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The War on Regulation

Under Trump, it’s open season on health, safety, labor, financial, and environmental measures—that protect people who voted for him.

by Paul Waldman April 17, 2017

The protests won’t make him change his mind. But this is how to keep him from setting precedents.

The right backs states’ rights when that’s convenient—but uses federal preemption to overrule blue state policies.

by Manuel Madrid April 14, 2017

It’s an uphill struggle, but solar entrepreneurs have begun building the state’s post-coal future.

Trump’s top economic adviser—our Trickle Downer of the Week—is veiling his support for more deregulation behind the rhetoric of financial reform.

The attorney general is courting law enforcement by reducing accountability and renewing a war on people of color.

Another presidential assault on the courts and poor people—and another critical institution heedlessly threatened.

The president owes his wealth to government-subsidized housing, but his new budget slashes housing aid for the poor.

He may repeal Obama’s Clean Power Plan, but states and cities can, and will, still do a lot to advance clean power.

Conservatives spent millions on ads to pressure Democrats to back Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court, one key reason many are now voting against him