Much to the Democrats’ chagrin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now the United States’ new Health and Human Services secretary. Naturally, this news comes much to the chagrin of Big Pharma as well. Those on the left have long pretended…
The start of the Trump administration has been characterized by an aggressive revamp of the federal government’s approach to artificial intelligence. During the first week, Trump published two executive orders focused on reversing Biden’s heavy-handed approach to AI. As the…
With President Joe Biden’s term nearly over, federal agencies should be winding down activities for the year and preparing for enormous changes in their leadership and policy goals. However, one relatively small but powerful agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Board…
As Republicans ride triumphantly into the 119th Congress, they confront a choice on technology policy: free markets and free speech, or heavy-handed, censorial technocracy. On most issues, the GOP ranks stand united against the sorts of overspending and central planning…
The U.S. financial regulatory system is a labyrinth of overlapping, duplicative, dysfunctional, and costly federal government agencies badly in need of fresh review and overhaul. With the possible exception of the healthcare industry, there is perhaps no business sector more…
The Department of Government Efficiency has made a promise: It will go after regulations that slow growth, obstruct innovators, and cost American households thousands of dollars each year. Here’s hoping for success. The burden of excessive regulation is hard to…
Of all the bags being packed in Washington over the next two months, some of the heaviest surely belong to the outgoing Chair of the Securities Exchange Commission Gary Gensler after he announced his resignation late last month. On Inauguration…
Big Tech has grown accustomed to operating without limitations. The lack of necessary oversight is most evident in their efforts to censor and block users for speech they don’t like. With President Trump’s election victory, Big Tech will soon learn…
As Congress finishes its work for the 2024 calendar year, outgoing U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is racing to regulate algorithmic artificial intelligence (AI). Republicans are understandably wary. As House Speaker Mike Johnson put it, “We want to resist…
