The case against a Chicago mortgage lender has become a Rorschach test for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, epitomizing how the left and the right feel about the agency.
Category: Law and Legislation
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Michael Cardozo, 84, New York City’s Longest-Serving Chief Lawyer, Dies
As the city’s corporation counsel under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, he defended stop-and-frisk policing and a ban on smoking in bars and restaurants.
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How 529 Plans Are Changing With Passage of Trump’s Policy Law
President Trump’s new policy law has broadened the uses of plans that were once primarily for saving for college. “They’ve become education savings accounts,” one expert said.
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Tesla Expected to Report Falling Profit as Car Sales Fall
Elon Musk has said that robotaxis are the company’s future, but most revenue still comes from cars.
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Crypto Industry Reaches Milestone With Passage of Genius Act
After a week of squabbling in Washington, the cryptocurrency industry secured one of its primary legislative objectives and made progress toward a second one.
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Here’s How Congress Is Wading Into Crypto Regulation
The House this week took up a trio of bills that would establish a federal framework for regulating the cryptocurrency industry. One of the measures is about to clear Congress and become law.
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Judge Scraps Rule Eliminating Medical Debt on Credit Reports
The Trump administration joined with trade groups to ask a court to overturn a Biden-era rule that aimed to limit the impact of unpaid medical bills on consumers’ credit history.
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Congress Was Supposed to Vote on 3 Crypto Bills This Week
The crypto industry was headed for a landmark moment in the House with three bills that it helped push going to a vote. But a coalition of ultraconservative House Republicans staged a mutiny.
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He Helped Create NPR. Now He May See it Be Defunded.
Bill Siemering, 91, says potential funding cuts put a “unique, invaluable cultural resource” at risk.
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PBS and NPR’s Last-Ditch Fight to Save Funding
As a vote to cut more than $500 million per year in federal funding nears, stations are making their pitches to lawmakers, listeners and “Viewers Like You.”
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NPR and PBS Face Federal Funding Cuts: What to Know
A proposal before the Senate to strip funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting could be catastrophic for local stations, particularly those in rural areas.
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Break Even at the Casino? You May Still Owe Taxes.
The new domestic policy law rewrites tax rules for the hundreds of billions of dollars Americans legally wager each year. A Nevada lawmaker has introduced a bill to overturn that provision.