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How Much Can Trump Really Do With His COVID Executive Actions?
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How Much Can Trump Really Do With His COVID Executive Actions?

Suspending penalties for late student loan payments is possible; unilaterally forbidding evictions is not. The rest is more complicated.
How Much Can Trump Really Do With His COVID Executive Actions?

As congressional talks to extend federal COVID relief dragged out last week, President Trump repeatedly threatened to take matters into his own hands. On Saturday, he made good on that threat—signing a string of presidential memoranda and executive orders intended to accomplish several priorities his administration had been pushing in the latest round of negotiations.

Andrew Egger is White House correspondent for The Bulwark. He previously covered politics for The Dispatch and The Weekly Standard.

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