NBC News
Cigarette Company Philip Morris Tries to Sell Idea of ‘Safer’ Tobacco
NBC News covers smoking alternatives. When Philip Morris International took out an ad campaign in Britain claiming it wanted to “give up” smoking, American…
InsideSources
How Member-Only Unions Could Solve the Free-Rider Problem
InsideSources covers the release of CEI’s latest report “Supreme Court Can Strike a Victory for Worker Freedom in Janus Case.” The U.S. Supreme…
The American Spectator
Pennsylvania’s Entry Into Online Gaming May Kill Federal Ban Effort
The American Spectator covers Pennsylvania’s online gambling law and how it could affect the federal ban effort. The impending implementation of Pennsylvania online gaming…
JD Supra
Overturning the CFPB’s Final Payday Loan Rule by Reopening Rulemaking or CRA Resolution
JD Supra covers developments of the CFPB’s payday loan rule and Daniel Press’ “7 Reasons to Oppose the Federal Payday Loan Rule.” On December 1, 2018,…
Marketplace
Counting Pages of Regulations Is a Waste of Time (and Paper)
Marketplace covers our work on regulations. President Donald Trump stood in front of two piles of paper last month. One was the current Code…
Reason
Trump Turns One
Reason covers President Trump’s first year in office. The 45th president does not tend to elicit measured evaluations. Since even before his formal entry…
The Washington Times
White House Urged to Kill Obama-era Payday Lending Rule
The Washington Times covers CEI’s letter sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) regarding the payday-lending rule. A free-market group is urging…
Breitbart
Potential Nomination of McWatters to Head Up the CFPB Hits a Rough Patch
Breitbart discusses possible Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) nominee Mark McWatters with John Berlau. The potential nomination of National Credit Union Adminstration Chairman (NCUA)…
The National Law Review
Overturning the CFPB’s Final Payday Loan Rule by Reopening Rulemaking or CRA Resolution
The National Law Review discusses the various vehicles that could be used to repeal the CFPB’s small-dollar loan rule. On December 1, 2018, three…
USA Today
Federal Payday Lending Rule Could Face Repeal Amid New Battle
USA Today covers the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s decision to delay the small-dollar loan rule. Consumer advocates and business groups are battling anew over…
Bloomberg Politics
China Uses Facial Recognition to Fence In Villagers in Far West
Bloomberg Politics discusses new surveillance technology being tested in China with Jim Harper. China’s state surveillance apparatus is trying out a new tool in…
American Banker
Not So Fast: CFPB Effort to Reopen Payday Rule Faces Hurdles
American Banker covers the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s decision to delay the small-dollar loan rule. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces significant obstacles in…
The Hill
New CFPB Director Puts Target on Payday Loan Rules
The Hill covers the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s decision to delay the small-dollar loan rule. The new leaders of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau…
InsideSources
Ending the Federal Labor Policy Swing
InsideSources discusses the National Labor Relations Board with Trey Kovacs. Former President Barack Obama was accused by critics of unilaterally implementing an extensive labor…
E&E News
Could ‘Sue-and-Settle’ Ban Backfire for Trump Team?
E&E News covers developments of the “sue-and-settle” ban. In its quest to overturn regulations, the Trump administration has left no stone unturned, including taking…
Fox News Channel
VIDEO: Iain Murray Discusses Shrinking Government Bureaucracy on Fox News Channel
January 15, 2018 – Iain Murray, Vice President for Strategy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, joined Fox News Channel’s The Next Revolution with Steve Hilton…
Fox Business
Minimum Wage Hikes Sending Restaurants the Way of the Shopping Mall?
Fox Business discusses minimum wage hikes with Iain Murray. Eighteen states raised their minimum wages at the start of 2018, but increasing labor…
The New York Times
Blockchain or Blockheads? Bitcoin Mania Mints Believers and Skeptics
John Schwartz, writing for The New York Times, discusses Bitcoin with Jim Harper. Sometimes life shows you what absurd really…
Investor's Business Daily
Clipping The Corrupt CFPB’s Wings
Investor’s Business Daily covers the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s slush fund. We’ve been clear where we stand with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the…
The Wall Street Journal
The Marrakesh Climate Express
The Editorial Board of The Wall Street Journal covers investigative work done by CEI’s Chris Horner. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed an executive order in…
The Wall Street Journal
Climate of Unaccountability
The Editorial Board of The Wall Street Journal covers investigative work done by CEI’s Chris Horner. With President Trump putting economic growth above climate alarums,…
Roll Call
Whiplashed Planners Fear GOP Swerve on Infrastructure
Roll Call discusses private activity bonds with Marc Scribner. Los Angeles has gained national notice for a series of ambitious projects affecting all facets…
InsideSources
How Trump Is Laying Regulations to Waste
InsideSources covers deregulation under the Trump administration. President Donald Trump has taken an aggressive approach in his push to rollback regulations, begging the question…
Politico
Study Bag
Politico’s Morning Transportation covers the release of Modernizing Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards by Marc Scribner. Take a gander at a new…
Law360
Old Standards Holding Back Auto Safety Advancement
Law360 covers the release of Modernizing Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards by Marc Scribner. Federal regulators’ failure to routinely update motor vehicle standards to keep…
The Washington Examiner
Trump Budget Chief Shuts Down Consumer ‘Protection’ Bureau ‘Slush Fund’
The Washington Examiner covers the review of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s ‘slush fund.’ An educational “slush fund” used by the Consumer Financial Protection…
Fox Business
Red Robin Eliminates Bus Boys as Restaurants Combat Minimum Wage Hikes
Fox Business discusses minimum wage hikes with Iain Murray. At the beginning of January, minimum wage increases took effect in 18 states and…
One America News
VIDEO: John Berlau Discusses CFPB Slush Fund on One America News
One America News discusses Mick Mulvaney’s attempts to stop the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s slush fund with John Berlau. Watch the full…
The Washington Examiner
Congress in the Driver’s Seat on Self-Driving Cars
The Washington Examiner discusses self-driving cars with Marc Scribner. For auto manufacturers, technology experts, and lawmakers, 2018 is shaping up to be the year…
Reason
Regulations at ‘Lowest Count Since Records Began Being Kept in the Mid-1970s’
Reason covers year-end analyses of deregulation under President Trump. As the economy and stock market continue to chug along nicely, many analysts and presidents are giving…
JD Supra
The IRS Succeeds in Compelling Crypto Exchange to Disclose User Information
JD Supra covers an amicus brief by CEI in Coinbase v. United States. As the price of bitcoin leaps and lurches toward new highs,…
The Hill
Media Distracts and Downplays Trump’s 2018 Agenda
Writing for The Hill, Corey R. Lewandowski cites Wayne Crews on Trump’s regulatory numbers. The media loves to talk about scandals, Russia, and …
Law360
Justices Asked to Weigh Deal Fairness in $8.5M Google Case
Law360 covers CEI’s petition to the Supreme Court to review Gaos v. Google. The Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Class Action Fairness petitioned the U.S. Supreme…
The Hill
How Trump’s Second Year Can Top His First
Writing for The Hill, Merrill Matthews cites Wayne Crews’ Red Tape Rollback. President Donald Trump had a big job ahead of him when he…
Bloomberg Politics
Bitcoin Falls Into Gray Area of Disclosure Rules for Congress
Bloomberg Politics discusses Bitcoin with Jim Harper. To guard against insider trading and financial conflicts, members of Congress and federal officials must file regular…
InsideSources
The Merciless Death of Obama’s Workforce Legacy
InsideSources discusses changes to labor policy with Trey Kovacs. Former President Barack Obama oversaw significant changes to employment policies during his time in office,…
The Washington Post
Bitcoin Got a Big Boost in 2017. Here are 5 Other Cryptocurrencies to Watch in 2018.
The Washington Post discusses cryptocurrencies with Jim Harper. Mainstream investors spent much of last year trying to figure out how to jump in on …
Fox News
Trump’s Tax Bill and Regulatory Reform Will Spark an Economic Boom, Benefiting All Americans
Writing for Fox News, Chuck Devore cites 10,000 Commandments. Historic tax cut legislation that President Trump signed into law Friday will give us the chance to…
The Daily Caller
With the Stroke of a Pen, Trump Claims Victory in the Decades-Long Battle Over ANWR
The Daily Caller covers the ANWR provision of the tax reform bill. President Donald Trump signed tax reform legislation that also ends the battle…
The Wall Street Journal
The Great Rules Rollback
The Wall Street Journal covers deregulation under the Trump administration. Amid the debate over tweets and tax reform, perhaps the most significant change brought…
Fox News
‘Junk Science’? Studies Behind Obama Regulations Under Fire
Fox News discusses junk science with Angela Logomasini. … Pruitt recently reversed the 2015 ban on the insecticide chlorpyrifos for agricultural use,…
The Daily Caller
EPA Responded to the DCNF’s FOIA Request Two-and-a-Half Years Late
The Daily Caller covers the EPA’s delayed responses to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent The Daily Caller…
Bloomberg Politics
Trump Stretches Meaning of Deregulation in Touting Achievements
Bloomberg Politics discusses deregulation with Wayne Crews. One is a federal rule, initiated by former President Barack Obama, that removed Yellowstone’s grizzlies from the list…
The Hill
Conservatives Packed 2017 with Victories — Push 2018 Even Further
Writing for The Hill, Carrie Sheffield cites 10,000 Commandments. With a wild 2017 behind us, conservatives looking to 2018 face typical electoral headwinds for a midterm…
The Washington Examiner
Trump Regulatory ‘Red Tape’ Lowest in a Quarter Century, 35% Below Obama’s
The Washington Examiner covers deregulation under the Trump administration. Adding to his administration’s success in cutting Obama era regulations, President Trump also issued the…
The Wall Street Journal
Rookie of the Year
Writing for The Wall Street Journal, James Freeman cites Wayne Crews’ tally of Federal Register pages. Donald Trump is not the most dignified man to…
Lifezette
Trump’s Anti-Red Tape Effort Shows Biggest Drop in New Edicts Since 1993
Lifezette cited Clyde Wayne Crews on his new book and the impact of President Trump’s anti-regulatory campaign on the nation’s economy. Government agencies…
Governing
Airports Need to Expand
Governing magazine discusses government barriers to airport investment with Marc Scribner: The need for this mass airport modernization is evident. America’s population is…
Reason
The Senate’s Rejection of Export-Import Bank Critic Shows How Entrenched Crony Capitalism Is in Washington
Reason covers the rejection of Export-Import bank nominee Scott Garrett. The Senate Banking Committee voted 10–13 yesterday to reject former New Jersey Rep. Scott Garrett…
Law360
Rail Regs In Crosshairs After Emergency Brakes Rule Repeal
Law360 interviews Marc Scribner about the repeal of the electronically controlled pneumatic brake mandate for high-hazard flammable unit trains by the Federal Railroad Administration: The…