Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Feb. 28, 2018

Trump directs EPA to begin dismantling clean water rule.
President Trump stepped up his attack on federal environmental protections Tuesday, issuing an order directing his administration to begin the long process of rolling back sweeping clean water rules that were enacted by his predecessor.

LAT: Trump administration begins roll back of EPA clean water rules

Friday, February 16, 2018

Feb. 16, 2018

Trump signs resolution to permit dumping mining waste into waterways.

This resolution reverses an Obama-era rule aimed at blocking coal-mining operations from dumping waste into nearby waterways.

Monday, February 12, 2018

Feb. 12, 2018

Trump's budget plan cuts funding for arts, humanities and public media.

President Trump's proposed budget calls for big cuts in a wide array of domestic programs — among them, agencies that fund the arts, humanities and public media.

Funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would be cut to zero under the proposal, and the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities would be eliminated entirely, the first time any president has proposed such a measure.

NPR: Trump's budget plan slashes arts, humanities funding

NYT: Trump proposes eliminating NEA endowments

The Hill • Trump proposal eliminates funding for PBS, NPR

Feb. 12, 2018

Trump wants to slash food stamps and replace them with a ‘Blue Apron-type program’

The Trump administration wants to slash food aid to low-income families and make up the difference with a box of canned goods — a change that Office of Management and budget director Mick Mulvaney described in a Monday briefing as a “Blue Apron-type program.”


“What we do is propose that for folks who are on food stamps, part — not all, part — of their benefits come in the actual sort of, and I don't want to steal somebody's copyright, but a Blue Apron-type program where you actually receive the food instead of receive the cash,” Mulvaney said. “It lowers the cost to us because we can buy [at wholesale prices] whereas they have to buy it at retail. It also makes sure they're getting nutritious food. So we're pretty excited about that.”

Let them eat "Blue Apron"

Feb. 12, 2018

The Trump administration aims to privatize the International Space Station.