The Trump administration’s gag orders on federal employees at some government agencies appear to violate federal law. Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Frank Pallone, Jr., Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, sent a letter to the White House today, asking the administration to “take immediate action” to remedy the orders that sought to limit federal employees’ external communications.

News on the communication blackout broke on Tuesday, when several memos shared with the media showed that the Trump administration blocked scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of…

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