Chronicle

This is the dated spine of the site — the story of the administration told in order, beginning the day President Trump took office and running through every step that put his team in place: each nomination, each Senate confirmation with its vote, each swearing-in that started an official’s mission, and every departure and succession since. Each entry is its own page, sourced.

2025

Jan 20 Succession Brendan Carr Designated Chairman of the FCC

Jan 20 Succession Dan Scavino Becomes Deputy Chief of Staff

Jan 20 Inauguration Donald Trump Is Sworn In as the 47th President

Jan 20 Decision First-Day Executive Actions: 78 Prior Orders Rescinded

Jan 20 Succession Kevin Hassett Becomes Director of the National Economic Council

Jan 20 Succession Stephen Miller Becomes Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor

Jan 20 Succession Steven Cheung Becomes White House Communications Director

Jan 20 Succession Susie Wiles Becomes White House Chief of Staff

Jan 20 Succession Tom Homan Becomes White House Border Czar

Jan 21 Confirmation Marco Rubio Confirmed as Secretary of State, 99–0 (99–0)

Jan 23 Confirmation John Ratcliffe Confirmed as CIA Director, 74–25 (74–25)

Jan 25 Confirmation Pete Hegseth Confirmed as Secretary of Defense, 51–50 (51–50)

Jan 28 Confirmation Scott Bessent Confirmed as Secretary of the Treasury, 68–29 (68–29)

Jan 28 Confirmation Sean Duffy Confirmed and Sworn In as Secretary of Transportation

Jan 29 Confirmation Lee Zeldin Confirmed as EPA Administrator, 56–42 (56–42)

Feb 1 Confirmation Doug Burgum Confirmed as Secretary of the Interior, 79–18 (79–18)

Feb 3 Confirmation Chris Wright Confirmed as Secretary of Energy, 59–38 (59–38)

Feb 4 Confirmation Doug Collins Confirmed as Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 77–23 (77–23)

Feb 5 Confirmation Scott Turner Confirmed as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 55–45 (55–45)

Feb 6 Confirmation Russell Vought Confirmed as OMB Director, 53–47 (53–47)

Feb 13 Confirmation Brooke Rollins Confirmed as Secretary of Agriculture, 72–28 (72–28)

Feb 13 Confirmation Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services, 52–48 (52–48)

Feb 18 Confirmation Howard Lutnick Confirmed as Secretary of Commerce, 51–45 (51–45)

Feb 19 Confirmation Kelly Loeffler Confirmed as SBA Administrator, 52–46 (52–46)

Feb 20 Confirmation Kash Patel Confirmed as Director of the FBI, 51–49 (51–49)

Feb 26 Confirmation Jamieson Greer Confirmed as U.S. Trade Representative, 56–43 (56–43)

Mar 3 Confirmation Linda McMahon Confirmed as Secretary of Education, 51–45 (51–45)

Mar 25 Confirmation Michael Kratsios Confirmed as Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

Apr 3 Confirmation Mehmet Oz Confirmed as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 53–45 (53–45)

May 1 Succession Marco Rubio Becomes Acting National Security Advisor

Jun 18 Confirmation Rodney Scott Confirmed as Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 51–46 (51–46)

Aug 2 Confirmation Sean Cairncross Confirmed as National Cyber Director

Sep 19 Confirmation Mike Waltz Confirmed as Ambassador to the United Nations, 47–43 (47–43)

Oct 7 Confirmation Sergio Gor Confirmed as Ambassador to India, 51–47 (51–47)

Dec 18 Succession Sean Duffy's Acting NASA Role Ends as Jared Isaacman Is Confirmed

2026

Jan 3 Departure Dan Bongino Leaves the FBI Deputy Directorship

Jan 6 Confirmation Sara Carter Confirmed as Director of National Drug Control Policy, 52–48 (52–48)

Jan 12 Succession Christopher Raia Becomes FBI Co-Deputy Director

Feb 3 Departure Stephen Miran Resigns as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers

Mar 5 Departure Kristi Noem's Departure from Homeland Security Is Announced

Mar 24 Confirmation Markwayne Mullin Sworn In as Secretary of Homeland Security (54–45)

Apr 2 Departure Pam Bondi Fired as Attorney General; Todd Blanche Acting

Apr 10 Succession James Blair Takes Leave from the White House to Lead the Midterm Political Operation

Apr 20 Departure Lori Chavez-DeRemer Resigns as Secretary of Labor

May 13 Confirmation Kevin Warsh Confirmed as Chair of the Federal Reserve (54–45)

May 14 Departure Stephen Miran Resigns from the Federal Reserve Board

May 22 Succession Jerome Powell Transitions from Federal Reserve Chair to Governor

May 22 Departure Tulsi Gabbard Resigns as Director of National Intelligence

May 31 Succession Todd Lyons's Tenure as Acting ICE Director Ends

Jun 1 Succession David Venturella Becomes Acting Director of ICE

Jun 19 Succession Bill Pulte Becomes Acting Director of National Intelligence

Aug 3 Confirmation Jay Clayton Confirmed as Director of National Intelligence (51–47)

Aug 7 Confirmation Christopher Phelan Confirmed as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (51–47)

Aug 8 Confirmation Todd Blanche Confirmed as Attorney General (50–49)

Aug 27 Departure Karoline Leavitt Departs as Press Secretary

Sep 1 Succession Will Scharf Becomes White House Counsel

Sep 16 Decision The Warsh Fed Raises Rates — Against the President's Demand for Cuts

Sep 17 Nomination Lance Schroyer's ICE Director Nomination Withdrawn

Sep 22 Succession Rubio's National Security Advisor Role Made Permanent

Sep 30 Confirmation Keith Sonderling Confirmed as Secretary of Labor (47–41)

Oct 2 Departure Andrew Bailey Leaves the FBI Deputy Directorship

Oct 17 Succession The Press Secretary Chair Sits Vacant

Nov 3 Election Democrats Win Control of Congress in the 2026 Midterms

Nov 6 Succession Wiles Resigns; Miller Named Chief of Staff