WASHINGTON—Big tech has launched a media blitz aimed at derailing one of the most ground-breaking bipartisan bills in the U.S. that would bar tech companies, like Amazon.com Inc, from giving preference to their own businesses on their websites. Amazon lambasted the bill on Wednesday saying in a blog post that the bill “jeopardizes two of…

Commentary The United States has the most open capital markets in the world where firms come to raise capital. The one clear requirement is that firms follow the laws, rules, and regulations on U.S. securities and finance. Beijing is fighting to see if its firms raising capital in the United States can avoid this basic…

Commentary Once upon a time, the mantra of the libertarian Left was “keep the government out of the bedroom.” President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi want to regulate any gadget or appliance with an electric switch that turns on in your house or your driveway. New Department of Energy rules will dictate the…

This story was originally published on the Environmental Health News website “Safe” limits on human exposure to phthalates set by national and international regulatory authorities may not adequately protect public health, according to a new analysis published in the journal Environmental Health on Monday. The study, synthesizing dozens of human studies, drew significant associations between…

LONDON—A flare up in U.S.–China tensions, signs of further regulatory crackdowns from Beijing, and a rise in short-dated U.S. Treasury yields doused the equity market rally on Wednesday, offsetting tailwinds from forecast-beating earnings on Wall Street. MSCI’s global equity benchmark is hovering close to Monday’s seven-week high and is on track for the best month…

Index on Censorship has become the latest free speech organisation to lambast the UK government’s Online Safety Bill, describing it as “catastrophic.” The draft bill aims to protect adults and children from both illegal and legal “harms” online, and has been described by both critics and supporters as the most ambitious attempt to regulate the…

The brutal cold snap that brought days of blackouts and water shortages has exposed the shortcomings of Texas’s electricity system, but one expert says that the fix is better winterization measures and improved management—not more federal integration and control of the Lone Star state’s independent power grid. Jason Isaac, a former state representative and current…

President Joe Biden has rolled back executive orders of President Donald Trump aimed at cutting federal regulatory burden, hinting the already enormous regulatory regime may spring back to that of its pre-Trump days. In two Jan. 20 executive orders, Biden nixed about a dozen orders of Trump’s that pertained to regulatory reform, including one on…

White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain ordered a freeze on federal regulations in his first official act on Jan. 20, putting the breaks on any new and pending rules until they can be reviewed by appointees of President Joe Biden. In a memo sent to the heads of executive agencies and departments, Klain said…