On Friday, the Trump administration will sign an executive order to dramatically scale back Dodd Frank,  the sweeping banking legislation put in place by the administration of President Barack Obama in response to the 2008 financial crisis. The Act, signed into law in 2010, has been called “a disaster” by Trump, reports Forbes.

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President Donald Trump used his address to the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday to say he would “totally destroy” the Johnson Amendment, a portion of the tax code in place since 1954 that restricts political activity by tax-exempt churches under threat of losing that status. He said rolling back the rule would “allow our representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear of retribution,” reports Politico.

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