| 2026-06-02 | EO 'Promoting Advanced AI Innovation and Security' — Voluntary Frontier-Model Framework, Shortened Federal Pre-Release Window, Rejects Mandatory Licensing
4 src Donald Trump · White House | | confirmed |
| 2026-02-23 | Legal Scholars Assess State Climate Authority After Endangerment Repeal; California Formally Sues EPA
6 src California Attorney General Rob Bonta · U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-21 | Independent Analysis Projects 58,000 Additional Deaths and $4.7 Trillion in Costs from EPA Endangerment Repeal
4 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump · Fossil Fuel Industry |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-19 | Trump Issues DOGE Deregulatory Executive Order Requiring 60-Day Regulatory Review at All Agencies Including Independent Bodies
4 src Donald Trump · Russell Vought · Office of Management and Budget · Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-18 | EPA Endangerment Finding Repeal Published in Federal Register; Coalition Lawsuits Filed Same Day
7 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Earthjustice · Environmental Defense Fund · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-18 | FDA Commissioner Makary and Deputy Prasad Announce End of Two-Trial Drug Approval Standard in NEJM — Most Significant FDA Safety Change Since 1962
7 src Food and Drug Administration · Marty Makary · Vinay Prasad · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-12 | EPA Repeals 2009 Endangerment Finding on Greenhouse Gases
4 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-08 | EPA Advances Rollback of Four PFAS Drinking Water Standards
3 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-18 | EPA WOTUS Rollback Moves Forward After Public Comment Period
3 src U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Lee Zeldin · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-17 | DOGE Claims $881M in Education Research Contract Cancellations
3 src Department of Government Efficiency · U.S. Department of Education · Linda McMahon |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-11 | EO 14365 'National Policy Framework for AI' — Preempts State AI Laws, Creates DOJ AI Litigation Task Force to Sue States, Conditions Federal Grants on Non-Regulation
5 src Donald Trump · Department of Justice · Department of Commerce | | confirmed |
| 2025-09-26 | White House Solicits Input on Dismantling AI Regulations to Boost Industry
2 src White House |
| reported |
| 2025-09-22 | DOJ Eliminates Consumer Protection Branch, Guts Civil Rights Division Enforcement
4 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 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 |
| 2025-07-26 | DOGE Uses AI to Target Elimination of 50% of Federal Regulations
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-18 | EPA Announces Largest Workforce Reduction in History — 3,707 Employees Cut, Office of Research and Development Eliminated
6 src Lee Zeldin · Donald Trump · DOGE |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-11 | Trump Directs Agencies to Quietly Repeal Regulations Without Public Notice
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Lee Zeldin · Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs | | confirmed |
| 2025-03-25 | Senate Confirms Marty Makary as FDA Commissioner in 56-44 Vote, Architect of Deregulation Agenda
4 src Marty Makary · Donald Trump · Robert F. Kennedy Jr. · Dick Durbin · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-18 | VP Vance at Andreessen Horowitz American Dynamism Summit — AI Deregulation 'Tech-Populist Synthesis'; 'We Shouldn't Be Afraid of AI, We Should Seek to Dominate It'
4 src J.D. Vance · Andreessen Horowitz |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-12 | EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Announces Historic Rollback of 31 Pollution Rules
5 src Lee Zeldin · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Donald Trump · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-14 | DOE Resumes LNG Export Approvals: Commonwealth LNG First Permit, Five Major Facilities Approved by September
7 src Chris Wright · Department of Energy |
| confirmed |
| 2025-01-20 | Initial Rescissions order revokes 78 Biden-era executive orders
4 src Donald Trump · White House | | confirmed |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump Signs 'Unleashing American Energy' EO on Day One: Lifts LNG Export Pause, Opens Federal Lands, Targets EV Mandates
5 src Donald Trump · Chris Wright · Doug Burgum |
| confirmed |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump signs Executive Order 14148 rescinding 78 Biden directives
3 src Donald Trump · J.D. Vance |
| confirmed |
| 2023-03-10 | Silicon Valley Bank Collapses in $212 Billion Bank Run, Third-Largest U.S. Bank Failure Caused by Regulatory Rollback
3 src Greg Becker · FDIC · Federal Reserve · Elizabeth Warren · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2022-06-30 | Supreme Court Establishes Major Questions Doctrine in West Virginia v. EPA, Limiting Regulatory Power
5 src U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Clarence Thomas · Samuel Alito · +9 |
| confirmed |
| 2019-07-01 | Betsy DeVos Repeals Gainful Employment Rule, Eliminating All Accountability for For-Profit College Job Outcomes Despite $1.3 Billion Projected Cost to Taxpayers
7 src Betsy DeVos · U.S. Department of Education · For-Profit College Industry · Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities |
| confirmed |
| 2019-05-15 | Utah adopts ALEC model legislation requiring legislative approval for "major" agency rules
3 src American Legislative Exchange Council |
| confirmed |
| 2018-06-11 | Net Neutrality Repeal Officially Takes Effect, Permitting ISPs to Throttle, Block, and Prioritize Content for Payment
3 src Federal Communications Commission · Ajit Pai · Comcast Corporation · Verizon Communications · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2018-05-24 | Trump Signs Dodd-Frank Rollback Raising 'Systemically Important' Bank Threshold from $50B to $250B After Industry Lobbying Blitz
3 src Donald Trump · Greg Becker · Mark Warner · Elizabeth Warren · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2017-12-14 | FCC Under Ajit Pai Repeals Net Neutrality in 3-2 Party-Line Vote
3 src Ajit Pai · Donald Trump · Verizon Communications · AT&T |
| confirmed |
| 2017-01-30 | Executive Order 13771: Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs
3 src Donald Trump · Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs · Public Citizen · Joe Biden |
| confirmed |
| 2016-12-01 | Banking Committee Chairman Shelby Advocates for Financial CHOICE Act to Gut Dodd-Frank
3 src U.S. Senate Banking Committee · Wall Street |
| confirmed |
| 2010-12-21 | FCC Passes First Net Neutrality Rules with Major Wireless Exemption in 3-2 Party-Line Vote
3 src Federal Communications Commission · Comcast Corporation · Verizon Communications · AT&T |
| confirmed |
| 2003-06-02 | FCC Attempts Massive Media Deregulation Under Michael Powell Despite 97% Public Opposition
3 src Colin Powell · George W. Bush · Trent Lott |
| confirmed |
| 2002-05-17 | Bush Administration Redefines Mining Waste as Fill Material to Enable Mountaintop Removal
4 src George W. Bush · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| confirmed |
| 2001-01-12 | Clinton Roadless Rule Protects 58 Million Acres of National Forests from Logging
3 src Bill Clinton · U.S. Forest Service |
| confirmed |
| 2000-12-21 | Clinton Signs Commodity Futures Modernization Act, Cementing Derivatives Deregulation
6 src Bill Clinton · Lawrence Summers · Phil Gramm · Alan Greenspan |
| confirmed |
| 2000-12-15 | Phil Gramm Inserts 262-Page CFMA into 11,000-Page Spending Bill Hours Before Christmas Recess
4 src Phil Gramm · U.S. Senate · U.S. House of Representatives · Bill Clinton · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2000-10-10 | Clinton Signs China PNTR Ending Annual Review, Enabling WTO Entry and Manufacturing Exodus
4 src Bill Clinton · U.S. Senate · U.S. House of Representatives |
| confirmed |
| 2000-08-30 | Clear Channel Radio Empire Reaches 1,240 Stations After AMFM Acquisition - Conservative Talk Radio Infrastructure Dominates American Airwaves
5 src Clear Channel Communications · Rush Limbaugh · Lowry Mays · Republican Party |
| confirmed |
| 2000-05-03 | FCC Approves $35.6 Billion Viacom-CBS Merger Despite Ownership Concentration Violations
4 src Viacom · FCC Federal Communications Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2000-03-10 | Dot-Com Bubble Peaks, Exposes IPO Fraud and Analyst Conflicts
4 src Investment banks · Securities and Exchange Commission · Nasdaq |
| confirmed |
| 2000-01-11 | AOL-Time Warner $164 Billion Merger Creates Largest Media Conglomerate in History
4 src FCC Federal Communications Commission |
| confirmed |
| 1999-11-05 | President's Working Group Recommends Exempting $80 Trillion Derivatives Market from Regulation
4 src Lawrence Summers · Robert Rubin · Alan Greenspan · Arthur Levitt |
| confirmed |
| 1999-07-02 | Lawrence Summers Becomes Treasury Secretary, Accelerates Derivatives Deregulation Campaign
4 src Lawrence Summers · Bill Clinton · Robert Rubin · U.S. Senate |
| confirmed |
| 1999-02-15 | Time Magazine Celebrates "Committee to Save the World" While They Block Derivatives Regulation
4 src Robert Rubin · Lawrence Summers · Alan Greenspan · Brooksley Born |
| confirmed |
| 1998-10-07 | Higher Education Act Reauthorization Loosens Regulations, Enables For-Profit College Explosion
3 src Bill Clinton · U.S. Congress · University of Phoenix |
| confirmed |
| 1998-09-30 | NationsBank-BankAmerica $62 Billion Merger Creates First Coast-to-Coast National Bank
4 src Federal Reserve · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 1996-12-31 | Telecommunications Act Triggers Mass Layoffs and Destruction of Local Journalism
4 src FCC Federal Communications Commission |
| confirmed |
| 1996-06-30 | Clear Channel Begins Unprecedented Radio Consolidation Under Telecommunications Act
4 src Clear Channel Communications · Lowry Mays · FCC Federal Communications Commission |
| confirmed |
| 1996-02-08 | Telecommunications Act of 1996 Eliminates Radio Ownership Caps and Raises TV Limits, Triggering Massive Media Consolidation
10 src Bill Clinton · U.S. Congress · Federal Communications Commission · Clear Channel Communications · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1994-01-01 | NAFTA Implementation Begins Manufacturing Job Hemorrhage
4 src Bill Clinton · George H.W. Bush · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · AFL-CIO |
| confirmed |
| 1993-12-08 | Clinton Signs NAFTA Creating Corporate Tribunals to Override National Laws
4 src Bill Clinton · Al Gore · Robert Rubin · Mexican Government |
| confirmed |
| 1993-01-14 | CFTC Chair Wendy Gramm Exempts Enron from Derivatives Regulation, Joins Board Five Weeks Later
4 src Phil Gramm · Enron Corporation · Kenneth Lay |
| confirmed |
| 1989-01-20 | Reagan Leaves Office: Domestic Corruption and Policy Failure Legacy
3 src Ronald Reagan · George H.W. Bush |
| confirmed |
| 1987-08-04 | Reagan FCC Abolishes Fairness Doctrine in 4-0 Vote, Eliminating Balanced Coverage Requirements for Broadcasters
6 src Federal Communications Commission · Ronald Reagan | | confirmed |
| 1982-11-17 | SEC Adopts Rule 10b-18, Legalizing Stock Buybacks and Creating Major Wealth Extraction Mechanism
3 src Securities and Exchange Commission · Ronald Reagan |
| confirmed |
| 1982-10-15 | Reagan Signs Garn-St Germain Act: Massive Thrift Deregulation
4 src Ronald Reagan · Chuck Schumer · Federal Home Loan Bank Board | | 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 |
| 1982-01-08 | AT&T Breakup Settlement Finalized, Becoming Last Major Antitrust Action for Decades
3 src AT&T · Department of Justice · Ronald Reagan · Robert Bork |
| confirmed |
| 1982-01-01 | S&L Deregulation Creates Moral Hazard: Recipe for Systematic Fraud
3 src Ronald Reagan · Federal Home Loan Bank Board |
| confirmed |
| 1981-01-28 | Reagan Appoints James Watt as Interior Secretary - Oil Industry Capture
5 src Ronald Reagan · James Watt |
| confirmed |
| 1980-07-01 | Carter Signs Motor Carrier Act, Completing Bipartisan Transportation Deregulation
2 src Jimmy Carter · U.S. Congress |
| confirmed |
| 1978-11-09 | Natural Gas Policy Act Begins Energy Sector Deregulation
3 src Jimmy Carter |
| confirmed |
| 1978-10-24 | Carter Signs Airline Deregulation Act, Neoliberal Turn Begins
5 src Jimmy Carter · Edward Kennedy · Stephen Breyer |
| confirmed |
| 1946-11-09 | Price Controls End After Corporate Decontrol Campaign, Inflation Spikes
3 src Harry Truman · National Association of Manufacturers · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · U.S. Congress |
| confirmed |
| 1946-02-20 | Employment Act of 1946 Gutted, Full Employment Guarantee Abandoned
3 src U.S. Congress · Harry Truman · National Association of Manufacturers · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 1931-06-01 | Banking Crisis Accelerates with 2,300 Bank Failures in 1931 as Hoover Resists Federal Intervention
4 src Herbert Hoover · Federal Reserve | | confirmed |