The Trump administration is mandating that any studies or data from scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency undergo review by political appointees before they can be released to the public. It said scientific studies should eventually be communicated to the public, the media and Congress ?uncompromised by political or other interference?. The EPA?s 14-page scientific integrity document, enacted during the Obama administration, describes how scientific studies were to be conducted and reviewed in the agency. Former EPA staffers said on Wednesday the restrictions imposed under Trump far exceed the practices of past administrations. ?Scientific studies would be reviewed at the level of a branch or a division or laboratory,? said Gray, now professor of public health at George Washington University.

For an administration that aspires to an America First foreign policy, moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem puts America`s interests last, not at the head of the line. Rarely, though, has an incoming administration seemed so serious about acting on its campaign pledge. He has nominated an ambassador who already has personally endorsed the move -- and written into the statement announcing his appointment that he was looking forward to representing the US from a Jerusalem embassy. The Trump administration`s motives for raising the controversial Jerusalem issue now are varied. (CNN) Sean Spicer`s cautious comments at the White House press briefing on moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem suggest that the incoming Trump administration is taking its time considering whether to make good on the President`s campaign promise.

Jordanian militants embracing Islamic State ideology killed at least 10 people in an attack in the southern city of Karak last December. A meeting was expected to be arranged with Trump, one official said, but there was no official confirmation. The kingdom is among the few Arab states that have taken part in a U.S-led air campaign against Islamic State militants holding territory in Iraq and Syria. "Abdullah had accused the Obama administration of failing to act decisively and leaving Moscow to fill the vacuum. AMMAN Jordan`s King Abdullah will hold talks with U.S. President Donald Trump`s administration in Washington on Monday on how to bolster the kingdom`s domestic security amid the growing risk of Islamic State militant attacks, officials and diplomats said.