Tag: Trump
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How to be legally prepared for Trump 2.0
Listen to the article 7 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. This feature is a part of “The Dotted Line” series, which takes an in-depth look at the complex legal landscape of the construction industry. To view the entire series, click here. Just a week into his second administration,…
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Trump orders agencies to target private-sector DEI
Dive Brief: The White House published an executive order Tuesday that directs the heads of agencies, in cooperation with the attorney general, to submit a report by May 21 with recommendations to “encourage the private sector to end illegal discrimination and preferences, including DEI.” Per the order, the report should include key sectors of concern…
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Trump orders NEPA changes, faster energy project permits
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. President Donald Trump took steps Monday to cut back the White House’s National Environmental Policy Act rulemaking powers and to speed up permits for energy infrastructure projects powered by oil, gas, nuclear, coal, hydropower and biofuel, as…
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Trump orders GSA to advance ‘beautiful’ federal buildings
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. On his first day, President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders to immediately carry out his agenda. Many — such as ending birthright citizenship — were greeted with mixed reactions, including pushback and legal challenges,…
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Trump rescinds Biden executive order in AI regulatory overhaul
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: President Donald Trump kept his campaign promise to repeal former President Joe Biden’s AI-focused executive order, issued in October 2023. The executive order required advanced AI developers to submit safety results to the federal government. The…
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Trump takes action around energy, immigration, tariffs
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders on his first day in office Monday, many of them with repercussions for the construction industry. The actions embody a shift in federal priorities around critical issues like…
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5 ways builders say Trump can support construction
Listen to the article 7 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Construction executives will be watching how President Donald Trump’s second administration plans to handle certain industry challenges that have plagued progress for some time. To support construction growth, the Associated General Contractors of America recently outlined five…
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What to expect as Trump takes office
As President-elect Donald Trump is set to be sworn in next week, industry leaders wait with both optimism and concern to see how his second term in the White House will impact construction. There are a host of actions for builders to follow. From an expected loosening of regulations and more oil and gas work…
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Trump names former EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling deputy labor secretary
Dive Brief: President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Keith Sonderling to serve as the new deputy labor secretary, he announced via a post Wednesday on Truth Social. In the new role, Sonderling, a Republican former commissioner on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission whose term ended in August, would hold the No. 2 spot at the…
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5 ways Trump could impact infrastructure construction in 2025
Listen to the article 8 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A slew of changes are coming under the Trump administration for infrastructure builders working in the U.S. Despite anxiety around his tariff and mass deportation promises, the construction industry is optimistic about the return of a fellow…