Trump Promised To 'Save Vaping.' His FDA Head Does Not Seem Inclined To Do That.
Marty Makary grossly exaggerates the prevalence of adolescent nicotine addiction, the concern underlying his agency's restrictions on e-cigarette flavors.
Marty Makary grossly exaggerates the prevalence of adolescent nicotine addiction, the concern underlying his agency's restrictions on e-cigarette flavors.
The next generation of online platforms is being shaped less by engineers and entrepreneurs and more by regulators and courts—and they’re very bad at it.
A federal judge blocks the administration's "Student Criminal Alien Initiative," which targeted foreign students who had no criminal records.
The vast majority of keys on the market contain more lead than is allowed by the state's strict new heavy metal standards.
The Federal Trade Commission was established to protect consumers. Under Biden and Trump, its focus has shifted.
In the name of "restoring freedom of speech," FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson wants to override the editorial judgments of social media platforms.
A proposed federal moratorium on state-level AI regulations is a necessary step toward a unified strategy that protects innovation and equity alike.
A recent policy report points to much-needed market-based reforms.
Conway, New Hampshire's attempt to force a local bakery to take down the mural "does not withstand any level of constitutional scrutiny," a judge ruled this week.
A bad bill inspired by European tech panic threatened to drive out Tesla, Meta, and Nvidia. Lawmakers in the House improved it—but now the bill is stalled in the Senate.
Make dishwashers great again.
Trump rightly decries the "absurd and unjust" consequences of proliferating regulatory crimes.
The site of George Washington's famed winter encampment might not have existed without colonial-era iron regulations.
Progressives used to believe in building more stuff. Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson want to do that again.
The California Environmental Quality Act has created a regulatory nightmare.
"All these government programs that regulate and control, they institutionalize mediocrity at best," argues Yaron Brook, head of the Ayn Rand Institute.
John Arnold argues that private markets solve problems better than government or philanthropy, and that real reform comes from decentralization, incentives, and evidence—not top-down control.
Export controls on advanced chips and AI models hold back innovation and hurt American businesses.
U.S. District Judge Mark Walker says Upside Foods has plausibly alleged that the law's protectionism violates the "dormant" Commerce Clause.
The penalty amounts to a "multibillion-dollar tariff," a Meta spokesperson says.
The city passed a law cracking down on food delivery companies rather than the reckless drivers creating chaos on sidewalks and streets.
Glue traps are a cheap and effective pest control tool. Naturally, San Francisco is considering banning them.
The lawsuit will hopefully make stringent regulations for nuclear power a relic of the past.
Jon Tolley and his family have been serving fresh lobster from their home for over 50 years, but an anonymous complaint to town regulators threatens to shut their business down for good.
Freed of regulatory deadweight, Americans will be in a much better position to compete with the world.
The campaign to make America dry is as dubious as the campaign for the food pyramid.
Instead of fixing its car, the team keeps shifting blame from driver to driver.
Decades of efficiency mandates have made dishwashers weaker, A.C. units feebler, and appliances more expensive. A new rollback offers a rare win for function over dogma.
The justices unanimously overturned a 5th Circuit decision that deemed the agency's treatment of e-liquids "arbitrary and capricious."
RFK Jr. should accept the ruling and instruct the agency to immediately halt all efforts to regulate laboratory-developed and in vitro tests.
Cultivated meat isn't challenging slaughtered meat anytime soon. But states keep trying to restrict competition.
Such a regulation would override consumer choice for scientifically shaky reasons.
Meta, Apple, Microsoft, and others have all faced legal action from the European Union in recent years.
The Federal Acquisition Regulation requires the right for the government to terminate any federal contract "for convenience."
The D.C. Superior Court is fining Empower CEO Joshua Sear $5,000 for every day he keeps his ride reservation software operational in the city.
"Supply-side progressives" like Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson are ultimately technocrats, not libertarians. But they recognize that more is better than less and that a good society is not zero-sum.
Canada’s retaliation against Trump’s tariffs is wiping American alcohol off store shelves—and fueling an unexpected push to deregulate its own restrictive liquor laws.
How pot bureaucrats used legal weed to push their social justice agenda
During Trump's first term, California filed numerous lawsuits seeking to halt deregulation.
A popular narrative says Europeans are better off because of increased regulation. Reality paints a different picture.
D.C.'s bureaucracy violates independent drivers' economic liberty.
State laws banning caged eggs are cutting off millions from cheaper options.
Carr advocates greater control over social media by federal regulators, despite a reputation for supporting free speech.
Dietary supplement bans for minors may spread—but they’ll be costly, confusing, and ineffective.
Chairman Andrew Ferguson’s assault on "Big Tech censorship" aims to override editorial decisions protected by the First Amendment.
From forest restoration to energy infrastructure, NEPA delays projects that would benefit the economy and environment.
How well-intentioned laws created new cultural conflicts—and eroded personal liberty
A nationwide tax credit could expand education freedom overnight—but could also open the door to new forms of federal overreach.
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