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5 days ago | 
thecentersquare.com | Morgan Sweeney
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday afternoon to deter criminalization of Americans who violate federal regulations as opposed to laws passed by Congress. Trump signed the order to “ease the regulatory burden on everyday Americans and ensure no American is transformed into a criminal for violating a regulation they have no reason to know exists,” according to a White House fact sheet on the order.
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5 days ago | 
thecentersquare.com | Morgan Sweeney
(The Center Square) – The U.S. is set to meet with China for the first time in the trade war begun just over a month ago, and while it could lead to real negotiations down the road, many observers see it as a preliminary meeting.
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6 days ago | 
thecentersquare.com | Morgan Sweeney
(The Center Square) – FBI Director Kash Patel told lawmakers Wednesday that a White House proposal to cut the agency’s budget was $1 billion short – but then he walked the statement back on Thursday. “I’m here today in full support of the president’s budget, which reprioritizes and enhances our mission of law enforcement and national security,” Patel said before the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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6 days ago | 
thecentersquare.com | Morgan Sweeney
(The Center Square) – The Trump administration announced a trade deal with the United Kingdom Thursday, its first trade deal since the president announced a raft of raised tariffs on a significant portion of America’s trading partners. While the administration has described the deal as “historic,” some economists say it’s not a drastic change from what was already in place.
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1 week ago | 
thecentersquare.com | Morgan Sweeney
(The Center Square) – Through a targeted effort to crack down on sexual crimes against children nationwide, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday it has arrested over 200 child sexual abuse offenders and rescued 115 children. Fifty-five FBI field offices worked with the department’s criminal division and United States attorney’s offices across the country to execute the mission, Operation Restore Justice, over five days.
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1 week ago | 
thecentersquare.com | Morgan Sweeney
(The Center Square) – During a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and reporters Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. is ending its bombing campaign against the U.S.-designated Yemeni foreign terrorist organization, the Houthis. “We had some very good news last night. The Houthis have announced… that they don’t want to fight anymore. They just don’t want to fight. And we will honor that and we still the bombings,” Trump said.
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1 week ago | 
thecentersquare.com | Morgan Sweeney
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump and newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney maintained their composure Tuesday as reporters peppered them with questions at the White House – despite differing views on U.S.-Canada trade arrangements and Canadian statehood.
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1 week ago | 
thecentersquare.com | Morgan Sweeney
(The Center Square) – On Wednesday, Americans will need a REAL ID to board a domestic flight, enter secure federal facilities or access certain military bases, after the deadline has been pushed back multiple times over a 20-year period. The requirement for REAL IDs comes from legislation passed by Congress in 2005. The legislation was a recommendation from a commission on terrorist attacks created after Sept. 11, 2001, and was intended to make IDs more difficult to fake.
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1 week ago | 
thecentersquare.com | Morgan Sweeney
(The Center Square) – The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday that it’s working to improve the process for how eligible survivors and dependents of deceased veterans and servicemembers obtain survivor benefits. The department shared specific steps it’s taking to streamline the process for survivors, including the creation of a “‘white-glove’ survivor outreach team” that will guide eligible survivors through the claims process.
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1 week ago | 
thecentersquare.com | Morgan Sweeney
(The Center Square) – Through more than 140 executive orders, President Donald Trump in his first 100-plus days in office has used his signing pen like a battering ram to undo sometimes decades-old policies and practices that have shaped the federal government, including in public and higher education.
