<p>President Donald Trump&#39;s sweeping agenda since his return to office has affected Long Islanders in many ways,&nbsp;from the tax cuts in his &quot;Big, Beautiful Bill&quot; to cuts in safety net programs and stepped up efforts to oust undocumented people.</p>

<p>The Environmental Protection Agency &mdash; led by Long Island native Lee Zeldin &mdash; recently repealed an Obama-era legal finding that has been used for 17 years to regulate and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>Here&rsquo;s more of what Trump is doing on a range of issues that affect Long Island:</p>


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<p>More people are falling behind on paying their bills to keep on the lights and heat their homes, according to an analysis of consumer data — a warning sign for the U.S. economy and another political headache for President Donald Trump. Since Trump's election, here's how stocks of Long Island companies have fared:</p> 
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<p>New York and a dozen other Democrat-led states are part of a federal funding review ordered by the White House’s budget office, as President Donald Trump vows to block the flow of funds to states&nbsp;that do not fully cooperate with his immigration crackdown.</p> 
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<p>Long Island Reps. Nick LaLota and Andrew Garbarino were among 17 Republicans who broke with their party to join House Democrats to pass a three-year extension of the just-expired Affordable Care Act subsidies.&nbsp;Both said they do not believe the Democratic bill will win Senate approval as written. But, by advancing the measure to that chamber, they said, the process of forging a bipartisan compromise will hopefully begin.</p> 
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<p>A federal judge ruled&nbsp;that the Trump administration acted illegally when it canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy grants for projects in states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.&nbsp;The grants supported hundreds of clean energy projects in 16 states.</p> 
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<p>President Donald Trump has launched a blitz of executive orders that have slashed federal agencies, disrupted foreign alliances, ramped up deportations and rolled out a tariff agenda that has rattled global markets.</p> 
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<p>President Donald Trump has assembled a council to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which since 1979 has helped New York and other states cope with natural disasters and man-made emergencies. Decisions are to be finalized by late March.</p> 
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<p>The U.S. Department of Education found that the Connetquot school district violated civil rights law when it agreed to rebrand as the "T-Birds" to comply with the state's ban on Native American mascots and other imagery in public schools.</p> 
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<p>The Environmental Protection Agency — led by Long Island native Lee Zeldin — repealed an Obama-era legal finding that has been used for 17 years to regulate and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.</p> 
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<p>President Donald Trump signed an executive order that could give millions of Americans saving for retirement through 401(k) accounts the option of putting their money in higher-risk private equity and cryptocurrency investments.&nbsp;Federal agencies would need to rewrite rules and regulations to allow the expanded choices, and that would take months or more to complete.</p> 
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<p>Public radio and television stations with a vast Long Island audience say they are facing significant funding gaps and assessing ways to move forward after the Republican-led Congress' approval of more than $1 billion in cuts targeting NPR and PBS.</p> 
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<p>The Trump administration must free up more than $200 million in funding it has withheld from the Gateway Tunnel Project, after an appellate court declined to override a lower-court ruling mandating the money’s release.</p> 
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<p>New York politicians defiantly raised a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument amid a boisterous, cheering crowd, rebuking the Trump administration for removing the well-known symbol of pride from the LGBTQ+ landmark.</p> 
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<p>Several Long Islanders were among more than 1,000 Jan.6 defendants President Donald Trump pardoned hours after he was sworn in for a second term.</p> 
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