The Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions was released by the OIRA over the weekend. It lists the updated rulemaking actions each federal agency has undertaken or completed since the last Agenda. President Trump has been dismantling the federal government at a pace that far surpasses anything the nation has seen before. Some agencies have few proposed or final rules to report, while others have many.
Donald Trump's DOJ has been rubber-stamping mergers at the expense of antitrust law. Donald Trump promised to cut your electric bill in half, but he's spending your tax dollars to guarantee it goes up. Trump refused to sign the biggest housing bill in a generation to throw a childish tantrum.
Trump's Justice Department is moving to scuttle lawsuits and investigations for a string of proposed corporate mergers, which experts fear could raise prices for consumers for years to come. The two mergers that DOJ leaders are ramming through include two low-cost Mexican air carriers, Viva Aerobus and Volaris, and the proposed merger of the Italian firm Saipem and U.K. firm Subsea7. In a third case, Trump appointees blocked the antitrust division from plans to sue to prevent another corporate transaction, aerospace giant TransDigm.
In the age of AI, energy is king. Every major economy is investing in data centers and computing infrastructure that consume a lot of electricity. The Obama administration issued an endangerment finding for greenhouse gases in 2009. It became the legal foundation for the next decade’s war on coal-fired powered generation and some of the most aggressive federal restrictions ever imposed on America's power sector. President Donald Trump should rescind the federal power-plant regulations established under the 2009 finding. In February, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin rescinded similar regulations related to vehicle emissions.
The Trump administration recast how threatened species should be considered in environmental actions by removing regulatory language to protect wildlife habitats. The Interior Department removed the definition of “harm’ under the Endangered Species Act. Environmentalists call the change the biggest attack on the ESA in decades.
The Trump administration finalized a rule that changes how agencies enforce the Endangered Species Act. The change would allow oil and gas drilling, mining, logging and other development on critical wildlife habitats so long as the animals themselves aren't killed or injured. Environmentalists warned the move could cause some species to go extinct.
Chris Mufarrige is the director of the Federal Trade Commission’s consumer protection bureau. Since taking the job in early 2025, he has settled with Amazon, StubHub, Instacart, and others on deceptive subscriptions and pricing. This week, the FTC joined five states to force Deere & Co. to allow farmers to repair tractors and other equipment. The agency has cut 287 employees overall since the end of 2024.
The Trump administration reversed decades of longstanding environmental law protecting endangered species on Friday. The change redefines what constitutes "harm" to endangered species and habitats under the 1973 Endangered Species Act. Environmental groups decry the move and say they will challenge it in court imminently.
There are some who believe that Republican administrations do not prioritise the enforcement of US environmental laws. This narrative is at odds with the actions of the EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), especially regarding the import of chemicals subject to TSCA. The Trump administration has demonstrated a persistent commitment to enforcing TSCAs and FIFRA against chemical importers with renewed vigour. A recent example is the administrative complaint against Wego Chemical Group.
The Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions was released by the OIRA over the weekend. It lists the updated rulemaking actions each federal agency has undertaken or completed since the last Agenda. President Trump has been dismantling the federal government at a pace that far surpasses anything the nation has seen before. Some agencies have few proposed or final rules to report, while others have many.
Donald Trump's DOJ has been rubber-stamping mergers at the expense of antitrust law. Donald Trump promised to cut your electric bill in half, but he's spending your tax dollars to guarantee it goes up. Trump refused to sign the biggest housing bill in a generation to throw a childish tantrum.
Trump's Justice Department is moving to scuttle lawsuits and investigations for a string of proposed corporate mergers, which experts fear could raise prices for consumers for years to come. The two mergers that DOJ leaders are ramming through include two low-cost Mexican air carriers, Viva Aerobus and Volaris, and the proposed merger of the Italian firm Saipem and U.K. firm Subsea7. In a third case, Trump appointees blocked the antitrust division from plans to sue to prevent another corporate transaction, aerospace giant TransDigm.
In the age of AI, energy is king. Every major economy is investing in data centers and computing infrastructure that consume a lot of electricity. The Obama administration issued an endangerment finding for greenhouse gases in 2009. It became the legal foundation for the next decade’s war on coal-fired powered generation and some of the most aggressive federal restrictions ever imposed on America's power sector. President Donald Trump should rescind the federal power-plant regulations established under the 2009 finding. In February, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin rescinded similar regulations related to vehicle emissions.
The Trump administration recast how threatened species should be considered in environmental actions by removing regulatory language to protect wildlife habitats. The Interior Department removed the definition of “harm’ under the Endangered Species Act. Environmentalists call the change the biggest attack on the ESA in decades.
The Trump administration finalized a rule that changes how agencies enforce the Endangered Species Act. The change would allow oil and gas drilling, mining, logging and other development on critical wildlife habitats so long as the animals themselves aren't killed or injured. Environmentalists warned the move could cause some species to go extinct.
Chris Mufarrige is the director of the Federal Trade Commission’s consumer protection bureau. Since taking the job in early 2025, he has settled with Amazon, StubHub, Instacart, and others on deceptive subscriptions and pricing. This week, the FTC joined five states to force Deere & Co. to allow farmers to repair tractors and other equipment. The agency has cut 287 employees overall since the end of 2024.
The Trump administration reversed decades of longstanding environmental law protecting endangered species on Friday. The change redefines what constitutes "harm" to endangered species and habitats under the 1973 Endangered Species Act. Environmental groups decry the move and say they will challenge it in court imminently.
There are some who believe that Republican administrations do not prioritise the enforcement of US environmental laws. This narrative is at odds with the actions of the EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), especially regarding the import of chemicals subject to TSCA. The Trump administration has demonstrated a persistent commitment to enforcing TSCAs and FIFRA against chemical importers with renewed vigour. A recent example is the administrative complaint against Wego Chemical Group.