Q: Over the past decade or so, the DOT has adopted a series of consumer-protection regulations, such as the full-price rule, the codeshare rule and, most recently, the rule requiring automatic refunds ...

Airlines for America, the trade group representing the nation’s largest carriers, has submitted a 93-page petition to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) requesting the rollback of several key ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Jan. 6, 2026, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released a proposal suggesting that the agency would like to ease ...

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It was one of the most popular consumer protection rules — and also one of the shortest surviving. The "Click to Cancel" rule was finalized by the Federal Trade Commission to great acclaim on October ...

Under a Biden administration proposal, cash compensation was to be required in cases of cancellations that were the fault of the airline. Photo Credit: Nuno Andre/Shutterstock The Transportation ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is reconsidering a set of recent consumer protections that won broad public support, signaling a major shift at the watchdog agency. New leaders are reviewing ...

No more surprises at checkout. The price you see first is now the price you'll pay for concert tickets, sporting events and vacation rentals. The new hidden fees rule took effect this week. FTC ...

These rule-related actions are two of the latest examples of administrative agencies under the Trump administration reducing consumer protections under the guise of “modernization,” “uniformity” and ...