Your regulations questions, answered

US President Donald Trump holds gold scissors as he prepares to cut a symbolic piece of red tape doing a discussion on deregulation in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, December 14, 2017. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

First we’re going to answer some of your questions about the stories we’ve brought you so far in this season. Then, because regulations have been in the news so much, we’re also wanted to give you some helpful context for what you’ve been hearing.

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