FTC hires Heritage Foundation policy alum as tech chief
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has named a former tech policy researcher from the conservative Heritage Foundation as its chief technology officer.
USA Today11d
Biden's US FTC chair to resign commission in coming weeks, memo says
WASHINGTON – Lina Khan, who until Monday was an aggressive enforcer of antitrust law as the head of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission under former President Joe Biden, will resign from the ...
WMUR14d
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration's freeze on federal grants and loans
A federal judge has temporarily halted the Trump administration's freeze on federal grants and loans, minutes before the wide-reaching directive was set to go into effect A federal judge has ...
Cfr.org16d
Global Trade Tracker
The CFR Global Trade Tracker allows you to gauge trends in international trade through time. The map below compiles trade data from 178 countries as reported to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
NBC News20d
Federal regulations paused, halting FDA's proposed ban on formaldehyde in hair products
A proposal to ban formaldehyde in hair straightening products is now in limbo after President Donald Trump signed an executive order pausing all federal regulations. The Food and Drug ...
Business Insider20d
Trump's administration is looking to slash the federal workforce. Here's where the most people are employed and what they make.
they could be on the commission's chopping block. But Medicare and Social Security are forms of mandatory spending that would require legislation to change. Are you employed by the federal ...
Wall Street Journal21d
An Anxious Federal Workforce Bids Goodbye to Job Stability and Remote Work
President Trump’s pledge to upend the federal workforce began rippling through Washington on Tuesday after he moved to force government employees back to the office five days a week and weakened ...
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The head of a federal agency for consumers has packed up his office. But will Trump fire him?
Of course, it was Trump who during his first term picked Chopra to be a Democrat on the Federal Trade Commission. For a president who took office with aggressive plans to reshape Washington ...
Scientific American21d
What Happens to the Open Internet without Net Neutrality?
The decision stated that the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, didn’t have the power to reinstate net neutrality rules—which the agency voted to do in April, with the encouragement of ...
The Washington Post21d
Trump targeted federal workers in his opening act, starting with DEI employees
President Donald Trump targeted federal workers in an opening act aimed at exerting political control over a sprawling bureaucracy — putting federal diversity, equity and inclusion employees on ...
Defense One21d
Trump administration to lay off all federal employees in DEI offices
The Trump administration is planning to lay off all federal employees who worked in a diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility office as of this past Election Day and has instructed ...