Tag: Regulations

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta has repeatedly said that the Obama administration went too far when it expanded the rule. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump administration to appeal ruling that Obama’s expansion of overtime rule unconstitutional

Sean Higgins · October 27, 2017 7:17 pm

Drones are already being used to study whales in the oceans, to monitor hard-to-access ecosystems, to affordably plant trees in depleted forests, and for an array of military purposes. (Sanjit Das/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

Trump just unleashed the commercial drone industry

Tom Rogan · October 25, 2017 9:01 pm

With the help of Vice President Mike Pence, Tuesday's Senate vote will put an end to an unusual regulator-versus-regulator fight between the bureau's director, Richard Cordray, and Trump-appointed officials. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mike Pence casts tie-breaking vote to cancel Obama-era rule favoring class-action suits against banks

Joseph Lawler · October 25, 2017 2:22 am

Donald Trump: King of Deregulation?

Peter J. Boyer · October 24, 2017 4:15 pm

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt looks back after speaking to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Pruitt says he'll revive a Bush-era program to maintain an open dialogue with American businesses. Pruitt says the collaboration will boost the economy while delivering "better environmental outcomes." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Washington Secrets

Regulatory scheme killed by EPA’s Scott Pruitt cost taxpayers $68 billion

Paul Bedard · October 24, 2017 11:07 am

Trump vs. Regulation

TWS Podcast · October 23, 2017 7:45 pm

President Donald Trump holds up a pen he used to sign one of various bills in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in on March 27. From left are, Sen. Tom Barrasso, R-Wyo., Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Vice President Mike Pence. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

Trump the deregulator

adam-gustafson · October 23, 2017 4:01 am

Donald Trump: King of Deregulation?

Peter J. Boyer · October 20, 2017 7:30 am

In this Oct. 4, 2017, photo, a device called a "bump stock" is attached to a semi-automatic rifle at the Gun Vault store and shooting range in South Jordan, Utah. The National Rifle Association announced its support Ton Oct. 5 for regulating the devices that can effectively convert semi-automatic rifles into fully automated weapons and that were apparently used in the Las Vegas massacre to lethal effect. It was a surprising shift for the leading gun industry group, which in recent years has resolutely opposed any gun regulations. Immediately afterward the White House, too, said it was open to such a change. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

ATF signals it won’t issue new ‘bump stocks’ regulation after Las Vegas

Pete Kasperowicz · October 19, 2017 4:01 am

This March 16, 2017 photo shows a sticker alerting customers of the sugar tax posted by sweetened beverages at the IGA supermarket in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Beltway Confidential

Liberal local governments are punishing taxpayers

Spencer Chretien · October 18, 2017 4:37 pm

It's about competitiveness. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Beltway Confidential

Repeal this Obama reg — unless you’re chicken

Tom Rogan · October 16, 2017 9:33 pm

Licensing is generally justified on the grounds of public safety or fraud protection. But while it makes sense to license people in fields such as healthcare, many local governments regulate careers in which the public benefit is harder to justify: beauticians, tour guides, and tax preparers, among others. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

States rethink occupational license rules

Sean Higgins · October 16, 2017 4:01 am