‘We were at their mercy’: inside the Amazon tactics that hiked prices across the internet

Internal emails revealed in court and interviews with ex-employees describe how Amazon’s practices drove up prices for competitors like Walmart and Target. Amazon denies price-fixing claims and says it works to lower costs for consumers…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/21/amazon-tactics-prices

 

People around the world see a winner on AI — and it’s not the US - POLITICO

The survey suggests that people not only view the United States as falling behind China, but that it may also lack the unified public appetite to charge ahead...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/15/people-around-the-world-see-a-winner-on-ai-and-its-not-the-us-00960930

 

Why the U.S. cattle herd is at a 75-year low — and what it means for beef prices : NPR

A number of factors have been pushing livestock numbers down, including rising costs, drought, international competition and increased consolidation in the cattle industry. Now, there are fewer American farmers and ranchers than there were even a few years ago, according to Bill Bullard, CEO of the cattle and sheep producers group R-CALF USA. "We have likewise lost the cows that they once maintained," he said. "So we have seen our herd shrink at an alarming rate for the past several decades."…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/05/29/nx-s1-5719511/beef-cattle-herd-food-prices

 

Netflix faces consumer class-action lawsuit over $72bn Warner Bros deal

The proposed class action was filed on Monday by a subscriber to Warner Bros-owned HBO Max who said the proposed deal threatened to reduce competition in the US subscription video-on-demand market...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/09/netflix-consumer-lawsuit-warner-bros-deal

 

We Went to Arkansas. The Farm Crisis Will Shock You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02K72QFS0

 

Is Your Grocery Store Ripping You Off?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad5GfgrPkYo

 

Donald Trump can try to stop offshore wind. But he will not succeed.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Mx1MOLTbC8M 

Apple slams DOJ lawsuit: ’threatens the very principles that set iPhone apart’ - 9to5Mac

This lawsuit seeks to attack a random collection of Apple's design choices, degrade the privacy and security benefits of iPhone that customers value, and eliminate the competitive differentiation and consumer choice that currently exist in the marketplace. The Department of Justice and the States (collectively, "DOJ") argue that five of Apple's design choices are examples of a purported "monopoly playbook" to eliminate competitive threats and inhibit switching. DOJ is wrong. 

Apple has made careful and deliberate decisions in each of those five areas, all of which are focused on optimizing customer experience and not destroying competitors or making it more difficult for customers to buy another smartphone if they so choose. DOJ posits Apple should have made other choices, but that is not an antitrust violation and, in fact, would restrict Apple's ability to compete and give users the differentiated products they value...

https://9to5mac.com/2025/07/29/apple-doj-lawsuit-answer-iphone/

 

Reality show for immigrants to compete for citizenship considered by DHS - The Washington Post

The series was pitched by Rob Worsoff, a Canadian-born writer and producer who was behind A&E's "Duck Dynasty." DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has not reviewed the proposal, officials said...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/05/16/reality-show-immigrant-competition-dhs/

 

The health industry is starting to express alarm about RFK Jr. - POLITICO

The American Medical Manufacturers Association, which represents companies that make medical devices and other equipment, warned that job cuts at the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory will give an edge to foreign competitors, like China. 

The National Healthcare Council, whose members include AdvaMed as well as trade groups representing drugmakers, insurers and numerous health industry companies, also opposed the job cuts, saying they will reduce accessibility and affordability of health care…

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/01/the-health-industry-is-starting-to-express-alarm-about-rfk-jr-00265159

FTC sues to block medical device coatings deal

The Federal Trade Commission under President Trump is making its first move to challenge private equity in health care, by suing to block the $627 million acquisition of a maker of specialized coatings for catheters and other medical devices…

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/10/trump-ftc-sues-block-medical-device-deal

DOJ Unveils Major Lawsuit After COLOSSAL Nationwide Rent Inflation Scheme Exposed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIVrYBvik5M

Why can’t men and women compete together?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oCi_IawIFQA

Democrat Star Utterly DISMANTLES GOP In FIERY Live Exchange

Really American Host Kenny Hesse breaks down Representative Eric Swalwell absolutely destroying Republicans over their hypocrisy in a must see exchange from today's House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Climate Control: Decarbonization Collusion in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Investing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbpUYbbDzes

EVs Are Suddenly Becoming Affordable - The New York Times

More efficient manufacturing, falling battery costs and intense competition are lowering sticker prices for battery-powered models to within striking distance of gasoline cars...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/business/electric-cars-becoming-affordable.html

Large Grocers Took Advantage of Pandemic Supply Chain Disruptions, F.T.C. Finds - The New York Times

A report found that large firms pressured suppliers to favor them over competitors. It also concluded that some retailers "seem to have used rising costs as an opportunity to further hike prices."…

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/us/politics/grocery-prices-pandemic-ftc.html

Grocery price inflation: Why are Americans paying so much for food? - The Washington Post

"President Biden has made clear that as input prices fall, corporations should pass those savings on to consumers," White House spokesman Michael Kikukawa said in a statement. 

"The Administration is cracking down on exploitative and anti-competitive behavior in meat and poultry markets, supporting state law enforcement efforts to stop practices that raise food prices, and pursuing all available avenues to lower grocery prices for families."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/02/grocery-price-inflation-biden/

How Amazon Is Ripping You Off | Robert Reich

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdigPcyrQNk

Targeting costly meds, Biden admin asserts authority to seize certain drug patents - POLITICO

The determination, which was described by three people familiar with the matter, represents the culmination of a nearly nine-month review of the government's so-called march-in rights. Progressives have long insisted that those rights empower the administration to break the patents of pricey drugs that were developed with public funds, in an effort to create more competition and lower prices...

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/06/biden-admin-authority-seize-certain-drug-patents-00130452

STEM worker survey: U.S. losing global science race

The State of Science in America report from the non-partisan Science & Technology Action Committee (STAC) calls for the U.S. to develop a national science and tech strategy and for policymakers to at least double federal funding for scientific research over the next five years...

https://www.axios.com/2023/12/05/us-china-science-tech-competition-survey