Bad news for American consumer rights, as CFPB director announces departure
Richard Cordray, the head of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is stepping down at the end of the month. The bureau was created in the wake of the financial crisis and…
Richard Cordray, the head of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is stepping down at the end of the month. The bureau was created in the wake of the financial crisis and…
From today’s New York Times by Danielle Ivory and Robert Faturechi: At a private meeting in September, congressional aides asked Rebeckah Adcock, a top official at the Department of Agriculture,…
From today’s Slate Magazine by Daniel Politi: Looks like it’s Panama Papers Part Two. The non-profit International Consortium of Investigative Journalists began publishing on Sunday what it is calling the…
From today’s Washington Post by Ken Sweet: Call it a win for “the swamp.” President Trump and Republicans in Congress handed Wall Street banks a big victory by effectively killing…
From today’s New York Times by Walter Shaub, Director of the United States Office of Government Ethics: Shortly after his inauguration, President George H. W. Bush counseled freshly minted White…
From today’s LA Times by Jim Puzzanghera: Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet L. Yellen told senators Thursday that the risk of another financial crisis would increase if some Trump administration proposals…
From Mother Jones, June 7, 2017 by Hannah Levintova: . From the earliest days of his campaign, Donald Trump has opposed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act,…
The data is self-evident. Conservative politicians in the GOP don’t believe the science of climate change because they take the most money from oil and energy lobbyists. Notice they hedged…
From today’s LA Times by Victoria Kim and Melissa Edelhed: Nearly 6 out of 10 Angelenos think another riot is likely in the next five years, increasing for the first…
From today’s New York Times by Jesse Drucker It was the summer of 2012, and Jared Kushner was headed downtown. His family’s real estate firm, the Kushner Companies, would spend…