Trump’s Second War on Regulation May Tie Up EPA in Red Tape

President Donald Trump declared war on regulations in his first term, ordering that for every new rule issued two others had to be eliminated.

And even as Trump celebrated “slashing a record number of job-killing regulations” in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, he’s readying a second campaign: limiting the power of federal regulators such as the Environmental Protection Agencyand the Securities and Exchange Commission to go after companies accused of wrongdoing. The White House calls it an effort to protect citizens from unjust government actions, but critics say it would dilute safeguards for workers, investors and ...