Harold Hamm, an Oklahoma oil tycoon, has played a central role in reshaping energy policy by allying himself with President Trump.
Category: Law and Legislation
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DealBook Summit: Reckoning with the ‘New Normal’
At this year’s DealBook Summit, there was an understanding that in the Trump era, business runs through the White house like never before.
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Supreme Court Grapples With Whether to Lift Campaign Finance Limits
The dispute before the court involved a Republican effort to lift limits on how much money political parties can spend in coordination with candidates.
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Supreme Court Struggles With How to Insulate the Federal Reserve From Politics
The president seemed poised for a big Supreme Court win letting him remove officials without cause. But the justices appeared to struggle with how to insulate the Federal Reserve from politics.
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Obamacare Users Will Be Asked to Pay More for Plans That Cover Less
People who have health insurance under the Affordable Care Act will face higher deductibles and higher premiums.
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Planes, Trade and Nuclear Energy: Supreme Court Weighs Fate of Independent Regulators
The court heard arguments Monday in a case that could determine the independence of agencies like the National Transportation Safety Board and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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States Are Raking In Billions From Slot Machines on Your Phone
Online casinos have proved to be a much stronger source of tax revenue than sports betting apps. They may be coming to a state near you.
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Trump Accounts, Baby Bonds: Giving Directly to Kids Is an Idea Right and Left Could Love
Michael and Susan Dell’s $6.25 billion donation to child savings accounts fits a trend: giving with no strings attached. In some ways, it’s a bipartisan philosophy.
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N.Y. Law Could Set Stage for A.I. Regulation’s Next ‘Big Battleground’
The new law seeks to prevent retailers from ripping off consumers by using artificial intelligence and their personal data to charge them higher prices.
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U.S. Announces Negotiated Prices for 15 Drugs Under Medicare
The Trump administration said that had the new prices been in effect last year, Medicare would have saved $12 billion, which would have reduced its spending on those drugs by 44 percent.
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Why ‘Surveillance Pricing’ Strikes a Nerve
The practice is at the intersection of two things people hate: feeling watched and feeling ripped off.
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California Has a Legal Clause for Housing That Could Put NIMBYs in a Corner
For years, the state has been nudging its cities to build housing to address a severe shortage. Maybe what they needed was a shove.