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President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order intended to reverse many of his predecessor’s efforts to curb global warming. Trump, who has called global warming a “hoax,” said he wants to create energy jobs.
The one area where Trump has kept his campaign promises has been rolling back environmental regulations, the Globe’s James Pindell writes in his “Ground Game” analysis.
Who’s paying for that border wall? Not Mexico. At least not yet. Trump is calling for budget cuts of $18 billion from programs including medical research, infrastructure and community grants to raise the down payment for his wall along the border.
The Trump administration sought to block former acting attorney general Sally Yates from testifying before the House committee looking into contacts between Trump’s campaign and Russia, the Washington Post reported. A White House spokesman called the report “100 percent false.”
Trump’s proposal to cut US foreign aid comes as the world’s largest humanitarian crisis has been declared in three African countries on the verge of famine. Nearly 16 million people are at risk of dying, in Nigeria, Somalia, and South Sudan.
Trump has proposed eliminating the US Interagency Council on Homelessness. Nonprofits and local officials are worried that efforts to house homeless veterans could suffer.
Trump press secretary Sean Spicer had a tense exchange in the last five minutes of Tuesday’s media briefing with reporter April Ryan. Go to about 51:20 on this video. “At some point, report the facts,” Spicer lectured Ryan as he denied there was collusion between Trump associates and Russia. Spicer also clashed with other reporters on the story about Sally Yates.
Just days after a bruising defeat of the bill in the House, Speaker Paul Ryan says he hasn’t given up on passing a measure replacing the Affordable Care Act, known informally as Obamacare. ‘‘We are going to keep getting at this thing,’’ Ryan told Republican donors.
Trump has been more restrained on Twitter recently. But on Monday night he tweeted out grievances against the conservative Republicans in the House who prevented passage of the health care bill. He also took aim at the lingering questions about his campaign’s ties to Russia, the Globe’s Jaclyn Reiss reports.
A poll has found that Trump’s approval rating has fallen to a new low — 36 percent — in the wake of the failure to pass the health care bill, the Globe’s Matt Rocheleau reports.
Is Devin Nunes, the chairman of the House intelligence committee, too close to Trump? Top House Democrats think so — and they called for him to recuse himself from the panel’s probe into Trump campaign contacts with Russia.
Officials in several Massachusetts “sanctuary cities” were defiant Monday after the Trump administration repeated threats that it might withhold federal funds from municipalities that don’t cooperate with immigration authorities, the Globe’s Maria Cramer reports.
Today’s schedule
The big item on Trump’s schedule was the 2 p.m. signing of what the administration calls the “Energy Independence Executive Order,” which was intended to roll back Obama’s plan to combat global warming.
Trump was also slated to host a listening session with the Fraternal Order of Police and meet with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly. In the evening, Trump he was scheduled to host a reception for senators and their spouses.
What’s he been tweeting?
Trump exuberantly tweeted Tuesday morning about a “big announcement by Ford.”
Later, he promoted a segment on the Fox show “Fox & Friends,” and then retweeted a column from the New York Post that was critical of the New York Times. Trump added his own note criticizing the “failing” Times.
On Monday night, the Republican president blasted out a series of tweets trying to turn the focus of Russia questions to his election opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton.
He called the “Trump Russia story” a “hoax,” even though FBI Director James Comey confirmed last week in a congressional hearing that his agency is investigating Trump-Russia ties.
Trump also reassured people over the health care bill failure, saying, “Do not worry, we are in very good shape!”
A funny picture
It was probably not the best photo opp. Trump signed bills to roll back regulations Monday at a very small desk.
More headlines
Congressional Republicans pointed fingers after the health care bill failure, which has raised questions about whether they will be able to achieve their other goals this year.
US Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts called on state business leaders to get more involved in the political fight against Trump. The Democrat warned that Trump’s agenda will harm New England, the Globe’s Laura Krantz reports.
Call it a double dose. Warren will join Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont for a political rally in Boston Friday night that will bring the nation’s leading progressives under one roof, the Globe’s James Pindell reports.
ICYMI
Trump’s weekly address, released on Saturday after the GOP’s embarrassing setback on the health care bill, focused on something entirely different. It was a paean to American space exploration.