Trump Signs Order to Strengthen US Child Welfare System

Trump Signs Order to Strengthen US Child Welfare System
President Donald Trump delivers the commencement address at the 2020 U.S. Military Academy Graduation Ceremony at West Point, N.Y., on June 13, 2020. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images
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NEW YORK—President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at strengthening child-welfare programs nationwide.

It comes as child-protection agencies across the United States struggle with effects related to the coronavirus pandemic.