Trump takes axe to federal red tape, cuts 600+ rules in one year, touts billions in savings
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Trump exceeds his 10-to-1 deregulation target, eliminating 600+ rules while adding only five new ones in a historic regulatory rollback effort.
Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox News Digital covering the White House.
As a result, agencies submitted more than 1,300 proposals to OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in 2025 — resulting in a total of 646 deregulatory actions this fiscal year, according to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Altogether, the deregulatory actions have amounted to $211.8 billion in net cost savings in fiscal year 2025, translating to more than $600 per American, according to OMB.
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