Month: May 2026

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This National Hurricane Preparedness Week, I encourage every American living in high-risk coastal areas to take proactive steps to protect their families, homes, and neighborhoods before disaster strikes.  Through staying informed and preparing for emergencies, we can reduce damage, safeguard lives, and recover more quickly from these dangerous storms.

As we approach hurricane season, every person can take meaningful steps today by investing in property protections, creating emergency plans, , and assembling essential supplies.  Staying aware of storm forecasts and evacuation routes ensures that families are ready to act at a moment’s notice.  These simple efforts not only protect lives and homes—they also strengthen the resilience of our Nation for future generations.

State leaders, local governments, and community members stand on the frontlines of hurricane preparedness.  With the full support of the Federal Government, communities can deploy resources more efficiently, reduce the burden of bureaucracy, and rebuild faster and stronger.  Under my leadership, we are investing in the people who are closest to these disasters to take preventative steps and drive recovery where it matters most. Together, we will ensure that no American is left without the support they need.

Americans deserve a Government that protects their lives, responds to their needs in times of crisis, and invests in resources to prevent hurricane damage from devastating our Nation’s communities.  For this reason, my Administration continues to transform the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) into a streamlined and effective partner for the American people.  We have drastically cut the timelines to deliver funding into the hands of hurricane survivors, deploy FEMA responders to areas affected by storms, and complete debris removal efforts that families need and deserve.

This week, we extend our thoughts and prayers to every family across our country that has been touched by deadly hurricanes—and we express our deepest gratitude to the countless first responders who risk their safety to save lives, help others in need, and recover rapidly while taking measures to prevent or mitigate damage from future storms.

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This Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we celebrate the resilience, devotion, and patriotism of Americans whose heritage spans the Pacific and whose tremendous contributions have helped build the greatest Nation the world has ever known.

Throughout our Nation’s 250 glorious years of freedom and independence, countless Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have made tremendous contributions to our national story.  From the more than 77,000 brave service members defending our freedoms in the Armed Forces and the countless small business owners fueling our economy to the talented doctors who are making our country healthy again and the technological innovators driving our industries into the future, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have strengthened every facet of American life.

The values that my Administration is fighting for are the same values the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities live by every day—family, hard work, education, and the promise of freedom.  Since I returned to office, my Administration has advanced those values by lowering the cost of living and delivering historic tax relief for working families and small business owners through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.  We are stopping violent crime and making our neighborhoods safe again for our children.  We are restoring excellence in education by empowering parents and advancing merit.  And we are forging powerful trade deals with our Asian and Pacific partners, which are expanding our access to key markets, strengthening supply chains, and securing better opportunities for American workers of every background. 

This month, as we honor the enduring contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, we pledge to work toward a radiant American future that is guided by faith, driven by hope, motivated by hard work, and uplifted by an unwavering belief in the greatness of our Nation.

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Today, I send my best wishes to all those gathered at Churchill Downs for the 152nd Kentucky Derby—our Nation’s oldest continuously running sporting event and an iconic symbol of American strength, excellence, and grandeur.

As we commemorate 250 glorious years of American independence this year, the Kentucky Derby stands as an enduring testament to tradition, culture, and the triumph of the American spirit.  Just as the Thoroughbreds race down the track with determination and resolve, so too has our Nation risen to meet every challenge, defied the odds, and shattered boundaries to reach greatness. 

As “the most exciting two minutes in sports” begins, I wish all Americans watching a thrilling and unforgettable “run for the roses.”  May this storied competition continue to inspire pride in our shared heritage, and may the best horse win!

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For 250 glorious years, the rule of law and the blessings of freedom have stood as the bedrock of our Republic and the fount of our greatness.  On Loyalty and Law Day, we reaffirm our solemn commitment to defending our unalienable rights and preserving our freedoms.

Since our founding on July 4, 1776, the righteous principles of equal justice, law and order, and the dignity of every human person have been faithfully defended by generations of patriots.  In fact, from the very beginning of our national story, responsible citizenship has meant obeying our laws, defending our flag, honoring our heritage, protecting our homeland, and safeguarding our constitutional way of life.  These foundational truths—and our steadfast commitment to them—have made our Nation the greatest beacon of freedom and liberty the world has ever known.  From the Revolutionaries who fought to secure our independence to the brave Americans who stood firm against communist threats during the Cold War, our history is defined by a citizenry with an unyielding devotion to God, an abiding loyalty to the Constitution, and a deep love of country. 

My Administration is proudly carrying forth this enduring legacy as we restore our justice system, uphold law and order, and eliminate threats to our freedom.  Since I returned to office, we have ended the era of lawlessness and the weaponization of our justice system and reclaimed our constitutional heritage. America’s borders are secure.  Our cities are reemerging safe, vibrant, and beautiful.  And our precious liberties are once again being safeguarded.

Under my leadership, we are in the new Golden Age of America—one that remains firmly rooted in respect for our laws, reverence for our Constitution, and an unwavering commitment to the eternal truths that have guided our Nation for two and a half centuries. 

Today, we celebrate the revolutionary framework of governance enshrined in our Constitution, and we pledge to defend it with unshakeable courage and devotion.  As we commemorate 250 years of American independence, we renew our resolve to secure a future where the rule of law prevails, liberty endures, and the forces of tyranny and evil remain forever defeated.

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IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON THE CUBAN REGIME: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order imposing new sanctions on the Cuban regime, protecting U.S. national security.

• The Order broadens the existing sanctions on Cuba to include new restrictions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
• The Order imposes new sanctions on entities, persons, or affiliates that support the Cuban regime’s security apparatus, are complicit in government corruption or serious human rights violations, or are agents, officials, or material supporters of the Cuban government.
• The Order also authorizes new sanctions on covered persons, entities, or financial institutions that have conducted or facilitated transactions with persons or entities sanctioned under the Order.

COUNTERING CUBA’S MALIGN INFLUENCE: The President is addressing the national security threats posed by the communist Cuban regime by taking decisive action to hold the Cuban regime, and those that perpetuate it, accountable for its support of hostile actors, terrorism, and regional instability that endanger American security and foreign policy.

• The Cuban regime aligns itself with countries and malign actors hostile to the United States, going so far as to facilitate their military and intelligence operations. For example, Cuba hosts foreign adversary facilities focused on targeting and exploiting sensitive national security information from the United States.
• Cuba maintains close ties to other major state sponsors of terrorism, including the Government of Iran, and provides safe haven for transnational terrorist groups, including Hezbollah.
• The regime persecutes and tortures political opponents, denies its citizens free speech rights, and actively spreads communist ideology across the region while repressing its populace.
• Cuba’s corrupt regime continues to drive migration towards the United States, with more than 850,000 migrants arriving in America between 2022 and the fall of 2024.
• Cuba provides a permissive environment for hostile foreign intelligence, military, and terrorist operations less than 100 miles from the American homeland.
• These actions constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to U.S. national security and foreign policy, requiring immediate response to protect American citizens and interests.

PUTTING AMERICA FIRST: President Trump has consistently confronted regimes that threaten U.S. security and interests, delivering where others have failed to hold adversaries accountable.

• President Trump is continuing efforts from his first term to stand with the Cuban people and hold the regime accountable.
  • In his first term, President Trump implemented a robust policy toward Cuba, reversing the Obama Administration’s one-sided deal that eased restrictions without securing meaningful reforms for the Cuban people. Relying on decades of evidence, President Trump’s first Administration properly designated Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism.
• In June 2025, President Trump strengthened the United States’ policy pressure on Cuba through a National Secuirty Presidential Memorandum, ensuring that engagement between the United States and Cuba advances the interests of the United States and the Cuban people, including promoting human rights, fostering a private sector independent of government control, and enhancing national security.
• In January 2026, President Trump signed an Executive Order declaring a national emergency and establishing a process to impose tariffs on goods from countries that sell or otherwise provide oil to Cuba, protecting U.S. national security and foreign policy from the Cuban regime’s malign actions and policies.
• President Trump continues to demonstrate his commitment to directly addressing national security threats from abroad.
  • Operation Absolute Resolve captured Venezuelan dictator and indicted narcoterrorist Nicolas  Maduro and his wife to face American justice.
  • Operation Southern Spear eliminated 186 narcoterrorists in strikes against fentanyl-trafficking vessels, stemming the deadly flow of drugs into America.
  • In Operation Midnight Hammer, President Trump decisively eliminated Iran’s nuclear weapons capability via targeted military strikes, escalated sanctions, and intelligence operations.
  • Operation Epic Fury successfully completed all of its military objectives in less than six weeks. Iran no longer poses the nuclear and terror threat it did, and no longer has the nuclear ambitions it held before. Now, the U.S. naval blockade and Operation Economic Fury have dissipated Iran’s economy.

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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and in order to take further steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 14380 of January 29, 2026 (Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of Cuba), I hereby determine and order:

Section 1.  Policy.  The policies, practices, and actions of the Government of Cuba, as described in Executive Order 14380, continue to constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in whole or substantial part outside the United States, to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.  Not only are these policies, practices, and actions designed to harm the United States, but they are also repugnant to the moral and political values of free and democratic societies.  

Sec. 2.  Sanctionable Conduct.  (a)  All property and interests in property that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of any United States persons of the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:

(i)  any foreign person determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury; or by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State:

(A)  to operate in or have operated in the energy, defense and related materiel, metals and mining, financial services, or security sector of the Cuban economy, or any other sector of the Cuban economy, as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State;

(B)  to be owned, controlled, or directed by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Government of Cuba or any person whose property or interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order;

(C)  to own or control, directly or indirectly, any person whose property or interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order;

(D)  to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, the Government of Cuba or any person whose property or interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order;

(E)  to be or have been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of the Government of Cuba or an entity whose property or interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order;

(F)  to be a political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of the Government of Cuba;

(G)  to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly engaged in or attempted to engage in, serious human rights abuse in Cuba;

(H)  to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in, corruption related to Cuba, including corruption by, on behalf of, or otherwise related to the Government of Cuba, or a current or former official at any level of the Government of Cuba, such as the misappropriation of public assets, expropriation of private assets for personal gain or political purposes, or bribery; or

(I)  to be an adult family member of a person designated pursuant to this order.

(b)  The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that are issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the date of this order; except that this subsection shall not apply to activities authorized by, and shall not affect the validity of, any license issued pursuant to part 515 of chapter 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(c)  Except to the extent required by section 203(b) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)), or provided in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that are issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the date of this order:

(i)    any transaction or dealing by United States persons or within the United States in property or interests in property blocked pursuant to this order is prohibited, including but not limited to the making or receiving of any contribution of funds, goods, or services to or for the benefit of those persons whose property or interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order;

(ii)   any transaction by any United States person or within the United States that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited; and

(iii)  any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.

(d)  I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by United States persons to persons determined to be subject to subsection (a) of this section would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 14380, and I hereby prohibit such donations.

(e)  For those persons determined to be subject to subsection (a) of this section who might have a constitutional presence in the United States, I find that, because of the ability to transfer funds or assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to be taken pursuant to this order would render these measures ineffectual.  I therefore determine that, for these measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency declared in Executive Order 14380, there need be no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

Sec. 3.  Travel.  (a)  I hereby find the unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens determined to meet one or more of the criteria in section 2(a)(i) of this order would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and I hereby suspend entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of such persons, except where the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of State’s designee, determines that the person ‘s entry is in the national interest of the United States.  Such persons shall be treated in the same manner as persons covered by section 1 of Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject to United Nations Security Council Travel Bans and International Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions).  

Sec. 4.  Foreign Financial Institutions.  (a)  The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to impose on a foreign financial institution one or more of the sanctions described in subsection (b) of this section upon determining that the foreign financial institution has conducted or facilitated any significant transaction or transactions for or on behalf of any person whose property or interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order.

(b)  With respect to any foreign financial institution determined to meet the criteria set forth in subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may:

(i)   prohibit the opening of, or prohibit or impose strict conditions on the maintenance of, correspondent accounts or payable-through accounts in the United States; and

(ii)  block all property and interests in property that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of any United States person of such foreign financial institution, and provide that such property and interests in property may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in.  The prohibitions described in this subsection shall include the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property or interests in property are blocked pursuant to this subsection; and the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.

(c)  The sanctions described in subsection (b) of this section apply except to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted before the date of this order; except that this subsection shall not apply to activities authorized by, and shall not affect the validity of, any license issued pursuant to part 515 of chapter 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(d)  I hereby determine that the making of donations of the types of articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property or interests in property are blocked pursuant to subsection (b) of this section would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 14380, and I hereby prohibit such donations.

Sec. 5.  Delegation.  Consistent with applicable law, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury are directed and authorized to take all actions necessary to implement and effectuate this order — including through temporary suspension or amendment of regulations or through notices in the Federal Register and by adopting rules, regulations, or guidance — and to employ all powers granted to the President, including by IEEPA, as may be necessary to implement this order.  The head of each executive department and agency (agency) is authorized to and shall take all appropriate measures within the agency’s authority to implement this order.  The head of each agency may, consistent with applicable law, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, redelegate the authority to take such appropriate measures within the agency.

Sec. 6.  Reporting Directives.  The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized and directed to submit recurring and final reports to the Congress on the national emergency declared in, and authorities exercised by, Executive Order 14380, consistent with section 401 of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641) and section 204(c) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)).

Sec. 7.  Definitions.  For the purposes of this order:

(a)  the term “entity” means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization;

(b)  the term “Government of Cuba” means the Government of Cuba, any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, including the Central Bank of Cuba, and any person owned, controlled, or acting for or on behalf of, the Government of Cuba;

(c)  the term “person” means an individual or entity;

(d)  the term “United States person” means any United States citizen, lawful permanent resident, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches of such entities), or any person in the United States; and

(e)  the term “foreign financial institution” means any foreign entity that is engaged in the business of accepting deposits; making, granting, transferring, holding, or brokering loans or credits; purchasing or selling foreign exchange, securities, futures, or options; or procuring purchasers and sellers thereof, as principal or agent.  It includes but is not limited to depository institutions; banks; savings banks; money services businesses; operators of credit card systems; trust companies; insurance companies; securities brokers and dealers; futures and options brokers and dealers; forward contract and foreign exchange merchants; securities and commodities exchanges; clearing corporations; investment companies; employee benefit plans; dealers in precious metals, stones, or jewels; and holding companies, affiliates, or subsidiaries of any of the foregoing.  The term does not include the international financial institutions identified in 22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(2), the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the North American Development Bank, or any other international financial institution so notified by the Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Sec. 8.  General Provisions.  (a)  Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i)   the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii)  the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b)  This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c)  This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

(d)  The costs for publication of this order shall be borne by the Department of State.

DONALD J. TRUMP

THE WHITE HOUSE,

May 1, 2026.