One News Now
Trump’s pen erases trade agreement
One News Now discusses regulatory reform under the Trump administration with Ryan Young. President Trump also made headlines late Friday for a presidential…
Washington Post
Trump administration backs off plan to scrub climate pages from EPA website
Washington Post discusses with Myron Ebell the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to suspend 30 regulations issued under the Obama administration. In a separate move…
Daily Signal
Trump’s Opening Shot on Trade, Abortion, Federal Employees
The Daily Signal discusses President Trump’s executive action to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement with Iain Murray. Rather than breaking down…
Library of Law and Liberty
Regulatory Reform: A Few (Not So) Easy Pieces
Library of Law and Liberty discusses midnight regulations from the Obama administration with Wayne Crews. Yes: you can dismiss REFORM as starry-eyed. It…
Miami Herald
Trump Expected to Roll Back Obama Climate Initiatives Despite Easing of ‘Hoax’ Rhetoric
Miami Herald discusses Trump’s potential request for a remand of the Clean Power Plan with William Yeatman. Upon Trump’s taking office, one of…
Christian Science Monitor
Why the EPA nominee wants to be a political wrecking ball
The Christian Science Monitor discusses the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations with William Yeatman. Since state offices already are increasingly shouldering the burden of…
ClimateWire
Watchdogs criticize Perry’s Texas jobs record ahead of confirmation
ClimateWire discusses environmental regulations under the Trump administration with CEI’s William Yeatman. President-elect Donald Trump has multiple options to defeat potential lawsuits in…
Bloomberg BNA
Scott Pruitt Could Tip Regulatory Power From EPA to States
Bloomberg BNA discusses Scott Pruitts nomination as the EPA Administrator with William Yeatman. A Pruitt EPA may be less inclined toward “pushing the…
Reason.com
The Federal Regulatory State Is Out of Control. Here’s One Way Congress Can Get Power Back
Newsmax
Trumponomics Differs From Reaganomics
Newsmax highlights Wayne Crews’s study on the decline of federal regulation during the Reagan administration. Deregulation. Pages within the Federal Register, the official daily…
InsideClimate News
In Pruitt’s Hearing for EPA Chief, His Fossil Fuel Ties Will Take Center Stage
InsideClimate News discusses with William Yeatman Scott Pruitt’s nomination to be Administrator of the Enviornmental Protection Agency. Pruitt’s supporters say his environmental record…
Daily Caller
Labor Unions Deploy Dishonest Tactics, Paid Protesters Against Trump’s DOL Nominee
The Daily Caller discusses with Trey Kovacs union-backed groups’ dishonest tactics against Department of Labor head nominee Andrew Puzder. The dishonest tactics employed…
Inside EPA
Congress: Pruitt sidesteps Carper’s queries
InsideEPA.com’s Daily Briefing discusses Scott Pruitt’s nomination to the Enviornmental Protection Agency with William Yeatman. Nevertheless, an official at the Competitive Enterprise Institute…
The Hill
It’s time to enact regulatory relief for credit unions and consumers
The Hill quotes Wayne Crews’s research on the cost of federal regulations from his annual Ten Thousand Commandments report. The impact of excessive…
Politico
Why Powell matters: First Look- Groups Push Against Online Gambling Ban
Politico’s Morning Money reports on CEI’s coalition letter on online gambling to Vice President-Elect Mike Pence and U.S. Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions. Per…
Watchdog.org
Free-market coalition urges Sessions, Pence to oppose online gambling ban
Watchdog.org reports on CEI’s coalition letter to the Vice President-elect and U.S. Attorney General nominee on an online gambling ban. Following attorney general…
Reason.com
Is Jeff Sessions Ready to Ban Internet Gambling by DOJ Fiat?
Reason.com discusses Jeff Sessions’ comments on an online gambling ban at his confirmation hearing. There is nothing at all “shocking” about that position,…
Inside EPA
Litigation: CEI outlines Trump options to defeat advocates’ GHG lawsuits
InsideEPA.com’s Daily Briefing speaks with William Yeatman on President-elect Donald Trump’s opportunitites to defeat environmental lawsuits. President-elect Donald Trump has multiple options to…
Washington Examiner
9.7 billion hours required to complete 1 year of federal paperwork
Washington Examiner speaks with Clyde Wayne Crews on how many hours it took Americans to fill out and compleate federal paperwork in 2015. …
DC Velocity
For Elaine Chao, the easy part begins and ends tomorrow
DC Velocity discusses Elaine Chao’s nomination for Department of Transportation Secretary with Marc Scribner. Cost-benefit analysis will be the order of the day…
CNN Money
Trump should fire CFPB Director Richard Cordray: GOP
CNN Money discusses the president removing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s director with John Berlau. However, it’s not exactly clear if Trump will…
Newsweek
Bullying Backpage Contradicts the First Amendment
Newsweek discusses the supboena CEI recieved for their work on climate research from the Virgin Islands attorney general. PSI’s overreach is emblematic of…
Bloomberg BNA
House Republicans Target EPA Methane Rule Under Review Act
Bloomberg BNA discusses with William Yeatman the House using the Congressional Review Act to target an EPA rule. House Republicans for the first…
The Federalist
Environmentalists Worry Trump’s EPA Pick Will Harm Unborn Children
The Federalist discusses the Environmental Defense Fund’s attack ad on Scott Pruitt with William Yeatman. Now here’s where things get fun. The Competitive…
InsideSources
Congress Should Get Ready to ‘SCRUB’ Regulatory Rulebooks
InsideSources highlights Wayne Crews’s calculated cost of federal regulations from his annual study. According to the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the cost of complying with…
Investor's Business Daily
Putting An End To Obama’s Economy-Destroying Regulatory Siege
Investor’s Business Daily highlights Wayne Crews’s research on last-minute federal regulations from the Obama administration. As he heads for the exits, Obama is…
Washington Times
Protective press refuses to call President Obama a ‘lame duck’
The Washington Times reports on Wayne Crews’s research on the number of federal regulations issued in 2016. So how many new regulations did…
Forbes
Rachel Carson’s ‘Heedless And Destructive Acts’
Forbes.com quotes Angela Logomasini on Rachel Carson’s legacy. Environmental activists gathered last month in Washington DC to celebrate the legacy of the late…
Crowdfund Insider
Jay Clayton to Join SEC During Unprecedented Need to “Cut the Red Tape”
Crowdfund Insider speaks with John Berlau on President-elect Trump’s nominee of Jay Clayton for Securities and Exchange Commission chair. Seeking additional perspective, Crowdfund…
Reuters
Lighthizer joins Trump trade team crowded with deal makers
Reuters discusses trade policy with Marc Scribner. “USTR will still have statutory negotiation and enforcement powers, but where the big ideas on trade…
Inside EPA
Pending Litigation Could Be Wild Card For Trump Climate Policy Rollbacks
Inside EPA discusses pending lawsuits on EPA regulations with William Yeatman. Litigation moving through federal courts may play a large role in determining…
Real Clear Policy
Don’t Re-Regulate the Railroads
Real Clear Policy discusses policy on the railroad industry with Marc Scribner. Marc Scribner of the Competitive Enterprise Institute neatly summarized the implications…
Forbes
The U.S. Economy In 2017: Welcome Higher Growth
Forbes highlights Wayne Crews’s study on the number of federal regulations passed under the Obama administration. Today, there is less uncertainty in politics.
Legal NewsLine
Public-interest firm calls $5.5 million settlement with Google over privacy settings ‘unacceptable’
Legal NewLine reports on CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’s objection to an unfair Google class action settlement. A public-interest law firm that…
Top Class Actions
Google’s $5.5M Settlement Fails to Benefit Class Members, Objector Says
Top Class Actions reports on and objection to an unfair class action settlement from CEI’s Center for Class Action Fairness’s founder, Ted Frank. Class…
Breitbart
Obama Oversees Year of Mass Regulation, Record 97,000 Pages of Red Tape
Breitbart highlights Wayne Crews’s report on the number of regulations passed during the Obama administration. President Barack Obama’s administration has added record levels…
Washington Times
Obama Sets A Record For Red Tape in 2016
The Washington Times discusses regulation under the Obama administration with Clyde Wayne Crews. Clyde Wayne Crews, CEI’s vice president for policy, said Republicans…
The Hill
Trump could be fighting Obama’s climate policies for years
The Hill discusses expected climate policies under the new administration with William Yeatman. William Yeatman, a senior fellow at the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute,…
Washington Examiner
Obama unleashes 3,853 regs, 18 for every law, record 97,110 pages of red tape
Washington Examiner discusses regulation under the Obama administration with Wayne Crews. The proof that it was an overwhelming year for rules and regulations…
Daily Caller
Agencies Issued 18 Regs For Every Law Congress Passed In 2016
The Daily Caller discusses Wayne Crews’s report comparing the Obama administrations regulations to laws that Congress passed in 2016. Executive branch agencies under…
InsideEPA.com
Climate: CEI official urges Trump to retain scaled-back GHG rules
InsideEPA.com discusses the incoming Trump administration’s stance on climate policy with William Yeatman. A top official with the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), the…
The Hill
Pruitt’s confirmation as EPA chief essential to restoring balance of power
The Hill highlights Wayne Crews’s calculated cost of regulations. Regulatory overreach is not a new threat to the constitutional separation of powers and…
Daily Caller
Activists Urge Trump To Stop Obama’s Anti-Business ‘Midnight Litigation’
The Daily Caller reports on a letter CEI and other organizations sent to Mike Pence. Obama’s agencies are poised to file economy-stunting environmental…
Daily Signal
The California Gathering That Hatched Plan to Prosecute Skeptics of Climate Change
The Daily Signal reports on CEI’s Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against George Mason University. Chris Horner, a lawyer and senior fellow with the…
JD Journal
Boston Globe Exposes Cost Inflating Class-Action Attorneys
JD Journal investigates Boston Globe’s exposer of class- action attorneys While critics of inflated billing exist, they still acknowledge that attorneys who take…
Bloomberg
Make Banks Great Again? G.O.P. Push to Ax Key Agency Poses Risks
Bloomberg discusses the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with Iain Murray. “There are all sorts of risks,” said Iain Murray, vice…
Bloomberg BNA
Energy, Environmental Wish List Compiled for Trump
Bloomberg BNA highlights CEI’s energy and environment agenda for the Trump administration. The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free market group based in Washington, D.C.,…
National Review
The D.C. Court of Appeals Undermines the First Amendment
National Review covers the D.C Court of Appeals decision in Michael Mann’s defamation case against the Competitive Enterprise Institute and National Review. The court…
Bloomberg BNA
Trump EPA Transition Team Lacks Expertise on Chemicals, Water
Bloomberg BNA discusses the Environmental Protection Agency’s chemical policy with Angela Logomasini. Angela Longomasini, a senior fellow at CEI, said she is not…
CNN Money
Elizabeth Warren watchdog under siege
CNN Money discusses the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its director with John Berlau. CFPB Director Richard Cordray has “inundated Main Street financial…