diff --git a/src/registrar/admin.py b/src/registrar/admin.py
index 2d2b90a5f..9dae19a22 100644
--- a/src/registrar/admin.py
+++ b/src/registrar/admin.py
@@ -2287,11 +2287,12 @@ class DomainRequestAdmin(ListHeaderAdmin, ImportExportModelAdmin):
     @admin.display(description=_("Requested Domain"))
     def custom_requested_domain(self, obj):
         # Example: Show different icons based on `status`
-        url = reverse("admin:registrar_domainrequest_changelist") + f"{obj.id}"
         text = obj.requested_domain
         if obj.portfolio:
-            return format_html('<a href="{}"><img src="/public/admin/img/icon-yes.svg"> {}</a>', url, text)
-        return format_html('<a href="{}">{}</a>', url, text)
+            return format_html(
+                f'<img src="/public/admin/img/icon-yes.svg" aria-hidden="true"> {escape(text)}'
+            )
+        return text
 
     custom_requested_domain.admin_order_field = "requested_domain__name"  # type: ignore
 
diff --git a/src/registrar/assets/src/sass/_theme/_admin.scss b/src/registrar/assets/src/sass/_theme/_admin.scss
index a15d1eabe..79fc6273e 100644
--- a/src/registrar/assets/src/sass/_theme/_admin.scss
+++ b/src/registrar/assets/src/sass/_theme/_admin.scss
@@ -982,3 +982,7 @@ ul.add-list-reset {
     }
 
 }
+
+#result_list > tbody tr > th > a {
+    text-decoration: underline;
+} 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/registrar/templates/admin/change_list_results.html b/src/registrar/templates/admin/change_list_results.html
index 5e4f37711..f55ac7197 100644
--- a/src/registrar/templates/admin/change_list_results.html
+++ b/src/registrar/templates/admin/change_list_results.html
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ Load our custom filters to extract info from the django generated markup.
 
 {% if results.0|contains_checkbox %}
     {# .gov - hardcode the select all checkbox #}
-    <th scope="col" class="action-checkbox-column" title="Toggle all">
+    <th scope="col" class="action-checkbox-column" title="Toggle">
         <div class="text">
             <span>
-                <input type="checkbox" id="action-toggle">
                 <label for="action-toggle" class="usa-sr-only">Toggle all</label>
+                <input type="checkbox" id="action-toggle">
             </span>
         </div>
         <div class="clear"></div>
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ Load our custom filters to extract info from the django generated markup.
     {% endif %}
     <tr>
         {% with result_value=result.0|extract_value %}
-            {% with result_label=result.1|extract_a_text %}
+            {% with result_label=result.1|extract_a_text checkbox_id="select-"|add:result_value %}
                 <td>
-                    <input type="checkbox" name="_selected_action" value="{{ result_value|default:'value' }}" id="{{ result_value|default:'value' }}-{{ result_label|default:'label' }}" class="action-select">
-                    <label class="usa-sr-only" for="{{ result_value|default:'value' }}-{{ result_label|default:'label' }}">{{ result_label|default:'label' }}</label>
+                    <label class="usa-sr-only" for="{{ checkbox_id }}">Select row {{ result_label|default:'label' }}</label>
+                    <input type="checkbox" name="_selected_action" value="{{ result_value|default:'value' }}" id="{{ checkbox_id }}" class="action-select">
                 </td>
                 {% endwith %}
         {% endwith %}
diff --git a/src/registrar/templatetags/custom_filters.py b/src/registrar/templatetags/custom_filters.py
index ff73e6dc1..cf2abf447 100644
--- a/src/registrar/templatetags/custom_filters.py
+++ b/src/registrar/templatetags/custom_filters.py
@@ -25,11 +25,15 @@ def extract_a_text(value):
     pattern = r"<a\b[^>]*>(.*?)</a>"
     match = re.search(pattern, value)
     if match:
-        extracted_text = match.group(1)
-    else:
-        extracted_text = ""
-
-    return extracted_text
+        # Get the content and strip any nested HTML tags
+        content = match.group(1)
+        # Remove any nested HTML tags (like <img>)
+        text_pattern = r"<[^>]+>"
+        text_only = re.sub(text_pattern, "", content)
+        # Clean up any extra whitespace
+        return text_only.strip()
+    
+    return ""
 
 
 @register.filter