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Trump issues an executive order claiming more oversight of independent agencies like the FTC and FCC.

President Donald Trump asserted “Presidential supervision and control of the entire executive branch,” including independent regulatory agencies like the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission in an executive order issued Tuesday. The order commands “so-called independent agencies” to submit “significant regulatory actions” to the Executive Office of the President before they’re officially published, and have consultations with White House staff, even though their regulatory power is supposed to be protected from presidential control.

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