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President Donald Trump on Friday ordered federal agencies to begin identifying rules for elimination — a move he presented as part of his larger assault on regulations he said damage the economy.
Trump’s move may not have much immediate effect, but it continues an anti-regulatory push that began on the first day of his administration. The executive order he signed in the Oval Office Friday directs each federal agency to set up a “regulatory reform task force” to review an agency’s existing regulations and search for rules to repeal or modify. The task forces in particular will be directed to “focus on eliminating costly and unnecessary regulations,” according to a White House official.