President Trump signed 46 executive actions in the hours after his inauguration on Jan. 20 with many of them multi-pronged mixes of more than 200 executive orders, directives, and policy guidance designed to prompt a “whole-of-government” sea change in administration. At least eight relate directly to energy policy with four eliminating more than 200 rules,
While Trump didn’t specify what oil price level he thinks would justify an immediate interest-rate decrease, energy costs are known to impact inflation. President Donald Trump said Thursday that once oil prices drop, he will demand that the U.S. Federal Reserve lowers interest rates immediately, setting the stage for possible friction with policymakers at the
Democrats blocked the same bill in the Senate. The bill comes as thousands of pro-lifers are expected to flood the capital for the 52nd National March for Life. A bill to establish standards of care for babies born alive after failed abortions passed along party lines in the House on Jan. 23. The 217–204 vote
The United States has been the largest contributor to funding the organization. Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has pledged that Bloomberg Philanthropies will fill the funding gap for the United Nations’ climate body in response to anticipated cuts from the Trump administration. In a public statement on Thursday, Bloomberg Philanthropies said
‘Seeking to cajole individual agencies to try to get employees to return to the worksite has not succeeded.,’ an Office of Personnel Management memo says. Federal agencies were given a deadline to implement a return-to-work mandate issued this week by President Donald Trump. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) said in a memo that federal
The order will revoke existing executive guidance on digital currency, establish a presidential task force, and ban central banks from issuing tokens. President Donald Trump issued an executive order banning so-called central bank digital currencies and establishing an executive group to examine the future of digital assets in the United States. On Jan. 23, as
The protesters were convicted for blocking the entrances of abortion clinics. President Donald Trump has pardoned 23 pro-life demonstrators who were convicted under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, commonly referred to as the FACE Act. “Twenty-three people were prosecuted. They should not have been prosecuted,” Trump told reporters while signing the series