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The World Cup Reminds Us of the Animal Origins of FootballPigs' bladders were once a versatile tool, serving as containers for lard, preserves, and even in scientific and medical applications. Thei...
Top cases on the United States Supreme Court's docketThe U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing significant cases. These cases cover voting rights, presidential authority, immigration policies, and g...
With Fed independence in crosshairs, will Supreme Court back Trump again?The US Supreme Court is leaning towards empowering the President to dismiss regulatory agency heads. However, the court shows hesitation re...
Supreme court to hear Trump case on firing Fed Governor Lisa Cook, independence of Federal Reserve at stakeThe Supreme Court will decide if President Donald Trump can remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve. This big case is about the independe...
US Supreme Court lets Trump remove FTC member, for nowThe Supreme Court sided with Donald Trump, allowing him to fire a Federal Trade Commission member. This reversed a judge's order protecting...
Supreme Court will weigh expanding Trump's power to shape agencies by overturning 90-year-old rulingThe Supreme Court will consider expanding presidential power over independent agencies, potentially overturning a 1935 ruling. They allowed...
Chief justice John Roberts lets Trump remove member of Federal Trade Commission for nowChief Justice John Roberts allowed President Trump to remove an FTC member, signaling a shift from a 90-year precedent protecting independe...
Trump might fire Jerome Powell, but it could spark a legal war like nothing America’s seen beforeDonald Trump is again considering firing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, potentially igniting a complex legal battle. Powell assert...
Jerome Powell says Trump can’t fire him. That might changePresident Trump's dismissal of two Democratic FTC commissioners challenges a 1935 Supreme Court decision that protects independent agency m...
Mental strain, deepening risks as Israel's war with Hamas reaches 100 daysTens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed, Gaza lies in ruins, and the Middle East is sliding towards a wider conflict. The war ha...
Meta asks appeals court to tell FTC it cannot reopen privacy caseThe dispute stretches back to May, when the FTC proposed tightening a 2019 consent agreement to prohibit Meta from making money off young u...
FTC nominees vow to combat deceptive AI practicesThe deceptive use of artificial intelligence should be a priority for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), three commissioner nominees said ...
US FTC leaders will target AI that violates civil rights or is deceptiveIn a congressional hearing, FTC Chair Lina Khan and Commissioners Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya were asked about concerns that recent...
Big Tech's little mergers draw more US antitrust scrutinyFTC staff found that Facebook, Alphabet's Google, Amazon.com, Apple and Microsoft together had 616 acquisitions from 2010 to 2019 that were...
US FTC drops anti-trust case against QualcommThe FTC first filed a complaint against Qualcomm in 2017, charging that the company has a monopoly in baseband processors.