Gail Slater resigned from her position as Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division after butting heads with Attorney General Pam Bondi over merger enforcement.
The Break Up Big Medicine Act makes no mention of the laws and government programs responsible for consolidation of the health care industry.
But the numbers are a long way from a veto-proof majority, so Wednesday's vote may be a purely symbolic victory for free traders.
The EPA under the Obama and Biden administrations invoked that finding to adopt strict and costly regulations aiming to reduce emissions.
Plus: The House passes housing reform, Florida advances ADUs, and Zohran Mamdani hosts show trials for bad landlords.
The commission has targeted the news rating company with onerous record demands and a merger condition aimed at cutting off its revenue.
A Kentucky proposal to legalize cigar bars bucks the trend of prohibitionist tobacco policy.
The Trump administration excludes advanced nuclear power reactors from excessive National Environmental Policy Act requirements.
Allowing more homes to be built on existing residential land would be good for homeowners, homebuyers, and homebuilders.
The president says he would rather increase prices for homeowners than drive prices down.
A new report warns that some plans for replacing income tax revenue rely on unrealistic assumptions.
Donald Trump and Peter Navarro are blaming meatpackers for hiking beef prices, but Agriculture Department data tell a different story.
The president's order is not the comprehensive ban on large investor–owned housing that he promised. But it could still have a chilling effect on the single-family rental market.
The Trump administration is reportedly moving to ban TP-Link routers, but experts say they're no less secure than other devices.
The equal-time rule is an antiquated regulation that becomes more obsolete with each passing year.
Staffers say they were told that if they couldn't agree with these ideas they should leave. Many have.
AI-powered medical wearables and software are flourishing following the FDA’s new regulatory guidance.
Many Republicans are now openly embracing ideas from the progressive playbook. Call them "Depublicans."
The big lesson from the past 50 years of American air travel is that the aesthetics matter a lot less than the economics.
The big lesson from the past 50 years of American air travel is that the aesthetics matter a lot less than the economics.
The government insists that Meta has a monopoly. If anything, the social media market is fiercely competitive.
Plus: The Trump administration wants to roll back "disparate impact" regulations, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to roll back environmental review regulations, and L.A. waives fees for wildfire rebuilds.
Empowering patients is good. Let’s give them a lot more choice and independence.
The real squeeze comes from government-distorted markets, not economic decline.
"They ought to take it to court," the Kentucky senator said.
From defense contracting and mortgage finance to credit, housing, and monetary policy, Trump is leaning heavily on command-and-control economics.
Lawmakers across the country are introducing bills that would make it easier to build smaller single-family homes on small lots.
While owning a very small percentage of single-family homes, large investors provide renters with more options and increase home construction rates.
There is no evidence that institutional investors increase prices. Barring them from the market could actually exacerbate the housing crisis.
The president is making real progress on deregulation, but he needs to get Congress involved.
Zohran Mamdani signs executive orders to speed up new construction. His housing policy picks also want to abolish private property.
The online betting company allows you to stake money on future events.
A lot of people are worried about income inequality. Are they wrong?
Mayors come and go, but New York City remains fundamentally itself.
I co-edited the symposium along with Eric Claeys and David Schleicher, and am also one of the contributors.
Three decades after Massachusetts ended its disastrous experiment with rent control, voters are considering giving the policy another shot.
New York's new mayor has moved away from some of his far-left beliefs, acknowledging that private businesses play an important role in homebuilding.
Critics of cash bail say it creates a two-tiered justice system: Those who can pay maintain their freedom, while those unable to pay remain behind bars.
The more the government intervenes in the market, the more New York parents pay for child care.
Rising electricity prices are being pinned on data centers, but demand isn’t what makes power expensive.
What a speculative technology can tell us about the demands for urban density and sprawl
As one of Mamdani's top advisers, Khan has been making a list of all the "authorities that the mayor can unilaterally deploy."
If the government revives the Robinson-Patman Act to force suppliers into charging small and large retailers the same price for vastly different quantities of the same product, that will mean higher prices.
The new mayor's advisers include people who have praised antisemites and called for defunding the police.
Matt Stoller and Geoffrey A. Manne debate antitrust law and Big Tech.
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