16 entries in the ledger
On July 10, 2026, the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce announced they had finalized a rule rescinding the regulatory definition of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act. Since 1981, that...
On July 9, 2026, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed rule scaling back Biden-era standards limiting nitrogen oxide pollution from heavy-duty vehicles, which EPA called "unnecessary and unworkable." The...
The Justice Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives moved to roll back roughly three dozen federal firearms regulations, according to reporting the week of July 5, 2026. The proposals...
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, part of the White House Office of Management and Budget, released its 2026 Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda identifying 702 deregulatory actions, up from 482 in the...
The Trump administration formally withdrew a proposed rule, first advanced under President Biden in December 2024, that would have required airlines to pay passengers between $200 and $775 for significant delays caused...
On September 15-16, 2025, President Trump renewed a call to eliminate the requirement that publicly traded companies report earnings quarterly, proposing a shift to twice-a-year disclosure instead. He argued the change...
The FCC voted 2-1 on July 24, 2025, to approve the $8 billion merger of Paramount Global and Skydance Media, ending a review process of more than 250 days marked by controversy. The lone Democratic commissioner, Anna...
On July 23, 2025, the Trump administration released its AI Action Plan alongside three executive orders covering data-center permitting, exports of U.S. AI technology, and a directive against "woke" AI in federal...
On May 29, 2025 the Securities and Exchange Commission and Binance jointly moved to dismiss, with prejudice, the SEC's 2023 lawsuit against the exchange and its founder Changpeng Zhao. The original suit had alleged...
In May 2025 the Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration rescinded a Biden-era warning that had cautioned 401(k) plan fiduciaries to exercise 'extreme care' before adding cryptocurrency options to...