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President Donald Trump speaks at U.S. Steel Corp.'s Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant, Friday, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) ** FILE **

Impact of Trump’s 646 deregulatory actions diluted by tariffs, executive orders

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

A 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E charges, Friday, March 8, 2024, at an electric vehicle charging station in London, Ohio. The U.S. government has loosened some rules governing electric vehicle tax credits a bit, potentially making more EVs eligible for credits of up to $7,500. The Treasury Department announced final regulations for the credits under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act on Friday, May 3, giving automakers more time to comply with some provisions about where battery minerals can come from. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

Federal red ink now costs businesses more than $2.1 trillion per year, report says

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

U.S. $100 bills are seen, Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Marple Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Biden’s battle on climate and social programs escalates red tape

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden signs a series of executive orders on health care, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump deregulation rule Biden ditched on Day One helped save $160 billion, analysis finds

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters during an event on protecting seniors with diabetes in the Rose Garden White House, Tuesday, May 26, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Competitive Enterprise Institute study finds Trump issuing far fewer regulations than Obama

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

This April 1970 photo made available by NASA shows the Earth as the Apollo 13 mission heads towards the moon. (NASA via AP)

NASA fights free-market group’s campaign to remove 97% climate change claim as consensus challenged

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

SEC Lizard Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Don’t let the SEC snatch funds from middle-class investors

By John Berlau

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on the campus of Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Free-market group’s ad warns Thanksgiving will be a turkey under Green New Deal

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The Environmental Protection Agency's children's environmental health centers have engaged in "statistical shenanigans" to draw shaky links on children's health issues, according to the Competitive Enterprise Institute. (Associated Press/File)

EPA-funded children’s health centers accused of ‘junk science’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This May 21, 2018, photo shows a row of dishwashers for sale at Lowe's Home Improvement store in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) **FILE**

Dishwasher regulations draw Trump administration scrutiny

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., attends a House Oversight Committee hearing on high prescription drugs on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 26, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal would cost $70,000-plus per household in first year: Study

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Moderator Chuck Todd introduces U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Republican Corey Stewart at the start of a Virginia senatorial debate, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, at Capital One headquarters, in McLean, Va. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via AP, Pool) ** FILE **

Ad campaign accuses ‘Meet the Press’ of denying climate change debate

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

According to the Competitive Enterprise Institute, state governments are pursuing aggressive green policies through prosecutions and other strategies. (Associated Press)

Competitive Enterprise Institute: Activists working with officials to advance green agenda

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., joins a rally outside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. The group was protesting President Donald Trump's appointment of Mick Mulvaney as Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's acting director. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces Supreme Court challenge

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman speaks during a news conference in New York on Feb. 11, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Eric Schneiderman, N.Y. attorney general, sued over secrecy deal on climate-change investigation

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (left) of Rhode Island, shown here with Sen. Charles E. Schumer of New York, kicked off the Democrats' two-day campaign in the Senate by saying, "Welcome to the 'Web of Denial.' And thank you to those who are working to expose it. It is a filthy thing in our democracy." (Associated Press/File)

‘Web of Denial’ turns Senate floor into Democrats’ pulpit against climate change skeptics

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2014 file photo, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). left, talks about rising sea levels with Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) in a bayfront neighborhood of Miami Beach, Fla., that in recent years frequently was flooded by seasonal high tides. The Rhode Island Democrat’s ever-changing, ever-present floor speeches make him the Senate’s loudest, most persistent voice on the dangers of climate change. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Senate Democrats accused of McCarthyism after naming climate skeptics on floor

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a Digital Content Creators Town Hall at the Neuehouse Hollywood in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Democrats force Hillary Clinton’s hand on prosecution of climate skeptics

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Muzzling attempt unconstitutional

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude E. Walker. ** FILE **

Virgin Islands AG revokes climate-change subpoena after being criticized for ‘abuse of power’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times