President Donald Trump overturned an Obama-era anti-corruptionrule that would have forced oil, gas and mining companies todisclose payments to foreign governments, becoming the firstpresident in 16 years to take advantage of a law that allows him torescind a predecessor's regulations.

Last Tuesday, Trump signed a congressional resolution to repeala Securities and Exchange Commission disclosure rule that wascalled for in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act. It's likely just the start:Congress is considering a number of other measures, including onesto overturn Obama administration rules protecting streams frommountaintop mining and preventing people with serious mental-healthproblems from buying guns.

“This is one of many,” Trump told reporters at a signingceremony. “We have many more left. And we're bringing back jobs bigleague.”

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