Politicians and their immediate families bought $267 million and sold $364 million worth of assets this year, of which 60% were company stocks. Republicans bought $100 million worth of stock versus $75 million for Democrats.

Lawyers from top accounting firms do brief stints in the Treasury Department, with the expectation of big raises when they return.

For decades, the law has sought to restrain nursing homes from trying to control the behavior of dementia patients with antipsychotic drugs, which are known to have adverse health effects.

Artificial intelligence ethics teams are playing a greater role at tech companies and helping them deal with bias and fairness issues that have cropped up at companies such as Twitter.