Trump just canceled the swamp’s credit card. GoodUsing pocket rescissions to cancel $1 billion in unspent NGO spending asserts executive authority and ends federal spending waste.Washington Examiner8d agoWhole story →CommerceEconomytrump pocket rescission
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus’ Business-Friendly MoveDebt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability. Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped publishing the narratives.ProPublica13d agoWhole story →CommerceEconomycfpb complaint database change
US Senate panel votes to advance Trump pick for consumer watchdogA U.S. Senate panel on Thursday voted along party lines to advance President Donald Trump's nomination of Capital One executive Brian Johnson to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, setting up a vote by the full Senate.Reuters19d agoWhole story →CommerceGovernmentcfpb nomination vote
Texas lawmakers consider action against sports prediction marketsA certain kind of online wagering is drawing scrutiny from Texas lawmakers. They are now considering whether the state should take action against prediction markets.FOX 4 News20d agoWhole story →CommerceTechnologytexas prediction markets hearing
23-year-old Georgia mayor removed from office after city alleges improper contact with teen, misuse of fundsLawmakers in an Atlanta suburb removed the city’s young mayor, accusing him of misusing a municipal credit card and engaging in inappropriate, sexually explicit communications with a teenager, officials said Sunday.NBC News22d agoWhole story →CommerceTechnologygeorgia mayor removal
Republicans want to reform Elizabeth Warren's consumer protection agencyThe bill would put the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau through the regular congressional appropriations process, among other reforms.Washington Examiner1mo agoWhole story →CommerceEconomyElizabeth WarrenHR 10184cfpb reform legislation
