Economic Liberties Calls on Congress to Investigate AG Pam Bondi’s Role in HPE-Juniper Settlement
July 24, 2025 – Following new reporting from The Capitol Forum detailing how top leadership at the Department of Justice overruled its own Antitrust Division to force through a last minute-settlement in the $14 billion HPE-Juniper merger, after political operatives tied to the Trump administration lobbied on the companies’ behalf, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Economic Liberties and UFCW Event Empowers Lawmakers to Fight Surveillance Pricing
July 16, 2025 – As corporations increasingly use personal data to customize prices and charge consumers the maximum amount they are able to pay, the American Economic Liberties Project and the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) today hosted an event on the current state of “surveillance pricing,” and how lawmakers can protect their communities.
FHFA Takes Steps to Bring Down Costs for Americans in Moves to Open Up Title Insurance Market and Weaken FICO Monopoly
July 11, 2025 – In response to recent actions from Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte to introduce competition in the title insurance market and reduce FICO’s dominance over credit scoring in the mortgage industry, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.
Trump FTC’s Delay of Click to Cancel Rule Clears the Way for the Chamber of Commerce to Kill It In Court
July 8, 2025 – Following a new ruling from United States Court of Appeals for Eighth District that vacates the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Negative Option Rule (or Click-to-Cancel Rule) on pure procedural grounds, effectively killing the rule before it’s slated to go into effect next week, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statements.
U.S. Reliance on Imported Food Worsens, New Analysis Reveals, with Iconic Independence Day Favorites Included in $58.7 Billion U.S. Food Trade Deficit
July 3, 2025 – Americans’ reliance on imported food has grown dramatically with a $58.7 billion food trade deficit in 2024 that caps a decade of growing American food trade deficits caused by increased imports, a new report by American Economic Liberties Project’s Rethink Trade reveals. The report was released as an innovative infographic webpage and can be found here.