The infrastructure cartel trap Competitive Enterprise Institute cei.org/blog/the-infra…

The infrastructure cartel trap Competitive Enterprise Institute cei.org/blog/the-infra…

Infrastructure shouldn’t mean government-coordinated industry. That’s not building—it’s cartelizing. cei.org/blog/the-infra…

For too long, agencies sidestepped oversight on unfunded mandates. UMATA fixes that, delivering transparency, accountability, and clearer insight into regulatory costs. Clyde Wayne Crews Jr cei.org/news_releases/…

Trump’s AI plan clears the field — then occupies it Competitive Enterprise Institute cei.org/blog/trumps-ai…

The AI problem is not private-sector misbehavior or a lack of gov't oversight. Rather, it is gov't itself as an AI actor - weaponizing, funding, deploying, steering, indemnifying contractors, & displacing market disciplines w/ predation. Competitive Enterprise Institute cei.org/blog/trumps-ai…

Today a California jury found Meta and Google liable for depression and anxiety suffered by a 20-year-old woman who claimed to have been addicted to social media platforms like Facebook as a child. CEI experts JessicaPMelugin & Alex R. Reinauer called the verdict disappointing and

2026 to date: 585 final rules & 389 proposed in the 14,609-page Federal Register. 55 final rules deemed "significant" (with Trump administration emphasis on deregulatory measures) 25 Trump exec orders. Competitive Enterprise Institute tenthousandcommandments.blogspot.com

2026 to date: 609 final rules & 416 proposed in the 16115-page Federal Register. 56 final rules deemed "significant" (emphasis deregulatory) 27 Trump exec orders. Competitive Enterprise Institute tenthousandcommandments.blogspot.com

The U.S. may stumble into a carbon-taxed future, triggered by this little-known House report, CEI's Marlo Lewis explains in Real Clear Energy. bit.ly/4sAiloq

2026 to date: 658 final rules & 449 proposed in the 17565-page Federal Register. 62 final rules deemed "significant" (emphasis deregulatory) 28 Trump exec orders. Competitive Enterprise Institute tenthousandcommandments.blogspot.com

Federal regulation 1st quarter 2026 report: Bureaucracy on the back foot Competitive Enterprise Institute cei.org/blog/federal-r…

Today, Competitive Enterprise Institute released the 2026 edition of 10,000 Commandments, a survey of the federal regulatory landscape. No one does more work to bring transparency to the administrative state than Clyde Wayne Crews Jr - check it out!

Federal regulations cost the average American household $15,859 a year. That's not a tax you voted on. Clyde Wayne Crews Jr breaks down the full $2 trillion burden in CEI's new Ten Thousand Commandments report. See what it means for you: bit.ly/41WeupW

2026 to date: 686 final rules & 486 proposed in the 18727-page Federal Register. 63 final rules deemed "significant" (emphasis deregulatory) 30 Trump exec orders. Competitive Enterprise Institute tenthousandcommandments.blogspot.com

2026 to date: 747 final rules & 521 proposed in the 21202-page Federal Register. 67 final rules deemed "significant" (emphasis deregulatory) 30 Trump exec orders. Competitive Enterprise Institute tenthousandcommandments.blogspot.com

2026 to date: 872 final rules & 592 proposed in the 23855-page Federal Register. 75 final rules deemed "significant" (emphasis deregulatory) 31 Trump exec orders. Competitive Enterprise Institute tenthousandcommandments.blogspot.com

The Little Red Hen goes digital: No data centers, no internet Competitive Enterprise Institute cei.org/blog/the-littl…

The Telecom Act tried to engineer competition and fell short. CEI's Brian Rankin argues the next update should let innovation lead instead. cei.org/blog/from-ma-b…

Everyone wants AI, streaming, and the cloud. Fewer want the data centers that make them possible. CEI’s Clyde Wayne Crews (Clyde Wayne Crews Jr) argues that communities blocking this infrastructure should not expect equal access to all of its benefits. cei.org/blog/the-littl…