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Trump signs executive order to speed up deepsea mining permits
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at boosting the deepsea mining industry, marking his latest attempt to boost U.S. access to nickel, copper and other critical minerals used widely across the economy. The order, which Trump signed in private, seeks to jumpstart the mining of both U.S. and international waters as part of a push to offset China’s sweeping control of the critical minerals industry. Reuters first reported last month that the order was under deliberation. Parts of the Pacific Ocean and elsewhere are estimatedRead more
This land is not your land: Trump moves to limit access to U.S. citizenship
For generations, people who have lived and worked in the United States have assumed that if they wind up having a child there, that child will have the right to citizenship, which comes with official documents and government ID. That may soon change. U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on his first day in office that stunned immigration watchers in its scope. Everyone expected him to try ending birthright citizenship for the children of people who entered the U.S. illegally, undoing over 125 years of accepted constitutional law. ButRead more