Scott Gottlieb, the current head of the FDA, recently announced his resignation, throwing the future of food regulation into question.
It's clear that the public has lost trust in the FTC's ability to promote competition and protect consumers. They need to restore that trust to effectively regulate.
In a draft proposal rolling back Obama-era regulations on hydrofluorocarbons, the Trump administration scrapped all references to climate change and those most affected by it.
Normally trade groups lobby for less government oversight, but not in this case.
Technology seat belts could help prevent the next Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Rohit Chopra, the newly installed commissioner of the FTC, is moving for a tougher stance from the watchdog group to push back against Trump's deregulatory agenda.
As head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Keith Noreika now has the power to override state laws protecting consumers.
A recent study by the National Employment Law Project gives job creators a failing grade.
Rather than keeping information of workplace injuries under wraps, Americans should be happy to learn we're seeing fewer of them.
Surveying the fat of the land, researchers look for any connection between obesity and rules intended to fight it.
The government is really bad at guessing how much extra we'll pay to make appliances energy efficient. That's awesome!
Washington's Initiative 502 legalized pot across the state, but provided only a few guidelines for how to produce, process, and retail the drug. What regulations will lawmakers put in place—and will they convince black market users to switch to a new, regulated industry?
How far can the FCC go in regulating blue language and nipple slips on broadcast media? Three decades since tackling the seven dirty words, the Supreme Court is poised to answer that question again.
Expected to evenly balance the demands of industry and consumers, some public interest critics of the Federal Communications Commission believe it veers too far into industry's camp.
As the Porter Hypothesis — that well-structured environmental regulations can help businesses — marks two decades, resistance to the concept remains strong.
Problems with student loans revolving around for-profit universities draw moves to reform the federal footprint.
As the legion of home-schoolers rapidly grows, sensible government oversight seems to be a reasonable option — or it'll invite a firestorm of opposition.
While some experts say mum's the word when it comes to nanoproducts' environmental safety, others believe that cannot be good for the future of the technology.
Re-emergent STDs lead some to call for restrictions on gay hookup websites, which may possess a more formidable weapon: the First Amendment.
Father and son researchers studying violence in video games find that the cumulative aggression seen in the current study reflects a low-grade social violence that's ultimately more insidious than headline-grabbing meltdowns.