Sweeping Deregulation

FCC unveils sweeping deregulation effort

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is planning a new effort to roll back regulations on the tech, media and telecommunications industries, the department announced Wednesday. The FCC said ...

The Hill - 1d

EPA takes aim at toxic protections, begins massive deregulation campaign

EPA takes aim at water, air and toxics protections as part of massive deregulation campaign.

ABC News - 1d

EPA chief: Deregulation will make it easier to buy cars, heat homes

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin on Thursday pitched the Trump administration’s deregulation effort as a step that will make it easier for Americans to buy a car, heat ...

The Hill - 22h

Klaebo notches first six-gold cross-country sweep

Norway's Johannes Hoesfolt Klaebo completing an unprecedented sweep by winning all six golds at the cross-country world championships.

ESPN - 6d

Italy's Paris wins World Cup downhill to prevent Swiss sweep, Odermatt closes in on overall title

Italian veteran Dominik Paris has prevented a Swiss sweep of the podium by winning a men’s World Cup downhill race

ABC News - Mar. 7

Grim details emerge in death of California man killed in trash sweep

James Edward Oakley, 58-year-old man living in Vallejo, was crushed by piece of excavating equipment last year. New details have emerged in the death of a northern California man who was killed by ...

The Guardian - 16h

European telcos find growth elsewhere as Brussels mulls deregulation

Vodafone and Orange seek scale in emerging markets as continental growth stalls

Financial Times - 5d

Trump, Texas GOP's deregulation push sparks hope and fear in the oil field

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part two in a four-part series. Read part one here. President Trump and Texas lawmakers are pushing to loosen the laws and ...

The Hill - 4d

Sweeping Tariffs Threaten to Undo a 30-Year Trade Alliance

The stiff tariffs President Trump briefly imposed on Mexico and Canada this week could have pushed those allies into recession. The impact for America would be messy.

The New York Times - Mar. 7

Union for Education Department workers reacts to sweeping job cuts

The Trump administration is placing more than a thousand Department of Education workers on leave beginning March 21. American Federation of Government Employees Local 252 President Sheria Smith, ...

CBS News - 1d

‘Startup Nation’ Groups Say They’re Meeting Trump Officials to Push for Deregulated ‘Freedom Cities’

The architects of projects like Próspera are drafting legislation to create US cities that would be free from federal regulations.

Wired - 6d

UCLA routs USC 90-63 to sweep crosstown rivalry ahead of Big Ten tournament debut

Eric Dailey Jr. scored a career-high 25 points and UCLA defeated Southern California 90-63 in the crosstown rivals’ regular-season finale

ABC News - 5d

Violence Sweeps Coastal Syria, Sowing Chaos: ‘We Have to Get Out of Here’

Residents described shootings outside their homes and bodies in the streets in Syria’s worst unrest since Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. More than 1,000 people have been killed since Thursday, a war ...

The New York Times - 4d

Trump Promised Americans Booming Wealth. Now He’s Changing His Tune.

President Trump’s sweeping promises are running headlong into the reality of governing.

The New York Times - 3d

Still think the Thunder aren't ready to win a title? You're wrong

Oklahoma City showed all the toughness, poise and confidence it will need to succeed in the playoffs while sweeping the season series from Boston.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Reaches the Supreme Court

Trump administration lawyers asked the justices to limit the sweep of decisions by three lower courts that issued nationwide pauses on the policy.

The New York Times - 17h

2025 MiLB alternate identities bring plenty of wild names

The trend of minor league teams adopting unique "alternate identities" for exclusive games is sweeping the nation.

ESPN - 19h

Skirmish in Syrian Capital Raises Fears of Expanding Violence

The overnight clash in Damascus appeared to have been contained, but it has heightened concerns that the violence sweeping the country’s coastal region could spread.

The New York Times - 3d

Germans hold 1-2-3 spots midway through 2-man world bobsled championship, with US in medal hunt

Take the season’s biggest races in the sliding sports of bobsled, skeleton and luge, meaning either the Olympics or the world championships, and there have been 59 instances of sliders from one ...

ABC News - 5d

Trump Suspends Mexico and Canada Tariffs on USMCA Goods for a Month

Many imports from Canada and Mexico will be exempt from tariffs, as the president quickly reversed a sweeping trade action taken just two days ago after market turmoil.

The New York Times - 5d

Book excerpt: "Dream State" by Eric Puchner

An Oprah's Book Club pick, this latest novel from the author of "Model Home" is a sweeping saga about how choices – big and small – shape lives and families for decades.

CBS News - 5d

CBS hits back at FCC over probe into '60 Minutes' edits

CBS argued that the news distortion complaint should be dismissed, saying the U.S. Supreme Court has never 'recognized a sweeping right by the government to second guess editorial decision-making.'

Los Angeles Times - 3d

Trump rejects pleas from business for more clarity on tariffs

President Donald Trump has dismissed the growing chorus of CEOs, investors and policymakers who are pleading with the White House for greater clarity about his sweeping tariff agenda.

NBC News - 3d

Trump tariffs on steel and aluminum come into effect amid US-Canada trade war

European Commission announces countermeasures after sweeping US levies of 25% come into force without any exemptions. Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum imports took effect on Wednesday ...

The Guardian - 2d

Pete Hegseth to overhaul US military lawyers in effort to relax rules of war

The defense secretary has empowered his lawyer Tim Parlatore to remake the judge advocate general’s corps. The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth , is expected in the coming weeks to start a ...

The Guardian - 1d

Sales of US goods 'rapidly dropping' at Canadian grocery stores

Canadians are buying fewer products made in the U.S. in an effort to brace for the impact of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which are set to cause prices to skyrocket across a range of ...

The Hill - 20h

After 80 years of transatlantic ties, Europe forges a new alliance

Germany, France and UK sweep away old rules in pledge to do ‘whatever it takes’ to defend Europe from Russian threat. When he rose to his feet at prime minister’s questions on Wednesday, Keir ...

The Guardian - 5d

Twins! Rivals! Clones! Hollywood is doubling down on dual roles

Robert Pattinson, Robert De Niro and Michael B Jordan are all pulling double duty in their new films and that’s just the start. For years, dual roles have been played largely for laughs. Think of ...

The Guardian - 4d

Trump's Jan. 6 pardon doesn't cover rioter's plot to kill FBI agents, judge rules

President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardon of participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot does not extend to the separate crimes of one rioter who plotted to murder the law enforcement agents who ...