for Americans. The Environmental Protection Agency announced $800,000 in funding to develop technologies to monitor water quality, address PFAS contamination, and reduce indoor air toxins. The Department of the Treasury announced the successful implementation of a new government-wide payment system that stops federal payments from being sent to deceased individuals. The Securities and Exchange Commission published a proposed rule that would make electronic delivery the default method of delivering regulatory disclosures. In support of the Memphis Safe Task Force, 31 federal and local law enforcement agencies, 1,469 Tennessee National Guard troops, and Memphis Police conducted 11,182 criminal arrests and 841 administrative arrests, seized 1,937 illegal firearms, and recovered 155 missing children. In support of the DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force, 28 federal law enforcement agencies, 4,760 DC National Guard troops, and the Metropolitan Police Department conducted 15,341 criminal arrests and 2,973 administrative arrests, seized 1,749 illegal firearms, and recovered 25 missing children.” on July 26, 2026 at 9:11 AM ET.

This is among the posts released by Trump today. In the last 30 days, 53 of 448 Trump posts addressed domestic policy.

The energy section of the report leads with the Libby Exploration Project in Lincoln County, Montana, which the White House said completed federal permitting for underground copper and silver exploration. The Department of the Interior proposed leasing more than 31 million acres off American Samoa for seabed mining and sold leases on 355,456 acres for oil and gas development in the second quarter of 2026. A Montana oil and gas lease sale generated more than $130 million in revenue, the report said.

The White House published a document detailing policy achievements on Truth Social on 07/26/2026. This document is part of a communications strategy by the Trump White House to directly disseminate policy achievements to supporters via social media.

The Council on Environmental Quality withdrew 18 guidance documents it determined were obsolete or misaligned with current permitting law. The Department of War announced a program pairing Office of Strategic Capital loans with private capital to address national security shortages in critical minerals.

On domestic policy, the Department of Health and Human Services deferred more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota pending documentation of high-risk claims. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted to propose rescinding the longstanding requirement, dating to the Johnson administration, for large employers to file annual workforce demographic reports. The Department of Justice found that the University of California San Diego School of Medicine used race in admissions in violation of Title VI and sued Maryland over a state law granting in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants.

The Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement with CVS Caremark, the pharmacy benefit manager that administers drug coverage for tens of millions of Americans, requiring the company to price prescriptions at post-rebate rates, cap insulin at $25 per month’s supply, and improve reimbursement terms for community pharmacies. The Department of Justice said it finalized more than three times the number of Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program death benefit claims in the past four weeks than in the prior nine months, distributing more than $96 million to families of fallen officers.

The White House's social media post displays text detailing policy achievements at Truth Social on 07/26/2026. The post highlights claimed policy wins across energy, domestic affairs, and public safety, including operations by the DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force.

The Department of Health and Human Services issued a final rule updating the Standard of Identity for pasteurized orange juice, which the White House said would cut $50 million in annual regulatory costs for American citrus growers. The Environmental Protection Agency committed $800,000 to water quality monitoring, PFAS remediation, and indoor air toxin reduction. The Department of the Treasury said a new payment system now blocks disbursements to deceased recipients, and the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed making electronic delivery the default for investor disclosures.

Public safety operations dominated the national security section. The Memphis Safe Task Force, drawing on 31 agencies and 1,469 National Guard troops, recorded 11,182 criminal arrests, seized 1,937 firearms, and recovered 155 missing children. The DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force, backed by 28 agencies and 4,760 National Guard troops, logged 15,341 criminal arrests, seized 1,749 firearms, and recovered 25 missing children.

The breadth of the weekly report reflects a pattern in Trump’s second-term communications strategy. Weekly achievement summaries of this kind are not new to the executive branch. The Reagan administration pioneered the format in the 1980s as a tool to shape the weekly news cycle, distributing printed accomplishment sheets to regional press outlets every Friday. The practice fell in and out of use across subsequent administrations before the Trump White House revived and expanded it as a social-media-native document, posting multi-page image sets directly to truthsocial for direct distribution to supporters without a press intermediary.