“Of course Trumpers want to dismantle the only agency formed in decades dedicated to giving consumers a fair shake in a predatory economy,” one journalist said in response to reporting on Republican plans. Just hours after U.S. President Donald Trumpnamed a labor secretary nominee seen by some union leaders and advocates as genuinely pro-worker, The Washington Post on Saturday detailed what […]
“The fact that Trump is railing against the PRESS Act tells us everything we need to know: He wants no shackles when it comes to attacking, intimidating, silencing the press,” warned one legal expert. Journalists and press freedom advocates this week responded to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s attack on a proposed federal shield law with […]
“The administration is cracking down on all the ways that companies—through paperwork, hold times and general aggravation—waste people’s money, waste people’s time,” a White House official said. The Biden administration on Monday launched a wide-ranging consumer protection campaign called “Time Is Money” aimed at cracking down on hard-to-cancel services, deliberately poor customer service, and other […]
WASHINGTON—This week, Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (AK-AL) introduced the Domestic Seafood Production Act (DSPA), legislation to help address food security in communities historically reliant on coastal and marine resources by helping them build seafood processing capacity for local use. Peltola’s bill would prevent rapid offshore finfish aquaculture permitting and its harmful effects on the environment and local […]