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How the Trump administration skirts the obstacles that make it hard for federal agencies to deregulate industries.

By Ian MacDougall

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While it inspired new regulations, executives have mostly found a way around them.

By Rick Paulas

U.S. President Donald Trump signs H.J. Res. 38, disapproving the rule submitted by the U.S. Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on February 16th, 2017, in Washington, DC.

Steve Gardner's engineering company was dropped for performing "junk science" to discredit a regulation that it was hired to help prepare.

By Ian MacDougall

U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions from the press during a meeting with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the Oval Office on October 10th, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

A group of Democrats has crafted legislation intended to bring conflicts of interest from industry regulators under public scrutiny.

By Robert Faturechi

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The Regulatory Accountability Act would subject the rule-making process to red tape.

By Rick Paulas

Was it bad genes? Bad luck? Or was it the toxins I eat, drink, breathe, and touch on a regular basis because the United States has a policy of putting the burden of proof for product safety on the consumer?

By Shana Bernstein