How startups are scaling communication The pandemic is making startups take a close look at ramping up their communication solutions. Learn how Today, civil rights groups — including the NAACP Legal Defense Fund — filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on the grounds that a Trump executive order violates …
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Nicole Glass Photography / Shutterstock.com Following weeks of impasse in Congress over continuing coronavirus-related financial aid, President Donald Trump took several executive actions on Saturday. The three new executive memoranda and a new executive order issued over the weekend cover a variety of relief measures, including continuing — but reducing …
Read More »Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Signs Executive Orders for Economic Relief
Here’s what you need to know: At 5 million cases, the U.S. has passed another coronavirus milestone. With Congress at an impasse, Trump signs actions for another round of economic aid. Universities make reopening plans, and parents see tough choices no matter what. Motorcycles fill the streets of Sturgis, S.D., …
Read More »Coronavirus Live Updates: As U.S. Stimulus Talks Near Collapse, Trump Eyes Executive Orders
Here’s what you need to know: As the U.S. stimulus talks falter again, Trump’s advisers say they would tell him to act on his own. Cuomo says N.Y. schools can reopen in-person but leaves it up to districts to determine if, when and how. The U.S. economy added jobs last …
Read More »Trump signs executive order attacking Section 230 legal protections for Facebook and Twitter
(Reuters) — President Donald Trump said he will introduce legislation that may scrap or weaken a law that has long protected internet companies, including Twitter and Facebook, an extraordinary attempt to intervene in the media that experts said was unlikely to survive legal scrutiny. Trump signed an executive order on …
Read More »Chemical Industry Executive Nominated to Lead Consumer Watchdog Agency
WASHINGTON — President Trump has tapped Nancy B. Beck, a former chemical industry executive, to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission, an independent federal agency charged with protecting the public against dangers like toxic substances in products. Dr. Beck previously led the Environmental Protection Agency’s office of chemical safety, a …
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