Scott Patterson

Washington, D.C., United States

Investigative Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

WSJ investigative reporter focused on climate tech and all things energy. Author of The Quants, Dark Pools, and Chaos Kings. DM for Signal.

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トランプ氏が進める規制緩和、規模は歴史的新次元

3 weeks ago | jp.wsj.com | Scott Patterson |Amrith Ramkumar

【ワシントン】ドナルド・トランプ米大統領は、米国の近代史においてかつてない規模の規制緩和を推進するという公約を実行に移している。環境保全に関する規制や銀行に対する監視の大幅緩和、暗号資産（仮想通貨）に絡む障壁撤廃、バイデン前政権が導入したエネルギー生産に対する規制の撤回などが迅速に進められている。　規制緩和の規模が最大ともいえるのが環境保護局（EPA）で、わずか1日で米国の環境政策に関する31件の緩和措置を発表した。これには発電所や石油・ガス産業、電気自動車（EV）、廃水に関する規則が含まれる。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Trump Ushers In ‘New High Water Mark’ for Deregulation

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Scott Patterson |Amrith Ramkumar

WASHINGTON—President Trump is following through on his pledge to usher in one of the most sweeping deregulatory drives in modern U.S. history, moving swiftly to slash environmental rules and bank oversight, remove barriers to cryptocurrencies, and reverse the Biden administration’s restrictions on energy production.
Exclusive | Small Business Administration Planning to Cut More Than 40% of its Workforce

1 month ago | wsj.com | Meridith McGraw |Scott Patterson

Musk at Trump's First Cabinet Meeting: U.S. Will Go Bankrupt Without DOGEYour browser does not support HTML5 video. 0:00Paused0:00 / 7:33Musk at Trump's First Cabinet Meeting: U.S. Will Go Bankrupt Without DOGEPlay video: Musk at Trump's First Cabinet Meeting: U.S. Will Go Bankrupt Without DOGEWASHINGTON—The Small Business Administration plans to announce it will cut more than 40% of its workforce on Friday as part of an agencywide reorganization, according to people familiar with the plans.
Trump Officials Circulate Plan That Would Overhaul USAID

1 month ago | tovima.com | Scott Patterson |Kristina Peterson

The proposal aims to restructure the agency to enhance national security and help counter competitors like ChinaThe Trump administration is crafting plans to reorganize the U.S. Agency for International Development, which had been dismantled by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to a memo detailing the plans.
Trump Officials Circulate Plan That Would Overhaul USAID

1 month ago | wsj.com | Scott Patterson |Kristina Peterson

The Trump administration is crafting plans to reorganize the U.S. Agency for International Development, which had been dismantled by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to a memo detailing the plans. The agency would be renamed the U.S. Agency for International Humanitarian Assistance and fall under the control of the State Department to help enhance national security and counter adversaries like China, according to the memo, viewed by The Wall Street Journal.
Inside DOGE's Campaign of Secrecy - The Journal. (podcast)

1 month ago | listennotes.com | Scott Patterson

In the first few minutes of the Trump presidency, Elon Musk’s programmers made a surprise incursion into a key personnel agency. Since then, DOGE programmers operating in the shadows have burrowed into systems across the government, resulting in thousands of layoffs. WSJ’s Scott Patterson explains how DOGE has entered vast parts of the federal bureaucracy. Further Reading:-Inside DOGE’s Clash With the Federal Workforce -DOGE Claims It Has Saved Billions. See Where.
Inside DOGE’s Clash With the Federal Workforce

1 month ago | wsj.com | Scott Patterson |Josh Dawsey |Brian Schwartz

WASHINGTON, D.C.–At 12:01 p.m. on Jan. 20, as Donald Trump was being sworn in as president for the second time, programmers linked to Elon Musk’s nascent government-efficiency project wanted to access computer systems within the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.
Federal Agencies Push Back on Elon Musk’s ‘What Did You Do Last Week?’ Email

1 month ago | southfloridareporter.com | Brian Schwartz |Lindsay Ellis |Scott Patterson

WASHINGTON—Millions of federal employees are heading into their workweek caught between differing factions of the Trump administration, with Elon Musk giving them a Monday night deadline to explain their productivity or risk losing their jobs while some senior officials told workers to ignore the directive.
Federal Agencies Push Back on Elon Musk’s ‘What Did You Do Last Week?’ Email

1 month ago | msn.com | Brian Schwartz |Lindsay Ellis |Scott Patterson

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Federal Agencies Push Back on Elon Musk’s ‘What Did You Do Last Week?’ Email

1 month ago | wsj.com | Brian Schwartz |Lindsay Ellis |Scott Patterson

WASHINGTON—Millions of federal employees are heading into their workweek caught between differing factions of the Trump administration, with Elon Musk giving them a Monday night deadline to explain their productivity or risk losing their jobs while some senior officials told workers to ignore the directive.