November 21, 2024
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With just weeks before Donald Trump assumes office, Rep. Jim Jordan (R., Ohio) has warned the Department of Justice (DOJ) against improperly deleting records, according to a letter he sent to the department’s Assistant Attorney General, Jonathan Kanter.
November 1, 2024
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Americans for Tax Reform and its president Grover Norquist have for decades been at the forefront of opposing politicians of both parties who try to raise taxes. A few days out from the 2024 election, Norquist is worried what could happen to free speech, independent contractors, and the Constitution, if Democrats win unified control.
October 21, 2024
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By: Dan Eberhart
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is challenging oil and gas mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in unprecedented ways, a dangerous political move that threatens the competitiveness of the U.S. energy industry.
October 12, 2024
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By: Zach Lilly
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D., N.Y.) took a brief respite from cosplaying as a “regular old Democrat” and returned to the more familiar role of toxic firebrand earlier this week. You see, Lina Khan, the scandal-mired Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), had just fielded criticism from capitalist, and exceptionally effective Kamala Harris surrogate, Mark Cuban.
October 11, 2024
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By: Sen. Scott Brown
At the core of Lina Khan’s ideology, as well as that of her partner in crime, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, Jonathan Kanter, is the idea that successful companies that grow beyond an arbitrary size automatically warrant intense scrutiny and even intervention from regulators. In Khan and Kanter’s eyes, success is not the result of innovation, hard work and ingenuity, but somehow comes from bending — or even breaking — the rules.
October 10, 2024
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Since Lina Khan was sworn in as Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in June, 2021, she has received criticism from Republicans, the business community, and even moderate Democrats like Mark Cuban — who told the Washington Reporter in an exclusive interview that it is time for Democrats to “move on” from Khan.
October 10, 2024
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Billionaire Mark Cuban has emerged as an unrelenting supporter of Vice President Kamala Harris in recent weeks. But don’t count on Cuban, who told the Washington Reporter that he talks with Harris’s team “almost every day,” to join a future Harris administration.
September 23, 2024
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President Joe Biden’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is facing a lawsuit and heavy criticism from conservatives over the commission’s years-long aggressive action against pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs).
August 19, 2024
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Last week, the European Union’s (EU) top digital enforcer took an unprecedented and alarming step by sending a threatening letter to Elon Musk just days before his highly anticipated interview with President Donald Trump on X.
August 5, 2024
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Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas) is running to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) as leader this fall, and he spoke with the Washington Reporter about his vision for the leadership, the Biden-Harris “day late & dollar short” defense budget, and hopes to implement policies like the “transformational” Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that he helped shepherd into law as the GOP’s Whip.
