NEW: As Americans struggle with an increasing cost of living, a new poll suggests that the public prefers leaders who create prosperity by taking on concentrated corporate power over those who focus on removing government barriers. Jen Howard argues that this reflects a growing

A huge loss. Alvaro has been a model FTC commissioner and public servant: focused on how business practices and market structures affect people’s daily lives, serious about enforcing the law without fear or favor, outraged by coercion and injustice, and relentlessly dedicated to

Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off? Well, they may already be doing that thanks to a shady tactic called “surveillance pricing.” Former FTC Chair Lina Khan explains what we can do about it.

Great news for FTC, its 5 state AG co-plaintiffs, and the American farmers and ag companies that have been fighting Deere's expensive repair restrictions for so long. No matter the outcome, this case will be fun to watch. I mean ... just read the opening paragraph of the

Important win in the lawsuit we filed against Deere for blocking farmers from easily fixing their equipment. Great to see continued momentum towards ensuring that Americans have the freedom to fix their own products or use repair shops of their choice. fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/…

Monopolists hate to see us coming. Lina Khan

Agree wholeheartedly!

Thanks to Ross Douthat for the rich discussion, exploring how monopolies can both raise prices and lower wages—but also deprive Americans of agency and control, where key decisions about people’s daily lives are dependent on the whims of distant giants.

This was true across the economy. The leading studies found the massive corporate tax cut had a very small impact on business investment. But buybacks and executive pay soared.

Amid the turmoil, Trump’s consumer protection enforcers are handing out light-touch settlements to massive corporate lawbreakers. Walmart allowed scammers to run rampant and defraud Americans out of hundreds of millions of dollars.

FTC sends $126 million in refunds to Fortnite players who were charged for unwanted items, reopens claims process. Players who have not already filed a claim will now have until July 9 to submit one: bit.ly/3HZ45Db

Congratulations to Zohran Kwame Mamdani on an incredible win and a courageous, principled campaign. People are hungry for a government that is relentlessly focused on improving their lives, even when it means standing up to corporate power and moneyed interests.

I testified in the Senate this week about antitrust + deregulation. I urged Congress, Antitrust Division, and FTC to focus on the biggest, most intractable competition problems driving the cost-of-living crisis. Why? They’re uniquely suited to do it. And because regular people can’t

The Reagan administration defanged consumer protection, a legacy that lasted for decades. One result has been vast surveillance & rampant abuse of people’s personal data. New article Stanford Law Review with Samuel Levine & Stephanie T. Nguyen explains how we turned the page on this failed approach.

Antitrust Division’s staff really are the crown jewel of DOJ. In just the past *week* they: ✅ Beat Apple’s quest to bounce a sweeping monopolization case ✅ Beat Visa’s efforts to avoid discovery and trial in a case about its debit monopoly and agreements to co-opt potential fintech

Over 16k Americans weighed in on the click-to-cancel rule, overwhelmingly supporting our effort to end subscription traps. The rule was set to go into effect in May but this FTC slow-walked it—and now a court has tossed it out, claiming industry didn’t get enough of a say.