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As if the Justice Department didn’t already have enough worries, President Trump sparked another conflict on Friday when he ordered the remaining 46 United States Attorneys held over from the Obama Administration to resign. Preet Bharara, the outspoken and aggressive U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, refused to do so and was fired, he says – which… Continue reading →

President Trump’s recent speeches have been free-wheeling – not to say rambling – affairs. On Tuesday, he will give his first address to a joint session of Congress, where legislators are hoping to be shown a roadmap for progress on tax reform and infrastructure investment. If Mr. Trump instead spends considerable time talking about his… Continue reading →

President Trump intends to issue new measures to improve America’s security this week, perhaps including a new immigration order to replace the one whose suspension was upheld by a federal appeals court last week. “We will be doing something very rapidly having to do with additional security for our country,” Mr. Trump said last week,… Continue reading →

The executive orders keep coming fast and furiously, with the latest directive instructing the Treasury and Labor Departments to undo a number of provisions for heightened regulatory scrutiny on the financial sector. Those came, of course, in the Dodd-Frank Act, the post-crisis response to the meltdown of the mortgage and financial markets in 2008. But… Continue reading →

Whew! And that was just week one. The new president launched a flotilla of executive orders, including a hotly debated immigration ban, played hardball with Mexico on trade, and talked with the leaders of Britain, Mexico, Russia, Germany, Japan, France and Australia. His “extreme vetting” order drew the Judicial Branch into the fray, while the… Continue reading →