Regulation
Every story tagged regulation from the last 60 days of the digest, newest first.
56 stories · 33 days · latest Sun 1 Nov 2026
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Saturday 31 October 2026
The Washington Post
D.C. government weighing lawsuit to stop Trump's arch, saying it will harm the cityJudge Tanya Chutkan signaled she may halt the 250-foot triumphal arch, and D.C. is weighing its own lawsuit.
Friday 30 October 2026
The New York Times
Judge rejects Trump bid to set aside California ballotsA federal judge rejected the DOJ's attempt to make California set aside about 20,000 ballots.
Thursday 29 October 2026
The Bond Buyer
Deal reached to end K.C. Chiefs stadium project lawsuitA settlement ends the lawsuit over the Chiefs' domed stadium, clearing the move to Kansas City, Kansas, for 2031.
Wednesday 28 October 2026
Semafor
DoorDash in exclusive talks to acquire InstacartDoorDash is in advanced talks to buy Instacart, a deal that would draw affordability scrutiny from regulators.
Semafor
Trump administration pushes for Venezuela electionsThe US blueprint for Venezuelan elections starts with a new supreme court by mid-December.
Sunday 25 October 2026
The Athletic
NWSL gets rid of 'Rodman Rule' criteria in settlement with players' unionThe NWSL dropped its Rodman Rule criteria in a settlement resolving several players' union grievances.
Saturday 24 October 2026
The Guardian
Football regulator has 'absolute power' to force Manchester City sale if verdict upheldEngland's Independent Football Regulator could force a sale of Manchester City if the guilty verdict on inflated revenue is upheld.
Thursday 22 October 2026
The Washington Post
Trump's questionable election 'goodies' are getting more bespokeTrump is promising Camp Lejeune settlements, a Kentucky drug plant investment and year-round E15 ethanol only if Republicans win the midterms.
Inside the Games
LA28 financial records subpoenaedFurther reading from the day's section on What I'm reading next.
Monday 19 October 2026
The Washington Post
Trump shares plan to overhaul East Potomac golf course amid court fight over landThe president shared a plan to overhaul the East Potomac course while a federal lawsuit over the land is pending.
The Juggernaut
Before India Had a Constitution, It Had a Voter Roll130 million names have been removed from India's voter rolls, and the Supreme Court has ordered election officials to respond.
Sunday 18 October 2026
Business Insider
Why stadiums can charge whatever they want for foodExclusive concession contracts let stadiums, many publicly funded, set food prices with little regulation.
Saturday 17 October 2026
Semafor
Kalshi in no rush for SCOTUS rulingKalshi is in no hurry for the Supreme Court to decide whether states can regulate its sports contracts as bets.
Front Office Sports
Jon Rahm's LIV settlement forfeits all remaining paymentsJon Rahm is forfeiting $7.47 million in unpaid dues and his team equity to leave bankrupt LIV Golf.
Friday 16 October 2026
Front Office Sports
Jon Rahm's LIV settlement forfeits all remaining paymentsJon Rahm will forfeit all remaining LIV Golf payments under a separation agreement that could clear a PGA Tour return.
Thursday 15 October 2026
SportBusiness
Regulator: English football on financial cliff-edgeThe Independent Football Regulator found 94% of English clubs lose money and nearly two-thirds of EFL and National League clubs are technically insolvent.
Front Office Sports
Why the SEC Is Still Suing LSUThe SEC is pressing its lawsuit against LSU and still threatening expulsion, even after LSU backed off adding two former NFL players.
Monday 12 October 2026
The Washington Post
Trump could face a new threat in January: A Democratic SenateSenate Republicans fear losing the chamber and expect a Democratic Senate to block the president's Supreme Court and Cabinet nominees.
Saturday 10 October 2026
The Washington Post
Trump escalates effort to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa CookTrump created a commission to investigate Fed governor Lisa Cook after the Supreme Court said he cannot fire her without cause.
Friday 9 October 2026
Front Office Sports
NFL asks Supreme Court to hear prediction markets caseThe NFL asked the Supreme Court to treat sports event contracts as state-regulated gambling, citing $1.8 billion of NFL trading on one Sunday.
Wednesday 7 October 2026
The Washington Post
They told the world AI was dangerous. Now Trump's allies are coming for them.The Post reports on efforts by Trump allies to sideline AI safety advocates as calls for AI regulation grow.
Regulation · AI
Tuesday 6 October 2026
The Washington Post
How would Susan Collins approach a new Supreme Court vacancy?Alito says he weighs retirement every term, and Collins told the Post she would judge any replacement the way she judged Kavanaugh.
The Washington Post
6 things to watch in the Supreme Court’s new termFurther reading from the day's section on The Court Opens, the Ballot Fights Begin.
Semafor
Reflection AI unveils an open-source answer to Chinese labsReflection AI released its first open-weight model, Beam, and wants open-model builders to have a say in Washington's AI regulation debate.
Regulation · AI
A Guy With A Scarf
10 things to consider about the second Genius Sports CEO letterCarlo De Marchis finds the Genius Sports CEO's settlement argument strong but his claim about exchange economics unbacked by any figure.
Monday 5 October 2026
The Washington Post
Should Big Oil pay for climate change? A Supreme Court case will help decide.The Supreme Court is set to hear a case on whether oil companies can be held liable for climate change.
Sunday 4 October 2026
Front Office Sports
Ohio appeals court overturns eligibility rulingAn Ohio appeals court reversed an injunction that had given about two dozen college athletes an extra year of NCAA eligibility.
Saturday 3 October 2026
GZERO (Ian Bremmer)
What Actually Mattered This Week: AI Agreements, Dead Deals, and Brazilian BallotsIan Bremmer argues the AI industry's self-regulation pact is not real governance, and previews Brazil's presidential vote.
Regulation · Elections · AI
The Washington Post
Supreme Court agrees to review ICE mandatory detention policyThe Supreme Court agreed to review the administration's policy of detaining immigrants without bond hearings.
Yahoo Sports
Court tosses Fanatics antitrust class action over lack of standing and evidenceA federal judge dismissed a class action accusing Fanatics and the leagues of monopolizing trading cards.
Friday 2 October 2026
The Washington Post
Supreme Court agrees to review mandatory ICE detention policy for immigrantsThe Court will decide whether immigrants can be held without bond hearings during removal proceedings, one of the first cases accepted since the summer recess.
Thursday 1 October 2026
Associated Press
Supreme Court lets Trump resume rapid third-country deportationsThe Supreme Court temporarily lifted restrictions on deporting migrants to countries where they have no ties.
Forbes
Trump Says Billionaire AI Execs Want 'Tremendous Self-Regulation' In White House MeetingAfter the White House lunch the president said self-regulation is important but stopped short of backing new guardrails.
Regulation · AI
Wednesday 30 September 2026
CBS Sports
Protect College Sports Act heads to final Senate vote: What to knowThe bill codifies the House v. NCAA settlement with a limited antitrust exemption, up to $50 million in annual athlete funds and a 5% cap on agent fees.
Monday 28 September 2026
The Washington Post
Athletes are taking GLP-1s. Anti-doping regulators are watching.Anti-doping frameworks built to ban compounds now face legitimately prescribed weight-loss drugs whose performance implications vary widely by sport.
Sunday 27 September 2026
The Washington Post
Government can use Social Security data to identify noncitizen voters, Supreme Court rulesThe ruling clears an expansive cross-referencing system built on sensitive records about millions of Americans.
Saturday 26 September 2026
The Washington Post
Government can use Social Security data to identify noncitizen voters, Supreme Court rulesThe Supreme Court cleared the administration to check voter rolls against a federal immigration database that Nevada showed had wrongly flagged 185 citizens.
Forbes
CNN And MS NOW Barred From White House State Dinner Despite Judge Lifting BanTwo of the three banned outlets were kept out of the Trump-Xi state dinner even after a federal judge ordered their credentials restored.
SportBusiness
Paramount settles lawsuit, paves way for WBD mergerParamount Skydance settled with a group of US states to resolve the antitrust suit blocking its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Regulation · Antitrust · M&A
Front Office Sports
New York pulls Polymarket into legal battle with $4.6B suitNew York accuses the prediction market of skirting state gambling law, the second such suit after Kalshi, testing whether CFTC oversight preempts state regulators.
Front Office Sports
Manchester City was found guilty of all but one of 115 charges filed against it by the Premier LeagueThe Premier League's long-running financial-regulations case against Manchester City ended with guilty findings on all but one of 115 charges.
Friday 25 September 2026
The Refresh
Infillion Builds Its Stack, Amazon Blocks Meta's AI Shopper, and Google Keeps AdXAdTechGod's read is that regulators spent years opening Google's stack while AI companies build closed ecosystems of their own.
Advertising · Regulation · AI
Front Office Sports
Paramount settles antitrust suit, clearing path for $110 billion WBD dealThe settlement removes the deal's biggest legal obstacle and sets up a combined CBS Sports and TNT Sports rights platform.
Monday 21 September 2026
CNN
Paramount-WBD settlement talks draw resistance from California and ConnecticutConnecticut's attorney general says he is fighting to preserve the independence of CNN and CBS News as settlement terms are negotiated.
Variety
Mark Ruffalo to Rob Bonta: 'Don't you dare, do not cave'Ruffalo publicly urged California and other states to reject a settlement clearing the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery deal.
The Wrap
Elizabeth Warren: Paramount merger settlement would be a 'massive mistake'Warren reiterated that the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery combination would be a dangerous merger.
Sunday 20 September 2026
Status
Ellison's Settlement SqueezeParamount is in advanced talks to settle the antitrust suit blocking its $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery merger, with an independent oversight board for CNN among the concessions discussed.
Regulation · Antitrust · M&A
Saturday 19 September 2026
Puck
Ro Khanna's plan to regulate AI before it's too lateIan Krietzberg interviewed the Silicon Valley congressman about his five-point plan for AI regulation.
Regulation · AI
The Washington Post
Microsoft exec called AI the 'largest theft of labor' in history, court records showInternal documents in the Times' lawsuit show Microsoft and OpenAI employees worried that training on news articles was a form of theft.
Regulation · AI
Forbes
Kennedy Center Ordered To Provide 30 Days Notice Before Potential DemolitionA federal judge ordered 30 days' notice before any changes to construction plans and required a sworn declaration about the temporary closure and emergency repairs.
Thursday 17 September 2026
Semafor
Congress's AI safety window is closingExperts warn the midterms could interrupt the momentum for AI regulation in Congress.
Regulation · AI
The Hill
Senate votes to advance bill to regulate college sports, athlete compensationThe Senate advanced the Protect College Sports Act 74-24, shielding the NCAA from antitrust suits and capping revenue sharing and agent fees.
Wednesday 16 September 2026
The Washington Post
Supreme Court blocks sweeping mail ballot restrictions for the midterm electionsThe Court blocked Trump's rules limiting who can vote by mail, saying the administration was unlikely to succeed on the merits.
Vox
The Supreme Court definitively blocked Trump's mail voting rulesVox reports the three-sentence order stops Trump's new mail-voting rules from applying to the 2026 midterms or, probably, any election.
Front Office Sports
WNBA union rips NBA for excluding it from betting regulation letterThe WNBA players' union called it deeply disappointing that the NBA left the group off a joint letter to state betting regulators.
Tuesday 15 September 2026
The Washington Post
A flurry of election lawsuits creates confusion before the midtermsFurther reading from the day's section on The Midterm Machinery: Ballots, Courts and Candidates.
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