| 2026-06-29 | Supreme Court Overturns Humphrey's Executor, Grants President At-Will Firing Power Over Independent Agencies
3 src Supreme Court of the United States · Donald Trump · Federal Trade Commission · John Roberts · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-27 | SCOTUS poised to grant Trump at-will firing power over independent agencies in Trump v. Slaughter
3 src Supreme Court of the United States · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · Federal Trade Commission | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-16 | Trump Signs EO 14395 Establishing Task Force to Eliminate Fraud — Vance as Chair, Ferguson as Vice Chair, 11-Agency Cross-Government Body With Authority to Pause Federal Funding
9 src Donald Trump · J.D. Vance · Andrew Ferguson · Stephen Miller · +6 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-20 | Trump Executive Order Directs Restrictions on Institutional Investor Home Purchases
3 src Donald Trump · White House · Department of the Treasury · U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-08 | Supreme Court Signals Intent to Overturn 90-Year Precedent Protecting Independent Agency Leaders from Presidential Firing, Expanding Executive Power
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · John Roberts · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-01 | Trump Administration Drops 100+ Corporate Enforcement Actions, Penalties Fall 97 Percent
9 src Trump Administration · Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · Federal Trade Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2025-11-25 | House Judiciary Democrats Release Report Exposing Trump Family's $800 Million Cryptocurrency Empire Built on Foreign Influence and Self-Dealing
4 src Jamie Raskin · Donald Trump · Trump Organization · Trump Family · +17 |
| reported |
| 2025-11-18 | Meta Wins FTC Antitrust Case as Judge Rules No Monopoly Despite Instagram/WhatsApp Acquisitions
3 src James Boasberg · Meta · Mark Zuckerberg · Federal Trade Commission · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-10-20 | FTC Deletes Consumer Protection Guidance on AI Fraud and Surveillance
2 src Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · Trump Appointees · Tech companies |
| confirmed |
| 2025-09-22 | Supreme Court Agrees to Reconsider Humphrey's Executor, Review Trump's Power to Fire Agency Heads
2 src U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · Federal Trade Commission · +1 |
| reported |
| 2025-09-22 | Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire FTC Commissioner Slaughter, Threatens Independent Agencies
2 src U.S. Supreme Court · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · Federal Trade Commission |
| reported |
| 2025-09-17 | DOJ and FTC Identify 125+ Federal Regulations for Elimination as "Anticompetitive"
4 src Department of Justice · Federal Trade Commission · Trump Administration | | confirmed |
| 2025-09-11 | FTC Launches Investigation into AI Companion Chatbots' Impact on Children
2 src Federal Trade Commission · Alphabet · Meta · OpenAI · +2 |
| reported |
| 2025-09-05 | FTC Reverses Nationwide Noncompete Ban, Leaving 30 Million Workers Bound by Restrictive Contracts
2 src Andrew Ferguson · Federal Trade Commission · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-09-02 | Supreme Court Allows Trump to Remove FTC Commissioner, Gutting Agency Independence
2 src John Roberts · Donald Trump · Rebecca Slaughter · U.S. Supreme Court · +1 |
| reported |
| 2025-08-13 | Trump Revokes Executive Order on Competition
5 src Donald Trump · Department of Justice Antitrust Division · Federal Trade Commission | | confirmed |
| 2025-04-03 | FCC Chair Carr Proposes Section 230 Reinterpretation at DOJ "Big-Tech Censorship" Forum
6 src Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission · Department of Justice Antitrust Division · Federal Trade Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-02 | Zuckerberg lobbies Trump to avoid Meta antitrust trial
5 src Mark Zuckerberg · Meta · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-18 | Trump Signs Order to Claim Power Over Independent Agencies
4 src Donald Trump · Federal Trade Commission · Securities and Exchange Commission · Federal Communications Commission · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump Replaces Lina Khan with Andrew Ferguson, Signals Antitrust Rollback
3 src Donald Trump · Andrew Ferguson · Lina Khan · Federal Trade Commission | | confirmed |
| 2024-12-10 | FTC Blocks Kroger-Albertsons $24.6B Grocery Merger, Citing Labor and Consumer Harm
3 src Federal Trade Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2024-09-20 | FTC Sues Big Three PBMs for Artificially Inflating Insulin Prices Through Rebate Schemes
4 src Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · CVS Caremark · Express Scripts · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2024-07-09 | FTC Report Reveals PBM Oligopoly: Top 3 Control 80% of Market, Extract $7.3 Billion Through Markups
3 src Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · CVS Caremark · Express Scripts · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2024-04-24 | Chamber of Commerce Sues FTC to Block Non-Compete Ban, Challenging Agency Authority
3 src U.S. Chamber of Commerce · Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · Business Roundtable |
| confirmed |
| 2024-02-22 | AI Regulatory Bodies Begin Scrutiny of xAI's Grok
3 src Elon Musk · xAI · Federal Trade Commission · Irish Data Protection Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2023-12-18 | FTC and DOJ Release 2023 Merger Guidelines Rejecting Consumer Welfare Standard
3 src Federal Trade Commission · Department of Justice · Lina Khan · Jonathan Kanter |
| confirmed |
| 2023-12-01 | Chamber of Commerce Sues FTC Over 'Black-Box Environment' Lack of Transparency
3 src U.S. Chamber of Commerce · Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan |
| confirmed |
| 2023-09-26 | FTC Sues Amazon for Illegal Monopoly Maintenance Through Anti-Discounting and Seller Coercion
3 src Federal Trade Commission · Amazon · Andy Jassy |
| confirmed |
| 2023-09-01 | FTC Issues Policy Statement on Orange Book Patent Gaming: Pharmaceutical Evergreening as Unfair Competition Under Section 5
4 src Federal Trade Commission · Food and Drug Administration · Mylan |
| confirmed |
| 2023-07-10 | FTC Loses Microsoft-Activision Challenge, $69 Billion Merger Approved Despite Opposition
3 src Federal Trade Commission · Microsoft Corporation |
| confirmed |
| 2023-05-31 | FTC fines Ring $5.8 million for employees' illegal surveillance of customers' private videos
3 src Ring · Amazon · Federal Trade Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2023-01-31 | FTC Loses Challenge to Block Meta's VR Acquisition, Major Setback for Khan
3 src Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan |
| confirmed |
| 2022-07-13 | Celsius Network Files Bankruptcy After Freezing $4.7 Billion in Customer Deposits, Exposing Crypto Regulatory Void
3 src Celsius Network · Securities and Exchange Commission · Federal Trade Commission · Three Arrows Capital · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2022-06-14 | FTC Blocks JAB Consumer Partners Veterinary Clinic Roll-Up: Private Equity Monopolization Strategy
3 src Federal Trade Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2022-06-07 | FTC Launches Bipartisan Investigation into PBM Market Concentration and Drug Pricing
2 src Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan · Chuck Grassley · CVS Caremark · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2021-07-09 | Biden Signs Executive Order 14036: 72 Competition Initiatives, Most Comprehensive Since FDR
3 src Joe Biden · Federal Trade Commission · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2021-06-15 | Lina Khan Confirmed as FTC Chair at Age 32, Youngest Ever
3 src Lina Khan · Joe Biden · U.S. Senate · Federal Trade Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2020-12-09 | FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization Through Instagram and WhatsApp Acquisitions, Seeks Breakup
4 src Federal Trade Commission · Facebook · Mark Zuckerberg · Instagram · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2020-05-08 | AbbVie Completes $63 Billion Allergan Acquisition: Pharmaceutical Industry Consolidates Into Oligopoly
3 src AbbVie · Federal Trade Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2020-01-01 | Dialysis Industry Systematically Steers Patients Away from Home Dialysis and Toward High-Profit Commercial Insurance
4 src DaVita · Richard Blumenthal · Federal Trade Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2019-11-15 | Bristol-Myers Squibb Completes $74 Billion Celgene Acquisition Despite FTC Concerns
3 src Federal Trade Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2019-07-24 | FTC Fines Facebook Record $5 Billion But Grants Zuckerberg Immunity from Personal Liability
4 src Facebook · Mark Zuckerberg · Federal Trade Commission · Rohit Chopra |
| confirmed |
| 2019-05-21 | FTC v. Qualcomm: Judge Lucy Koh Finds Antitrust Violations in Standard Essential Patent Licensing, Later Reversed on Appeal
4 src Federal Trade Commission · Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2018-12-10 | University of Phoenix Enrollment Collapses 80% After Fraud Investigations - $191M FTC Settlement
3 src University of Phoenix · Federal Trade Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2018-06-06 | Northrop Grumman Acquires Orbital ATK for $9.2 Billion, Creating Solid Rocket Motor Monopoly
3 src Northrop Grumman · Federal Trade Commission · U.S. Department of Defense · Boeing |
| confirmed |
| 2017-08-23 | FTC Approves Amazon-Whole Foods Merger Despite Monopolization Concerns
3 src Jeff Bezos · Federal Trade Commission · Lina Khan |
| confirmed |
| 2016-01-01 | Whistleblower Alleges Dialysis Giants DaVita and Fresenius Steer Patients Through American Kidney Fund in $247M Kickback Scheme
5 src DaVita · Department of Justice · Federal Trade Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2014-02-19 | Facebook Acquires WhatsApp for $19 Billion to Dominate Messaging Market
4 src Facebook · Mark Zuckerberg · WhatsApp · Federal Trade Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2013-06-17 | Supreme Court Allows Antitrust Challenge to Pay-for-Delay Drug Settlements Costing Consumers $3.5 Billion Annually
4 src Supreme Court of the United States · Federal Trade Commission · Big Pharma |
| confirmed |
| 2013-01-03 | Google's Political Influence Derails FTC Antitrust Investigation
3 src Federal Trade Commission · Larry Page · Eric Schmidt · Obama Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2012-08-10 | FTC Finalizes 2012 Consent Decree Against Facebook — Privacy Order That Did Not Stop Surveillance-Advertising Substrate
5 src Federal Trade Commission · Facebook · Mark Zuckerberg |
| confirmed |
| 2012-08-09 | Google Fined Record $22.5M for Deliberately Overriding Safari Privacy Settings
4 src Google · Federal Trade Commission · Apple |
| confirmed |
| 2012-04-09 | Facebook Acquires Instagram for Billion to Neutralize Potential Competitor
5 src Mark Zuckerberg · Federal Trade Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2010-01-01 | Hospital Consolidation Wave (2010-2020): 1,164 Mergers with Only 1% FTC Enforcement Rate
3 src Federal Trade Commission · Hospital corporations |
| confirmed |
| 2008-04-13 | Google Acquires DoubleClick for $3.1B, Creating Advertising Monopoly
4 src Google · Federal Trade Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2007-08-27 | Questcor Raises Acthar Gel Price from $1,600 to $23,000 Overnight - Eventually Reaching 97,000% Increase Through Bribery Scheme
4 src Federal Trade Commission · Humana · U.S. Congress · Big Pharma |
| confirmed |
| 2001-01-01 | Bush and Obama Administrations Cement Bipartisan Chicago School Antitrust Consensus, Approve Historic Consolidation
4 src George W. Bush · Barack Obama · Department of Justice · Federal Trade Commission |
| confirmed |
| 1997-08-01 | Boeing-McDonnell Douglas Merger Approved: Defense Contractor Consolidation Creates Oligopoly
3 src Boeing · Federal Trade Commission · U.S. Department of Defense |
| confirmed |
| 1982-06-14 | DOJ Issues Baxter's 1982 Merger Guidelines, Revolutionizing Antitrust Enforcement Toward Corporate Permissiveness
4 src William F. Baxter · Department of Justice · Federal Trade Commission · Ronald Reagan |
| confirmed |
| 1982-02-09 | Reagan Appoints Robert Bork to DC Circuit Court of Appeals, Positioning Antitrust Revolution Author for Supreme Court
3 src Robert Bork · Ronald Reagan · D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals · Federalist Society · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 1981-01-20 | Reagan Inauguration Begins Antitrust Revolution: Eight Years of Systematic Enforcement Collapse and Corporate Consolidation
4 src Ronald Reagan · William F. Baxter · Robert Bork · Department of Justice · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1977-01-01 | Department of Justice Announces Abandonment of Robinson-Patman Act Enforcement, Adopting Chicago School Critique
4 src Department of Justice · Robert Bork · Federal Trade Commission · Chicago School of Economics |
| confirmed |
| 1976-09-30 | Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Requires Pre-Merger Notification, Last Major Antitrust Strengthening Before Reagan Dismantlement
4 src Gerald Ford · Federal Trade Commission · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 1950-12-29 | Celler-Kefauver Act Closes Merger Loopholes, Strengthens Government Power to Block Anticompetitive Consolidation
4 src U.S. Congress · Emanuel Celler · Estes Kefauver · Harry Truman · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1936-06-19 | Robinson-Patman Act Prohibits Price Discrimination to Protect Small Retailers from Chain Store Power
4 src U.S. Congress · Federal Trade Commission |
| confirmed |
| 1935-08-26 | Public Utility Holding Company Act Breaks Up Utility Monopolies
4 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · Federal Trade Commission · Securities and Exchange Commission |
| confirmed |
| 1935-05-27 | Humphrey's Executor v. United States: Supreme Court Limits Presidential Removal Power, Establishes Constitutional Predicate for Independent Agencies
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · George Sutherland · Franklin D. Roosevelt · Federal Trade Commission |
| confirmed |
| 1933-05-27 | Securities Act of 1933 Establishes Federal Securities Regulation
7 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · Federal Trade Commission · Wall Street |
| confirmed |
| 1914-09-26 | Wilson Signs Federal Trade Commission Act, Creating Expert Antitrust Enforcement Agency
4 src Woodrow Wilson · Federal Trade Commission · U.S. Congress |
| confirmed |