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The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council has issued four proposed rules implementing Executive Order 14275, marking Phase Two of the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul that will revise the entire Federal Acquisition Regulation across 20 parts. These proposed rules expand upon earlier class deviations with substantive changes including enhanced supply chain security requirements, streamlined protest procedures, accelerated termination timelines, and a controversial five-year sunset provision for non-statutory requ

US-Iran peace negotiations in Switzerland face critical obstacles over Lebanon ceasefire terms and nuclear program restrictions. While both sides remain committed to reaching a deal, disagreements over Israeli operations against Hizballah and the scope of uranium enrichment limitations threaten to derail talks that could determine the fate of $300 billion in development projects and global energy markets.

The proposed OhioHealth consent decree resolves DOJ antitrust allegations against OhioHealth but may be less an isolated resolution than the beginning of a broader enforcement trend. Filed just weeks after the DOJ brought a nearly identical suit against the NewYork-Presbyterian hospital system, and paired with a related White House economic analysis released within days of the settlement, the resolution marks a coordinated effort by the Trump administration to challenge dominant hospital systems over contracting practices that constrain health plan network design options.