Secretary of State Antony Blinken removed the terrorist designation from the Iranian-terrorist-funded Houthis in Yemen.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken removed the terrorist designation from the Iranian-terrorist-funded Houthis in Yemen.
President Biden repealed the Trump executive order expanding industry-recognized apprenticeships and expanded government-overseen apprenticeships. This step was taken because industry-recognized apprenticeships explicitly are not government-overseen and may not pay on union wage scales.
Secretary of State Blinken released a joint statement with the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom expressing a desire to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal (the “JCPOA”), even while recognizing that Iran is taking steps toward developing nuclear weapons.
The US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) withdrew pending legal actions in Connecticut and Idaho that had been brought to support women athletes by banning biological males from competing in biological females’ sports competitions.
President Biden revoked the Trump executive order promoting beautiful federal civil architecture.
President Biden revoked a Trump executive order that directed secretaries of multiple federal agencies to conduct reviews of federal assistance programs in order to determine whether adding work requirements would help achieve program objectives.
President Biden revoked a Trump executive order that prohibited career staff at federal agencies from making new regulations without the approval of political appointees. The Biden order significantly hampers democratic accountability in agency rulemaking, increasing the influence of career officials over rules which govern the daily lives of Americans.
President Biden signed an executive order in order to revoke multiple presidential actions from the Trump-Pence administration. The Biden order unwound the Trump-Pence administration’s attempt to rein in and bring accountability to the Dodd-Frank financial regulation law. It also revoked the Trump memos prohibiting collective bargaining by Defense Department staff and calling for the withholding of certain federal funds from cities that permit anarchy, violence, and destruction. The Biden order restored regulatory barriers for private-sector workers returning to work during COVID and restored the ability of career staff at federal agencies to make new regulations without the approval of political appointees.
President Biden revoked the Trump proclamation that temporarily prohibited entry into the U.S. of foreigners during COVID who would present a risk to American jobs. The purpose of the Trump proclamation was to protect the United States labor market during the American economic recovery—the Biden action reverses these protections.
President Biden committed to protect Saudi Arabia from Iranian-aligned groups, while his administration continued to embolden these very groups by de-listing them from terrorist rosters and calling for a return to the Iranian nuclear deal.