In the latest blow to what was generally a functional government, President Donald Trump wants to eliminate the independent agency in charge of issuing recalls and protecting US citizens from harmful products. The Office of Management and Budget has suggested the responsibilities of the Consumer Product Safety Commission should be folded into “a nonexistent division within the Department of Health and Human Services,” according to a joint letter from lawmakers. And to seemingly start the process, Trump has fired the commission’s three Democratic members without cause,
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