Agency Rulemaking Highlights

Notable Actions

• Musk and Ramaswamy Think They Have New Power to Cut Federal Regulations. Here’s Why it’s Not So Simple, CNN ⭐ feat. RSC’s Dick Pierce
• Musk’s DOGE Plans Rely on White House Budget Office. Conflicts Await, Wall Street Journal
• Groups Urge Congress to Rein in Federal Bureaucracy After Supreme Court Slashes Agency Authority, The Hill
• Congress Takes Up the Department of Government Efficiency Cause, Federal News Network
• GAO Saved the Federal Government $67.5 Billion in FY 2024, Government Executive
• White House, Agencies Warn of Hiring Freezes Without ‘Anomalies’ to Upcoming Spending Bill, Government Executive

• Closing Asset Loophole Can Raise $100 Billion in Taxes, Treasury Now Says, Washington Post
  
• Under Trump, the US War Against Crypto is Over, Wall Street Journal
• Crypto Goes to Washington, Axios
• Bitcoin’s Post-Election Boom, The Hill
• In Blow to Crypto Collectives, Judge Rules Venture Backers Must Face Claims, Reuters
  

• Trump Will Have Enormous Power Over Climate Action. Here’s Why, New York Times
• UN Talks on Global Plastic Pollution Treaty Fall Apart, Washington Post
• Millions of Stockpiled Solar Panels in US Face New Tariff Bill, Bloomberg

• Biden Administration Pushes Anti-Obesity Drug to Pressure Trump, Axios
• Supreme Court Appears Sympathetic to FDA’s Rejection of Flavored Vapes, Washington Post
• Nursing Home Industry Wants Trump to Rescind Staffing Mandate, New York Times
• The Fight Against Medical Debt is Pivoting to the States After Trump's Election, NPR
• Formaldehyde Causes More Cancer Than Any Other Toxic Air Pollutant. Little Is Being Done to Curb the Risk., ProPublica

• Musk’s Rivals Fear He Will Target Them With His New Power, Wall Street Journal
• China Bans Export of Critical Minerals to US as Trade Tensions Escalate, Reuters
• Has the Time Come for a New Approach to Spectrum Allocation, Federal News Network

• A Social Media Ban in Australia for Children Under 16 is First in the World, NPR
  

• Pete Buttigieg on Passenger Protections and Flying Coach, New York Times
• Why Republicans Might Oppose Trump’s Push to Undo Biden’s Triumphs, New York Times
• Crash Prevention Technology Shows 'Huge Potential,' But the Roadmap is Up for Debate, NPR