Highlights: The Trump presidency on March 1 at 5:05 p.m. EST
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(Reuters) - Highlights of the day for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday:
TRAVEL BAN
Vice President Mike Pence says Trump plans to finalize a new order limiting travel to the United States in the coming days, after federal courts blocked the administration's earlier travel ban. A new Trump executive order limiting travel to the United States will probably be worded to undercut the opportunity for opponents to sue by showing courts they have "standing."
ADDRESS TO CONGRESS
Trump shows a different side in his first address to Congress: part dealmaker, part salesman, asking for unity, not so combative and trying to repackage his populist message in more palatable terms.
ENVIRONMENT
Trump will target a handful of Obama-era green regulations, including a federal coal mining ban and an initiative forcing states to cut carbon emissions, in an executive order as soon as next week, a White House official tells Reuters.
HEALTHCARE
Trump backs the use of tax credits to help people purchase health insurance in his speech to Congress, the first time he has signaled support for a key component of House Republican proposals to replace Obamacare.
UNITED NATIONS
The Trump administration is reviewing its participation in the U.N. Human Rights Council with an eye to reform and a balanced agenda that ends the forum's "obsession with Israel," a senior U.S. official says. Administration officials will meet for the first time with the chief of the U.N. atomic watchdog on Iran's nuclear deal, which Trump has branded "the worst deal ever negotiated."
CABINET
The Senate confirms Trump's pick to head the Interior Department, Representative Ryan Zinke, as the White House seeks to increase fossil fuel production from federal lands.
MARKETS
The Dow blasts through the 21,000 mark for the first time after Trump's measured tone in his first speech to Congress lifted optimism and investors viewed a looming interest rate hike as a glass half full.
SECURITY
The Trump administration does not want to reform an internet surveillance law to address privacy concerns, a White House official tells Reuters, saying it is needed to protect national security.
ETHICS
The White House tells a government watchdog agency that Kellyanne Conway, a senior Trump aide, acted "inadvertently" when she publicly endorsed the clothing and jewelry line of Trump's daughter, Ivanka, according to a letter from the administration. (Compiled by Bill Trott and Jonathan Oatis; Editing by James Dalgleish)
