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Senate pulls plug on California’s gas car ban

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Senate pulls plug on California’s gas car ban

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 05/23/2025

The US Senate on Thursday voted 51-46 for H.J. Res.88, a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to repeal the Environmental Protection…

Automobiles and Roads

The flaw in Justice Kagan defense of the NLRB

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The flaw in Justice Kagan defense of the NLRB

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 05/23/2025

Justice Elana Kagan authored a lengthy dissent to the Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday granting the Trump administration’s request to keep the Gwynne Wilcox,…

Law and Litigation

Free the Economy podcast: Next steps for nuclear with Deric Tilson

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Free the Economy podcast: Next steps for nuclear with Deric Tilson

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 05/22/2025

In this week’s episode we cover Jamie Dimon on tariff jitters, the Tax Foundation on the One Big Beautiful Bill, Jesse Walker…

Deregulation

Tariffs and the anchor heuristic

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Tariffs and the anchor heuristic

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/22/2025

It feels like President Trump is cutting tariffs. He has agreed to tariff deals with China and the UK, and he paused his biggest Liberation…

Trade and International

CEI’s The Surge: CRA resolutions, IRA reform, and more

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CEI’s The Surge: CRA resolutions, IRA reform, and more

  • By: Daren Bakst, Jacob Tomasulo
  • 05/20/2025

If you are interested in analysis and perspective on current energy and environmental issues, then we encourage you to subscribe to this new publication and…

Energy and Environment

The week in regulations: Flight safety and organic pet food

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The week in regulations: Flight safety and organic pet food

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/19/2025

Qatar’s government gave Trump a $400 million jumbo jet that he can use after leaving office. The US and China agreed to lower their tariffs…

Regulatory Reform

States can keep Medicaid whole if they want

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States can keep Medicaid whole if they want

  • By: Jeremy Nighohossian
  • 05/16/2025

Congress is considering slowing Medicaid growth over the next 10 years enough to reduce federal spending by $625 billion. Many Republicans argue that the…

Healthcare

CEI sends letter to Senate regarding California waiver CRA resolutions

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CEI sends letter to Senate regarding California waiver CRA resolutions

  • By: Marlo Lewis, Jr.
  • 05/16/2025

The US Senate has a unique opportunity to overturn what may well be the most egregious case of unlawful bureaucratic overreach of the past 50…

Automobiles and Roads

Record tariff revenue is no match for record spending

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Record tariff revenue is no match for record spending

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/14/2025

Tariffs raised a record $16.3 billion of tax revenue in April, according to the Wall Street Journal. Averaged out over a whole year, this…

Trade and International

A light in the darkness: Federal preemption for AI regulation

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A light in the darkness: Federal preemption for AI regulation

  • By: Jessica Melugin
  • 05/13/2025

The joy of federal preemption may soon be upon us. The House Energy and Commerce Committee included a ten-year moratorium on state AI regulation…

Innovation

GOP proposal includes reductions in health care expenditures

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GOP proposal includes reductions in health care expenditures

  • By: Jeremy Nighohossian
  • 05/13/2025

Over the weekend the House Committee on Energy and Commerce released a proposal describing how it would achieve the expenditure goals for the Reconciliation…

Healthcare

Regulatory reform takes all three branches

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Regulatory reform takes all three branches

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/12/2025

Over at The Hill, Wayne Crews and I argue that regulatory reform requires all three branches of government. Not only is a healthy separation…

Regulatory Reform

What the DOGE debates really reveal

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What the DOGE debates really reveal

  • By: Clyde Wayne Crews
  • 05/12/2025

Last week I took part in a point/counterpoint on the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), making a brief case for its mission and…

Deregulation

Under Biden or Trump, taxing carried interest is stupid and destructive policy

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Under Biden or Trump, taxing carried interest is stupid and destructive policy

  • By: John Berlau
  • 05/12/2025

No matter who’s in charge of the presidency or Congress, flawed proposals to close the so-called carried interest loophole just keep coming back. News outlets…

Financial Regulation

Why IRA energy subsidies should be dismantled: A guide

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Why IRA energy subsidies should be dismantled: A guide

  • By: Daren Bakst, Jacob Tomasulo, Paige Lambermont
  • 05/12/2025

This article is intended to be a useful resource about the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) energy subsidies and is broken into three sections: The first…

Energy

The numbers don’t add up in new Medicaid paper

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The numbers don’t add up in new Medicaid paper

  • By: Jeremy Nighohossian
  • 05/12/2025

In a recently released working paper, authors Angela Wyse and Bruce D. Meyer purport to show that the ACA Medicaid expansion saved 27,400 lives…

Healthcare

US-China tariff pause is good news, needs context

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US-China tariff pause is good news, needs context

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/12/2025

The Trump administration and the Chinese government announced a 90-day tariff reduction. While this is good news, it deserves context. The risk of recession…

Trade and International

The week in regulations: Medical devices and tuna

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The week in regulations: Medical devices and tuna

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/12/2025

President Trump proposed a 100 percent tariff on foreign movies, and reopening Alcatraz. The US and UK announced a trade deal. The Vatican named a new…

Regulatory Reform

Initiative 82 will hopefully get 86’d

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Initiative 82 will hopefully get 86’d

  • By: Sean Higgins
  • 05/09/2025

The city of Washington, DC has belatedly realized that passing a law whose purpose is to make a product or service more expensive will cause…

Labor and Employment

Congress should overturn harmful anti-bank merger regulation

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Congress should overturn harmful anti-bank merger regulation

  • By: John Berlau
  • 05/08/2025

Yesterday, the Senate approved a resolution pursuant to the Congressional Review Act to overturn a regulation from the Biden administration that would sharply restrict…

Antitrust

Free the Economy podcast: Dear Mr. President with Destry Edwards

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Free the Economy podcast: Dear Mr. President with Destry Edwards

  • By: Richard Morrison
  • 05/08/2025

In this week’s episode we cover the economic slowdown from tariffs, more accountability for independent agencies in the federal government, and…

Deregulation

US-UK trade deal: What it should contain

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US-UK trade deal: What it should contain

  • By: Iain Murray
  • 05/08/2025

As I write this, we are awaiting the announcement of the US-UK trade deal from the White House, with reaction from UK Prime Minister Sir…

Trade and International

SEC commissioners regain subpoena power, potentially curtailing record-level fines

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SEC commissioners regain subpoena power, potentially curtailing record-level fines

  • By: Stone Washington
  • 05/08/2025

After 16 years, commissioners at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finally adopted a rule to regain the authority to launch investigations from the…

Deregulation

Time’s up for the equal time rule

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Time’s up for the equal time rule

  • By: Brian A. Rankin
  • 05/08/2025

Merriam Webster’s dictionary defines “anachronism” as a person or thing that is chronologically out of place, “especially: one from a former age that is…

Tech and Telecom

America last? How the antitrust agencies could jeopardize both big and small business

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America last? How the antitrust agencies could jeopardize both big and small business

  • By: Alex Reinauer
  • 05/07/2025

At a time when trade deficits, particularly with China, are a major economic and political concern for the Trump administration, the antitrust authorities are actively…

Eye on FTC

Farm subsidies, car interest deduction show tariffs’ triple harms

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Farm subsidies, car interest deduction show tariffs’ triple harms

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/06/2025

Tariffs are a three-in-one tool for economic self-harm. The first harm comes from the tariffs themselves, which raise producer costs and consumer prices in the…

Trade and International

Let prediction markets predict – elections, sports, and other topics

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Let prediction markets predict – elections, sports, and other topics

  • By: John Berlau
  • 05/06/2025

In the 2024 presidential election, one of the big winners was prediction markets. During the weeks leading up to election day, venues such as Kalshi,…

Deregulation

House Republican letter urges an end to all IRA handouts via the reconciliation bill

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House Republican letter urges an end to all IRA handouts via the reconciliation bill

  • By: Ben Lieberman
  • 05/05/2025

Congressional Republicans were unanimous in their opposition to the Green New Deal when it was introduced in 2019, and for very good reason given that…

Energy and Environment

Why do so many countries have tariffs?

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Why do so many countries have tariffs?

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/05/2025

Over at the Center Square, Iain Murray and I ask an overlooked question: If tariffs are so bad, then why does nearly every country…

Trade and International

The week in regulations: Steel tariff inclusions and policies for arresting journalists

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The week in regulations: Steel tariff inclusions and policies for arresting journalists

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/05/2025

The 2025 edition of Wayne Crews’s Ten Thousand Commandments is out now. The economy shrank 0.3 percent in the first quarter of 2025…

Deregulation

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