At times this week, it seemed like American politics was on fire: Sexual harassment allegations began bringing down big-name members of Congress, while President Donald Trump threw his full backing behind accused harasser Roy Moore for Alabama’s Senate seat and also stirred global controversy by declaring the U.S. Embassy in Israel would move to Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Congress moved closer to passing its sweeping, quickly-written tax bill.

For all the hullabaloo, Moore’s fate still rests in Alabama voters’ hands, and the Israel move would take months, if not years, to translate into a new physical embassy in Jerusalem. Meanwhile, however, the Trump administration’s ground-level policy changes continued apace, out of the headlines, from withdrawing from a major international agreement on migration to the repeal of Obama-era rules on wages and methane leaks. Here are five ways Trump changed policy this week:

1. DOL rolls back Obama-era rule on tipped wages

In 2011, Obama’s Department of Labor issued a new rule to protect workers who rely heavily on tips: It prohibited companies from pooling the tips of their workers and dispersing them to other staff. The idea was to prevent employers from pocketing the tips themselves, but critics said it created a gap between tipped and nontipped workers.

This week, the Trump administration issued a rule to repeal pieces of the 2011 rule, allowing tip pooling among workers who make at least the minimum wage, which the DOL says will allow employers to more fairly treat tipped and nontipped workers. Workers who make the special sub-minimum wage for tipped employees would still be protected. Labor advocates were very critical of the proposed rollback, saying it would effectively sanction wage theft, allowing employers to collect tips that are rightfully owed to tipped workers. The plan so far is just a proposal; the public has 30 days to comment on it.

2. DOJ starts the process to—maybe—regulate bump stocks

After a gunman killed 58 people in Las Vegas in October, Democrats and Republicans appeared to be nearing an agreement on a ban on “bump stocks,” a gun modification that enables rapid-fire shooting, and which was used by the Vegas shooter to turn his rifles into something close to an automatic weapon. Many lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agreed that the devices should be illegal, but talks broke down after Republicans said that a new law wasn’t needed because the Department of Justice could just reinterpret the existing ban on the possession of machine guns to include bump stocks.

This week, the DOJ took the first step in that process, announcing that it has drafted an “advanced notice of proposed rulemaking” to give the public and industry an opportunity to comment on a potential new interpretation of the underlying law. “Today we begin the process of determining whether or not bump stocks are covered by this prohibition,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement. Democrats were sharply critical of the announcement, saying that it was simply a delaying tactic and that the DOJ doesn’t have the authority to ban bump stocks. “Legislation is the only answer and Congress should not attempt to pass the buck by waiting for the ATF,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein. More than two months after the Las Vegas shooting, the sides remain no closer to agreement.

3. U.S. ends participation in global compact on migration

Faced with rising numbers of migrants across the globe, from Syrians fleeing civil war to Europe to Guatemalan children entering the United States, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution in September 2016 that would create a new global compact on migration, promising to stop gender-based violence and improve educational opportunities for migrants, among other commitments. Human rights groups hailed the agreement, set to be formally adopted in 2018, as a promising effort to find a humane and fair way for countries to deal with the rising flow of refugees.

But on Sunday, the United States withdrew from the compact, saying that it infringed on U.S. sovereignty. Trump officials defended the withdrawal as necessary to protect America’s borders. “We simply cannot in good faith support a process that could undermine the sovereign right of the United States to enforce our immigration laws and secure our borders,” said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. But diplomats and human rights groups slammed the move, saying it represented an abdication of the U.S.’ international responsibilities that would further degrade its global standing.

4. USDA signals major policy shift on food stamps

Should food stamp recipients be required to pass a drug test to receive their benefits? Under Obama, Republican states repeatedly requested permission to impose stricter eligibility requirements on food stamp recipients, which they said would help increase self-sufficiency and improve the integrity of the program. Those proposals were rejected by the Department of Agriculture, which said requirements like drug testing wouldn’t help recipients get back to work.

But with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue now in office, those proposals are set to receive a much warmer hearing. This week, USDA released a two-page letter—dated Nov. 30—that informed state commissioners that it “will allow greater state flexibility” in their food stamp programs. The letter pinpointed three specific areas—self-sufficiency, integrity and customer service—where the agency will likely be receptive to state-level experimentation, an indication to many experts that previously rejected GOP proposals will now be approved. In fact, this week, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker announced that he has submitted to USDA a proposal to drug test food stamp recipients.

The exact policy implications of the vaguely worded letter are unclear. “You can expect more communication soon on policy that shifts our focus toward these three critical areas,” the letter read, referring to the three new USDA priorities. But it’s clear that a new era of conservative policy in the food stamps program has arrived.

5. BLM finalizes delay on methane waste rule

In November 2016, shortly after Trump’s election, the Bureau of Land Management issued a rule to regulate methane leaks from new oil and gas wells, tightening up the equirements on companies operating on public lands. It was one of the Obama administration’s final efforts to combat climate change but it was hated by industry groups who said it was unnecessarily burdensome: companies already have an incentive to reduce methane leaks, they argued, because leaking gas hurts their bottom lines. The rule took effect on Jan. 17, just before Trump’s inauguration, giving environmentalists hope that it wouldn’t be rolled back.

Those hopes were short-lived. This week, BLM delayed until Jan. 17, 2019, major pieces of the Obama-era regulation, effectively negating the rule and giving the agency time to repeal or rewrite it altogether. The delay wasn’t exactly a surprise: In June, the Trump administration attempted to delay key compliance dates for the Obama-era rule, effectively pushing back when companies must actually adjust their operational practices to avoid penalties, but a judge ruled in October that BLM’s delay violated procedural rules. The new delay, issued after a full rule-making process, is likely on sounder procedural ground.

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