[PhantomGremlin]

The article barely mentioned Trump at all

Oh come on, the spin in the story was much worse than that. The direct quote from the chairman of the CPSC was: "My hope is now with the election and potential leadership change here, that that work is not scuttled".

Using loaded words like "scuttled" makes it quite clear that he's throwing shade at Trump.

[grzm]

Does quoting a person relevant to the article who has an opinion spin the story? I'd think that's the journalist doing their job: reporting what those related to the topic said.

There can be bias in the choice of story, or the choice of quotes, but sometimes the story is that there are opinions that disagree, which seems relevant in this case.

There have been a lot of concerns with changes that Trump might make. He himself has been very clear that he's going to make changes. In particular, Trump has been vocal about reducing regulations, and as I understand it, the CPSC is a regulatory agency. Seems pretty straight up to me.

[throwaway729]

You're reading a lot into Kaye's comment. I'd imagine he would have made the same remark about pretty much any incoming conservative administration. And maybe even some liberal administrations, since weakening consumer protection laws can certainly cut across party lines when the money lines up.