Chuck Darwin<p>Trump moves to gut more agencies, targeting Voice of America, libraries, clean energy and National Monuments</p><p>Trump has signed an executive order seeking to eliminate several additional federal agencies, including one that oversees the federally funded media outlet <br>⭐️Voice of America (VOA), <br>🔥testing the limits of his authoritative power as he seeks to shrink the size and scope of the federal bureaucracy.<br>
One order signed Friday night calls for the agencies <br>— some of which are focused on <a href="https://c.im/tags/minority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minority</span></a> business enterprises, <a href="https://c.im/tags/museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>museum</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a> services and <a href="https://c.im/tags/homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelessness</span></a> prevention <br>— to “be eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.”<br>
It also instructs the heads of agencies to “reduce the performance of their statutory functions and associated personnel to the minimum presence and function required by law,” <br>and submit a report to the Office of Management and Budget director <a href="https://c.im/tags/Russell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russell</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Vought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vought</span></a> confirming full compliance within seven days.</p><p>A second executive order revoked 19 executive actions signed by President Joe Biden that promoted <a href="https://c.im/tags/clean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clean</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> and environmental goals. </p><p>The order terminates proclamations of <a href="https://c.im/tags/national" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>national</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/monuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monuments</span></a> created by Biden <br>and ends the use of the Defense Production Act to expand the U.S. manufacturing of clean energy technology<br> (including mandates for electric heat pumps and <a href="https://c.im/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/panels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>panels</span></a>), <br>among other Biden-era policies<br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/15/trump-voa-environment-executive-orders/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/15/trump-voa-environment-executive-orders/</span></a></p>