On Feb 18, the USDA announced it had "accidentally" fired officials working on responding to bird flu. Four days earlier, the Trump admin announced it had "accidentally" fired nearly 300 people at the National Nuclear Security Administration, which oversees the security of the nuclear arsenal. In both instances, they had to rehire the people they had fired after finding out their importance.

In a February 19th executive order, Trump announced his intention to massively cut governmental regulations, demanding that agency heads compose a list of regulations for him to cut based on a variety of criteria by April 21st. Will we see something similar happen here by the end of June?

This question resolves yes if the Trump administration announces a regulation's rescindment or change, and then walks back the change. They do not have to say it was changed in error for a YES resolution, but if they did, it'd be enough for an immediate YES.

• Update 2025-02-21 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): Timing Scope:

  • Only regulation rescindments or changes that occur after the 'ensuring lawful governance' EO will be eligible.

  • Any de minimis walkbacks or similar events that happened prior to that EO are excluded.