The FBI was once known for taking down gangsters like Bonnie and Clyde. But in recent years, its targets have been more like the Boston Marathon bombers.

After the Sept. 11 attacks, then-Director Robert Mueller reorganized the bureau around national security and intelligence, with the top priority stopping another terrorist attack on American soil.

Now the Trump administration is changing that, as Trump-appointed FBI Director Kash Patel is moving to reorder the agency’s priorities with little input from Congress or the public.

Patel, who often refers to FBI agents as “cops” — a label they tend to shy away from — is taking steps to get the bureau more involved in investigating violent crime, even as he is carrying out a plan to dramatically slash the workforce.

Current and former FBI officials tell MSNBC the changes are coming at the expense of the FBI’s role protecting the U.S. from terrorists, hackers and spies — as well as its traditional missions of fighting white-collar fraud, public corruption and child sex crimes. If more agents are working on violent crime cases as their total number is being reduced, these officials say, there won’t be the manpower left to devote the same level of resources to national security and other threats. 

Read Ken Dilanian’s full analysis here.

Trump announced plans to sign an executive order that would attempt to limit vote-by-mail, although voting laws are administered by state and local governments. 

Here are some highlights of the president’s actions over the last seven days:

The news can feel overwhelming. But each week, we’re highlighting a person, organization or movement sticking up for their principles or their fellow Americans. This week’s challenger is Maryland Gov. Wes Moore.

After Trump hinted that he might send the National Guard to Baltimore, Gov. Wes Moore posted a video directly addressed to the president in which he noted that he’s the “commander in chief” of the state’s guard and would not deploy its members “for something that is not mission critical or mission aligned. Period!!” Moore, who served in the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, noted that he has “actually worn the uniform of this country,” criticizing Trump for not understanding the role of the National Guard. Learn more.

That’s how much prices surged for producers last month, the biggest monthly jump in three years, according to the Labor Department’s Producer Price Index (PPI), which measures the wholesale price that producers pay for goods. This matters because the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the more conventional measure of inflation we hear about more often, typically lags the PPI. That means there is a good chance the CPI will spike significantly in the months ahead as producers pass those increased wholesale prices onto consumers. This number could be the proverbial canary in a coal mine to keep an eye on. Learn more.