President Donald Trump today named Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent as acting director of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). On Friday, Trump removed Rohit Chopra as director ...

Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar (TX-35) issued the below statement on reports of Elon Musk and his associates gaining access to the Treasury’s federal payment system. "Donald Trump ...

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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds to midnight, highlighting threats from nuclear ...

The Impeach Trump Again campaign is gaining widespread grassroots support, putting pressure on Congress to launch an impeachment investigation.

An Oxfam report published Monday shows that the combined wealth of the world's billionaires surged three times faster in 2024 ...

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In his first full day as Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy issued a memo directing U.S. regulators to rescind fuel economy standards put forward under the Biden administration intended to reduce ...

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