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Donald Jr. and Eric Trump Pursue New Deals That Would Enrich President Trump
A contest of sorts has played out across Europe, the United States and the Middle East in recent days as President Trump’s two older sons…
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New Details Emerge on Trump Officials’ Sprint to Gut Consumer Bureau Staff
Two weeks ago, a three-judge panel from the federal appeals court in Washington lifted a freeze on firing employees at the Consumer…
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Struggle Over Americans’ Personal Data Plays Out Across the Government
Last week, Michelle King, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, sought to reassure Democrats on Capitol Hill…
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How Trump Is Gutting Regulatory Agencies Like the SEC, CFPB and EEOC
The Trump administration is rapidly delivering wins to American companies by rolling back regulations, pausing investigations and…
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Elon Musk’s Attacks on CFPB Remove Obstacle to Building ‘X Money’
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is widely known for amassing his fortune through Tesla, his electric car company, and SpaceX, the…
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Elon Musk in the Oval Office
We’ve got some more thoughts on Elon Musk’s $97 billion hostile bid for Sam Altman’s OpenAI, which, we’re told, still hasn’t been…
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Elon Musk’s Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up
President Trump has been in office less than a month, and Elon Musk’s vast business empire is already benefiting — or is now in a…
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CFPB Employees Left Stranded and Confused After Stop-Work Orders
Barely two days after Russell Vought, the new acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ordered the agency to close its…
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36 Hours After Russell Vought Took Over Consumer Bureau, He Shut Its Operations
The day before Linda Wetzel closed on her retirement home in Southport, N.C., in 2012 — a cozy place where she could open the windows at…
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Federal Financial Watchdog Ordered to Cease Activity
Employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were instructed to cease “all supervision and examination activity” and “all…
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Why Banks May Be Hoping You’re Not Paying Attention
The median American household has a combined balance of $10,000 in its checking and savings accounts, according to a census estimate. For…
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Trump Administration Fires Consumer Bureau Chief Rohit Chopra
The director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, was fired on Saturday, prematurely ending a five-year term that…
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C.F.P.B Sues Unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Over Risky Mortgages
A federal regulator sued a mortgage finance firm owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate on Monday, claiming it made…