President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that seeks to increase purchases of products made in the United States, chiefly by tightening rules around federal procurement and giving the government a bigger role in supporting U.S. businesses. Biden’s action on Jan. 25 is meant to boost federal purchases of American-made goods by making it…
Biden Signs ‘Made in America’ Executive Order, Tightening Federal Procurement Rules
Biden Mandates Masks, Rejoins Paris Climate Accord, Among Other Executive Actions on First Day in Office
President Joe Biden on his first day in office took a total of 17 executive actions, including to mandate masks and having the United States rejoin the United Nations’ Paris Climate Accord. The new president is mandating social distancing and the wearing of masks on federal property in a new executive order. He also launched a “100…
Trump Signs Order for Study of Veterans Who Served at Toxic Base in Uzbekistan
As one of his final acts, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at helping veterans who were exposed to toxic matter at a Soviet-era air base in Uzbekistan after 9/11. The airbase, known as the Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, or K2, came under scrutiny after media investigations revealed veterans faced a range of illnesses…
Trump Issues Executive Order to Further Combat ‘Malicious’ Foreign Cyber Activities
President Donald Trump on his last full day in office issued an executive order aimed at the use of cloud computing products for malicious cyber operations against the United States. The order addresses the use of United States Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) products, a type of cloud computing, by foreign malicious cyber actors. “IaaS products provide…
Trump Issues Executive Order Preventing Career Bureaucrats From Having Final Word on Federal Rules
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 18 prohibiting career bureaucrats—rather than presidential appointees—from authorizing and having the final word on new federal regulations. “The President chooses Federal agency heads who exercise executive authority and implement his regulatory agenda. The American people, in electing the President, thereby have a role in choosing the…
Trump Orders Ban on Transactions With 8 Chinese Apps, Including Alipay
January 5, 2021
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President Donald Trump late Tuesday signed an executive order that bans transactions with eight Chinese connected software applications, including Ant Group’s Alipay. The order released by the White House bans transactions with people that develop or control Alipay, CamScanner, QQ Wallet, SHAREit, Tencent QQ, VMate, WeChat Pay, and WPS Office, as well as with their subsidiaries. Trump…
Treasury Under Fire for Trying to Soften Trump’s Ban on Chinese Securities
December 19, 2020
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WASHINGTON—A conflict within the Trump administration has come to light over how to implement the president’s new executive order that protects American investors from “malign” Chinese companies. Financial Times reported on Dec. 17 that the Treasury Department has attempted to “water down” the executive order that bans investment in companies with ties to China’s People’s Liberation Army…
Video: Facts Matter (Dec. 18): Insurrection Act of 1807 Explained
Will President Trump invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807? What would it look like if he did? And is it the same as Martial Law? The Supreme Court ruled that the federal government may remove illegal aliens from the 2020 Census count. Georgia is now conducting a state-wide signature audit of all mail-in votes. A hand recount…
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