The Latest: Trump to order review of Obama rule on waterways

In this Feb. 27, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump speaks to a meeting of the National Governors Association at the White House in Washington. A presidential address to Congress is always part policy speech, part political theater. With Trump, a former reality TV star, there’s extra potential for drama as he makes his first address to Congress. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) In this Feb. 27, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump speaks to a meeting of the National Governors Association at the White House in Washington. A presidential address to Congress is always part policy speech, part political theater. With Trump, a former reality TV star, there’s extra potential for drama as he makes his first address to Congress. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

By Associated Press February 28, 2017 2 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):

5:00 a.m.

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday mandating a review of an Obama-era rule aimed at protecting small streams and wetlands from development and pollution.

A senior White House official says the order will instruct the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers to review a rule that redefined “waters of the United States” protected under the Clean Water Act to include smaller creeks and wetlands.

The official briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity, despite the president’s recent complaints about unnamed sources.