Court Orders Refunds on IEPPA Tariffs
The CIT also ordered that any entries that liquidated within the last 90 days should be reliquidated voluntarily by CBP without IEEPA duties ... Read More
USTR Announces Trade Policy Agenda and Annual Report
The report’s publication sets the stage for Greer to testify before the House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee in the coming months ... Read More
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Publishes Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
The Rule is designed to determine when a worker is an employee or IC under the Fair Labor Standards Act and related federal laws ... Read More
Supreme Court Strikes Down IEPPA Tariffs
The majority agreed the statute did not give the President tariff authority, but split on the basis for that conclusion, whether the major questions doctrine should be applied or whether ordinary statutory interpretation could lead to the same conclusion ... Read More
News/Media Alliance Meets with Postmaster General & Postal Regulatory Commission
We discussed how rate increases are impacting our members, working together collaboratively, service, and more ... Read More
News/Media Alliance Submits Comments to FTC on Petition to Renew Click to Cancel Rule
The Alliance sent comments to the Federal Trade Commission’s request for public comment regarding a joint petition it received from the Consumer Federation of America and the American Economic Liberties Project ... Read More
Tariff Updates: Senate Vote and Letter, Supreme Court to Hear Arguments
The U.S. Senate voted on three different resolutions this week disapproving of the Trump Administration’s emergency tariffs ... Read More
News Media Coalition Files Drone Comments
The News Media Coalition, of which the News/Media Alliance is a member of, filed comments on October 6 regarding the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations of Unmanned Aircraft ... Read More
No January Postal Increase & Alliance Files Comments on USPS Proposal
On September 24, the USPS announced there will be no rate increases for Market Dominant products in January. In addition, the Alliance filed comments on September 23 opposing a USPS proposal to exclude from the service performance measurement system delays ... Read More
FAA Releases Drone Rulemaking
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The deadline for public comments is October 6, 2025 ... Read More
FTC Amended Negative Option Rule Struck Down
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) “Click-to-Cancel” rule on July 8 noting the FTC failed to follow required procedures under the FTC Act during the rule-making process ... Read More
Reciprocal Tariffs Delayed to August 1
President Donald Trump is slated to sign an executive order today delaying the reciprocal tariffs that were set to take effect on Wednesday, July 9. The reciprocal tariffs will now take effect on August 1 ... Read More
Postal Regulatory Commission Orders
The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) filed two orders today. They announced a phased approach to revising the rate system and will issue multiple notices of proposed rulemaking ... Read More
PRC Approves Rate Increase & Senator Hawley Introduces Legislation
The U.S. Postal Regulatory Commission approved the Postal Service’s proposal to raise rates for Market Dominant products consistent with applicable law on May 30 ... Read More
Federal Circuit Appeals Court Issues Stay in Tariff Cases; DC District Court Issues Preliminary Injunction
The decision recently issued by The Court of International Trade (CIT) was temporarily stayed by the U.S. Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit on May 29, allowing the tariffs to continue to apply while it considers Trump’s appeal ... Read More
Federal Court Blocks Emergency Tariffs; Trump Administration Announces Appeal
On May 28, the Court of International Trade (CIT) unanimously struck down the recent tariff actions imposed by President Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ... Read More
USPS Board of Governors Appoints David Steiner as 76th Postmaster General
Amber McReynolds, chair of the Postal Service Board of Governors announced on May 9 that they have selected David Steiner as the 76th Postmaster General and CEO ... Read More
Alliance Submits Comments on Market-Dominant Price Changes
The News/Media Alliance submitted comments on May 9 on the USPS Notice of Market-Dominant Price Changes ... Read More
House Workforce Protection Subcommittee Holds Hearing
The U.S. House Workforce Protection Subcommittee held a hearing on May 6 examining the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act to consider how it might be improved to benefit injured federal workers while also protecting taxpayers from waste, fraud and abuse ... Read More
New Jersey Labor Department Proposes New Independent Contractor Rules
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) has filed a notice of proposal for new proposed rules with the state Office of Administrative Law. The rules would codify the NJDOL’s interpretation of the ABC test for independent ... Read More
Department of Labor Ceases Enforcement of Independent Contractor Rule
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced on May 1 that it would cease enforcement of its 2024 Final Rule regarding independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Field Assistance Bulletin 2025-1 (FAB) instructs field personnel on how to handle ... Read More
Introduction of the USPS SERVES US Act
Congressman Sam Graves (R-MO) introduced the USPS SERVES US Act (H.R. 3004) on April 24. The USPS Services Enhancement and Regulatory Viability Expansion and Sustainability Act makes needed updates and reforms to the postal regulatory process to ensure fairness and ... Read More
Senate Resolution Tie
S.J. Resolution 49, a bipartisan bill sponsored by Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), ended in a tie vote of 49-49 on April 30 ... Read More
Under Secretary for International Trade Update
The Senate Finance Committee voted 14-13 to favorably report the nomination of William Kimmitt to be the Under Secretary for International Trade at the Department of Commerce on April 29 ... Read More
Congressional Small Business Letter Issued
On April 16, a coalition of 68 House Democrats issued a letter to United States Trade Representative Greer, Secretary of Commerce Lutnick, Secretary of the Treasury Bessent, and Small Business Administration Administrator Loeffler warning them to consider the impacts of the Trump ... Read More
World Trade Organization Withdrawal Resolution
Representative Tom Tiffany (R-WI) introduced a joint resolution H.J. 93 on April 10 that would formally withdraw the U.S. from the World Trade Organization (WTO) ... Read More
Congressional Resolutions Update
Joint Resolutions terminating the trade deficit "emergency" underlying the Administration's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) for reciprocal tariffs were introduced in both the House and Senate on April 8 ... Read More
Senator Johnson Submits Alliance Tariff Concerns at Senate Hearing
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), who serves on the Senate Finance Committee, submitted News/Media Alliance concerns on tariffs for the record at a hearing on “The President’s 2025 Trade Policy Agenda” on April 8 ... Read More

