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President Trump signed an executive order calling for a review of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulations
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President Trump an executive order calling for a review and eventual changes to the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulations signed by former President Obama in 2010 in response to the financial crisis. The Treasury Department against 25 individuals and businesses connected to Iran’s ballistic missile program after the country’s test launch of a missile last weekend. The U.S. Betsy DeVos, Trump’s nominee for education secretary, for a final vote on her confirmation next week. The State Department that 60,000 visas were revoked by Trump’s executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries. The U.S. 227,000 jobs in January, and the unemployment rate increased slightly from 4.7 percent to 4.8 percent.

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