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The idea to move CPSC into the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) became a confirmed plan May 30 with the publication of CPSC and HHS FY2026 budget requests.

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Commissioners May 21 voted 2-0 with one amendment to approve midyear updates to the FY2025 operating plan.

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Commissioners' votes are due June 3 on publishing a request for input on reducing regulatory burdens.

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CPSC rulemakings on portable generators and table saws raise anticompetitive concerns according to comments to a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) docket.

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Judge Matthew Maddox May 28, in Maryland U.S. district court, denied the motion for a temporary restraining order in the lawsuit over the firings of the three Democratic CPSC commissioners.

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A May 22 letter from the chairman of the House Small Business Committee asserts that the firing of Commissioner Richard Trumka was justifiable.

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The European Commission published proposals to amend 20 pieces of EU product safety and compliance legislation on May 21, 2025, seeking to introduce digital Declarations of Conformity, flexibility to provide digital instructions for use and empower the Commission to adopt common specifications.

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The European Commission published its Single Market Strategy on May 21, 2025 outlining proposed plans to explore establishing an EU Market Surveillance Authority to improve compliance and enforcement with product safety rules, and more.

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Briefs on youth ATVs, cat toys, dressers, bed rails, infant swings, fire boxes, safe sleep, and CPSC grants, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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CPSC Acting Chairman Peter Feldman is among the defendants in a May 21 civil complaint over the firings of the three Democratic commissioners.

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The Supreme Court May 19 declined to hear a case on whether CPSC warning notices are subject to judicial review.

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CPSC knows of 2,577 deaths associated with off-highway vehicles (OHVs) in 2019 to 2021, according to a May 20 study.

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Two May reports from the CPSC inspector general (IG) office looked at the agency's use of office space and compliance with payment requirements.

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August 11 is the due date for comments on an EU call for evidence for its 2025-2030 consumer strategy.

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June 5 is the date for CPSC to answer 13 questions on the idea to merge the agency into the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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Briefs on mattresses, hurricanes, and C&L, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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The idea to move CPSC into the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) became a confirmed plan May 30 with the publication of CPSC and HHS FY2026 budget requests.

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Robert Adler and R. David Pittle, Ph.D.

If you think that President Trump's legally dubious war on regulatory agencies like EEOC, NLRB, and FTC is outrageous, be prepared to recognize the tiny Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) as the hands-down winner for most savaged regulatory agency in this administration.

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CPSC Acting Chairman Peter Feldman is among the defendants in a May 21 civil complaint over the firings of the three Democratic commissioners.

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Who is encroaching on whose constitutional powers is the question that will ultimately determine if the DOGE process can continue.

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The three Democratic commissioners were removed from their posts May 8, setting up a likely legal battle.

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DOGE operatives arrived at CPSC May 8, corroborated multiple sources whose accuracy on the matter PSL trusts.

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PSL has seen but not authenticated a 64-page document getting increasing attention in the general press and containing a paragraph on CPSC being absorbed into the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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Two April 9 directives set into motion more reviews by agencies of their rules.

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CPSC's duties under CPSA 29(e) and (f) likely will be key in its review of how and if it can ensure 6(b) protection in complying with an executive order for government-wide access to agencies' information.

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What the term public safety means in recent executive orders has gained more importance now that it is one of four criteria to focus Justice Department scrutiny of attorneys who have represented clients against the government in the last eight years.

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CPSC is using a blanket disclaimer that historical documents on its website might not comply with a January executive order on gender.

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CPSC has reverted to giving NEISS coders three numbers to process hospitals' descriptions of sex and gender.

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A March 11 executive order directs agencies to be aggressive in asking judges to require bonds from those seeking preliminary injunctions against the government.

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CPSC will be neither obliged nor prohibited in providing materials in non-English under a March 1 executive order.

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CPSC publicly posted two February 26 memos to staff against harassment and employment discrimination.

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CPSC and other agencies must have two "technological system[s]" under a February 26 executive order.

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CPSC and other agencies must review their statutes under a February 26 guidance from the Office of Management and Budget and Office of Personnel Managements.

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If anything is clear from the tornado of executive orders in recent weeks, it is that trying to predict how an agency might operate over the next four years is a fool’s errand.

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Policy and legal decisions at CPSC and other regulatory agencies are under more direct White House control via a February 17 executive order.

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A February 18 executive order lays out classification criteria for regulations with an aim towards picking those to amend or eliminate.