In 2025, the United States entered a new era of governance — not through expansion, but through retreat. Under President Trump’s second administration, the federal government began the most extensive rollback of regulatory authority in modern history. The goal was not merely to reduce bureaucracy, but to permanently reshape the role of Washington itself.

The Great Dismantling examines the human consequences of sweeping deregulation in 2025 across seven critical sectors: Healthcare, International Development, Energy, Housing & Insurance, Chemicals, Industrials & Manufacturing, Labor & Workplace Safety, and Finance. With millions of Americans affected, this report traces how those risks were redistributed, who absorbed the impact, and what comes next.