Trump orders tariffs on all 60 economies in the forced labor case
A July 23 memorandum directs the United States Trade Representative to put tariffs on goods from all 60 economies investigated over forced labor imports. Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom are set at 10 percent, most of the rest at 12.5 percent. Six economies banned forced labor goods only after the June finding, India among them, and drew 10 percent anyway. The memorandum exempts products listed in an annex that was not published with it, so the effect on any single product is not yet clear.
Trump orders signs on the sidewalks outside a Smithsonian museum
Executive Order 14416 tells the National Park Service to post signs on the sidewalks outside the National Museum of American History, telling visitors what a Domestic Policy Council report found. A second directive covers temporary exhibits correcting inaccurate information inside. The order is limited to available appropriations and creates no enforceable right.
Homeland Security hands public charge judgment back to its officers
A final rule effective September 18 rescinds the 2022 regulations and restores broader discretion for officers judging whether an immigrant is likely to become a public charge. It strikes the regulatory definitions and the framework officers had to follow. The department says the old rule confined officers to seven factors when the statute lets them weigh anything relevant.
Defense Department drops disparate impact from its civil rights rules
A rule effective July 24 strips disparate impact liability out of the Defense Department's civil rights regulations. An organization taking department money can be found in violation only for intentional discrimination, and only under these rules. Other statutes and other agencies are untouched, and the department says it would have made the change without the President's executive order.
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