EPA announces policy rollback and Mahmoud Khalil deportation threat: Morning Rundown
Trump’s recession talk puts Republicans in awkward spot. Environmental protection rollbacks. Palestinian activist faces deportation. Affordable backyard eggs.
Donald Trump’s recession talk is putting Republicans in an awkward position. The EPA plans to roll back some of its core environmental policies. And people raising backyard chickens suddenly find their eggs in high demand.
Here’s what to know today.
President Donald Trump's full-speed-ahead approach has led to tariffs on U.S. friends and foes alike, as well as deep cuts to federal government jobs, grants and contracts. As concerns about the economy become more acute, Republicans have been thrust into the awkward position of explaining why a president who promised to boost the economy simply by winning the election is now injecting the economic uncertainty himself.
"This was always part of the plan," Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said this week on Fox News. Newly elected Sen. Tim Sheehy of Montana also expressed his support of economic moves and predicted "one of the strongest economies in a generation," albeit with some "temporary disruptions."
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