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Gag Orders: Trump wants agencies to zip it

David Goldman / AP

Trump has banned employees of the EPA from providing updates on social media or to reporters, and has frozen its grant programs. HHS, Commerce and USDA have also reportedly been told to cease communications with members of Congress and the press.

The list of no-go topics at the EPA, which appears to have the blunt of the blow thus far:

  • Social media
  • Blogging
  • Press releases to media
  • Speaking engagements
  • Listservs

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Alphabet is shutting down Loon, one of its "moonshots," which aimed to deliver internet service via high-altitude balloons.

Why it matters: The effort was one of several approaches designed to get high-speed connectivity to some of the world's most remote spots and proved useful in the aftermath of disasters that shut down traditional infrastructure.

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What has and hasn't changed as Biden takes over U.S. foreign policy

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President Biden swiftly recommitted the U.S. to the Paris climate pact and the World Health Organization, but America's broader foreign policy is in a state of flux between the Trump and Biden eras.

Driving the news: One of the most striking moves from the Biden administration thus far was a show of continuity — concurring with the Trump administration's last-minute determination that China had committed "genocide" against Uyghur Muslims.

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