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President Donald Trump will sign an executive order directing the Department of Justice to pause enforcing a nearly half-century-old law that prohibits American companies and foreign firms from bribing officials of foreign governments to obtain or retain business.

Trump to Pause Enforcement of Law Banning Bribery of Foreign Officials

"No. It's not good enough. Something has to happen. It's unsustainable, and I'm changing it," he said after being asked if more has to happen in 30 days on Fox News Sunday.

Trump Tariffs: Canada’s and Mexico’s Responses ‘Not Good Enough’

The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down an agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 financial crisis and subprime mortgage-lending scandal.

Trump Administration Orders Consumer Protection Agency to Stop Work, Closes Building

President Donald Trump on Monday said he had ordered the firings of the boards of visitors for all of the U.S. military’s service academies, the outside advisory panels that help oversee academic programs and student life, saying that the government’s training grounds for military officers had been invaded by so-called “woke” ideology.

Trump Fires Boards of U.S. Military Service Academies

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Once again, CFPB has bipartisan support across Democrats and Republicans, it has returned over $20bn back to consumers from scamming corporations on a less than $1bn yearly budget, I can't wait to see folk suddenly defend this decision and act like they were never in favour of it to begin with, Lol. Little bit of (maybe, who knows) waste makes it totally worth gutting the whole thing.

Funnily one of CFPB's targets were Coinbase, a favourite of Musk, Lol.

I was waiting for him to target military, that will surely help recruitment numbers and his popularity, Lol. 

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 10 February 2025