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April 8, 2025 – In response to the news that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will substantially increase payments to private Medicare Advantage plans in 2026, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.

April 8, 2025 – Today, as U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, led Committee Democrats in calling on Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.), to convene a hearing on President Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs, the American Economic Liberties Project’s Executive Director, Nidhi Hegde, released the following statement.

April 4, 2025 – Today, American Economic Liberties Project, Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, and Public Citizen sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) urging them to block the proposed Capital One-Discover merger under federal antitrust and banking statutes. 

April 3, 2025 – In response to a report that the Department of Justice Antitrust Division will decline to challenge Capital One’s proposed $35 billion acquisition of Discover Financial Services, the American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.

April 2, 2025 – Today, as the Trump administration announces its tariffs plan, American Economic Liberties Project’s Rethink Trade Director, Lori Wallach, released this statement.