New Economic Liberties Report Calls for Federal and State Bans on Prior Authorization
August 10, 2026 — The American Economic Liberties Project today released a report calling for federal and state bans on prior authorization, the process that lets private health insurers, rather than treating physicians, decide whether care is medically necessary before it can be covered. The report documents how private insurers use prior authorization to override physicians’ clinical judgment with little transparency or accountability — delaying care, worsening outcomes, and, in some cases, causing avoidable hospitalization and death.
Economic Liberties’ Statement on Adam Candeub’s Nomination Hearing to Lead DOJ Antitrust Division
August 5, 2026 — Following today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Adam Candeub's nomination to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement from Phillip Berenbroick, Senior Strategist for Policy and Advocacy:
Gemini’s Rapid Rise Proves Google Antitrust Remedies Must Be Strengthened, Economic Liberties Tells D.C. Circuit
August 5, 2026 — The American Economic Liberties Project filed an amicus brief this week calling on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to strengthen the remedies imposed in the government’s landmark monopolization case against Google and direct the district court to ban Google from paying distributors like Apple and Samsung for default positions on their devices.
Trump Administration Promised a Manufacturing Revival in 2026. Just Released First-Half Data Show It Isn’t Happening
August 4, 2026 — U.S. industrial employment down 75,000 since Trump’s return, manufactured goods trade deficit bigger than pre-Trump as overall deficit narrowed mainly because of more silver, gold, LNG commodity exports. Shipments of U.S.-made goods only bright spot
Ellison Says the Paramount-Warner Deal Isn’t About Market Share. The Numbers Say Otherwise.
August 4, 2026 — In a New York Times op-ed published today, Paramount CEO David Ellison argues that the antitrust suits against his company’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery aren’t really about market share, they’re about his politics and whether he can be trusted with CNN. Read the complaints and it’s clear that isn’t what’s at issue.