Donald Trump Ignores Federal Laws As He Moves To Reshape Washington
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The new president is taking statutes passed by Congress seriously, not literally.
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump unleashed a flurry of sweeping executive orders, proclamations and regulatory freezes during his first week in office aimed at reshaping the federal government and enacting his MAGA agenda.
And one thing the president isn’t letting get in the way of his mission: federal laws passed by Congress.
Over the weekend, Trump fired at least 17 inspectors general, whose job is to root out corruption in government agencies, without notifying Congress in advance as required by statute, a move critics denounced as a “chilling purge” that signals the president intends to replace them with his loyalists instead.
Several of Trump’s directives ordered government agencies to “pause” or withhold funds appropriated by Congress — including key climate investments, money for infrastructure projects and nearly all U.S. assistance to foreign nations — challenging the constitutional role of Congress and its power of the purse.
Moreover, Trump’s decision not to enforce a federal ban on the social media app TikTok and his administration eliminating a school safety board that was created in the wake of the Parkland shooting massacre added to the list of actions that appeared to flout acts of Congress.
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