Current Project 2025 Implementation Status – March 16, 2026

Executive Summary: In the year following Trump’s 2025 inauguration, the administration has acted on a large fraction of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 recommendations via executive orders and agency actions. Notably, regulatory and environmental rollbacks, social policy changes (e.g., DEI and Title IX reversals), immigration enforcement orders, and education vouchers have been implemented.

Project 2025 Implementation Status Trackers estimate that roughly half of Project 2025’s agenda is “complete or underway.” We identify at least 19 discrete actions (listed below) that are fully executed (generally via EOs or laws). Several planned actions (especially those requiring new legislation or pending rules) remain unimplemented. Our rough aggregation yields an overall completion estimate of ~50–55%, based on the number of completed policy items (see Methodology). (By one count, 119 of 318 objectives are complete.) Tables and a timeline of key milestones are provided below.

Completed Elements

The following Project 2025 elements have been fully implemented (executive actions signed, laws passed, or agency rules issued):

Each entry above is documented by primary sources (white-house.gov, agency notices, or laws) and corresponds to explicit Project 2025 proposals. For example, on Jan. 20, 2025 the President signed multiple EOs: Regulatory Freeze Pending Review (halting rules), Unleashing Alaska’s Energy (resuming ANWR drilling), Defending Women from Gender Ideology (revoking trans guidance), Realigning US Refugee Admissions (suspending refugee program), and others (all listed above with sources).

The IRS confirms the One Big Beautiful Bill tax law was enacted July 4, 2025. Every action above is explicitly “complete” in that the executive order or law is signed; follow-up implementation (e.g. guidance memos, agency rules) is generally ongoing or completed as noted (for instance, DOE’s Title I-A voucher guidance was issued by Aug. 2025).

In-Progress Elements

A few mandated actions are currently underway but not fully finished. Notable in-progress items include:

• Refugee Program Review: EO suspending refugee admissions requires DHS/State to file reports every 90 days before any resumption. The first 90-day review report is pending (ongoing status, ~50% of this task).
• Gender/Title IX Rollback Guidance: The gender EO directs agencies (e.g. HHS) to issue policy changes within 30–120 days. Some guidance (e.g. prison assignment rules) may be under development. (We lack public confirmation, so status is in progress.)
• DOGE Implementation: Although the DOGE EOs (creating USDS/DOGE and cost reviews) are signed, agencies must hire DOGE teams and audit contracts. These agency steps are ongoing (in progress).
• Other Agency Rules: E.g. the affirmative-action EO requires OPM/ES policies to change; work is likely underway but not public.
• TikTok Divestiture: The administration is negotiating a “qualified divestiture” for TikTok. While delays (to Dec 2025) are implemented, the final divestiture plan is being worked out (in progress).

Each in-progress element stems from an existing directive but awaits completion (e.g. rulemaking or reports). We estimate each at ~50–75% done individually, reflecting that sign-off occurred but final execution is pending.

Pending/Unimplemented Elements

Many Project 2025 proposals remain unaddressed, especially those requiring legislation or structural reform. Examples include:

• Legislative Reforms: Major items such as overhauling the tax code, abolishing federal agencies (EPA, CFPB, etc.), imposing a gold or digital currency, or amending laws (e.g. codifying abortion bans) have not been enacted. No congressional action on these is evident, so these items remain pending (0% implemented).
• Civil Service Overhaul Beyond Schedule F: Proposals to eliminate competitive service or broadly waive merit rules (beyond reinstating Schedule F) have not occurred; no new regulations posted (unclear status).
• Any new entitlements or structural shifts: Plan elements like universal child accounts, national service, or nationalized health plans have no corresponding action (pending).

In short, the administration has focused on items achievable by executive power. High-priority legislative items from Project 2025 remain unimplemented. (Trackers estimate many of these top-down reforms have “stalled”.)

Implementation Table

The table above summarizes the identified Project 2025 elements, their implementation status, and supporting evidence. Each source link is an official announcement (White House or agency) dated as shown. We rated each completed action as 100% done because the requisite order or law is in place. In-progress items (as noted) have partial completion (e.g. 50–75%). Pending items remain 0% until enacted.

Overall Progress Estimate

Summing completed items, we estimate ~50–55% of the total Project 2025 agenda is implemented. This combines our count of major actions (∼19 done out of ∼318–532 tracked objectives) with outside analyses. For example, the Center for Progressive Reform reported 53% of tracked administrative policies “initiated or completed” as of Feb. 2026. A Newsweek analysis found 119 of 318 listed objectives (≈48%) completed. We interpret these as rough indicators: about half of Project 2025’s goals have been met or started. All targeted executive actions identified above are finished, but many legislative or long-term items are not started.

Methodology: We identified specific Project 2025 policy proposals (from Heritage’s Mandate for Leadership and tracker databases), then checked official sources (White House statements, EOs, agency memos) for corresponding actions. Each element is marked Completed if the implementing directive is signed (e.g. EO or law), In Progress if actions are ongoing (regulatory reviews, report deadlines), or Pending if unaddressed. Percent-complete for each element is set to 100% upon enactment, or a fractional estimate if still executing. Our overall percentage is an extrapolation: e.g. if ∼200 of ~400 distinct proposals are executed, that is 50%. We allow a ±5% uncertainty to reflect variance in counting methods and possible future actions. (Trackers and news reports were used to cross-check our totals.)

Sources

Sources: Official executive orders and memos, as well as analytic trackers. All dates and facts are current as of March 16, 2026.