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EXCLUSIVE: Trump Is Reversing Biden Policies. Why Is His Justice Department Still Defending Them?

FIRST ON DAILY SIGNAL — Federal agencies are continuing to defend some legal positions of the Biden administration, according to an analysis by two conservative groups.

Leaders of the groups Power The Future and Defend Forgotten America sent a letter Tuesday to President Donald Trump and Attorney General Todd Blanche calling for a comprehensive review of lawsuits involving regulations and legal positions adopted or defended by the Obama and Biden administrations.

The letter highlights several lawsuits involving energy, environmental, and health care regulation.

“Some agencies have yet to fully align their litigation positions expressly with the Administration’s announced policy. Others continue to defend inherited positions that warrant review under your directives,” says the letter, signed by Daniel Turner, executive director of Power The Future; Jenn Pellegrino, CEO of Defend Forgotten America, or DFA; and Ali Bartlett, the DFA counsel.

Among the biggest cases mentioned pertains to the Obama administration’s clean power plan, designed to spur a massive shift of energy production from coal and gas to wind and solar. The Supreme Court found the Environmental Protection Agency lacked........

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