The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced on Tuesday a new rule to force most banks to cap credit card late fees at $8. The CFPB, which under President Joe Biden has also gone after “junk” fees charged by financial institutions, said that by finalizing the latest rule, it is closing a “loophole exploited by large […]
President Joe Biden‘s campaign is reportedly looking to try a new approach with former President Donald Trump. Biden is reportedly planning to goad Trump into going “haywire in public,” according to a report from Axios. The president is facing a rematch with his 2020 opponent, but unlike four years ago, he is behind Trump in […]
The Supreme Court on Monday dealt Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) a blow, temporarily barring the border state from implementing a new state law that would allow non-federal police to arrest illegal immigrants, a power that has long been only available to federal police. The highest court put Texas law S.B. 4 on hold for the […]
Former CBS anchor Dan Rather, dubbed by many the father of “fake news,” is demanding that reporters blast former President Donald Trump for fudging matters, though not Democrats. “Enough with Both-sides-ism,” he wrote on X. “If Trump says the sky is green, the story isn’t that the sky is now green; the story is that […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was confronted by protesters at a movie theater in New York City, with the pro-Palestinian protesters berating her on her language when discussing the Israel-Hamas war. The New York Democrat, who has been critical of Israel’s war plan and vehement in calling for a ceasefire in the conflict, was accused by […]
No Labels has caused headaches for President Joe Biden‘s reelection campaign, with the threat of taking key votes away in an expected rematch with former President Donald Trump, but the president’s campaign has a secret weapon to combat the centrist group — former President Bill Clinton. Clinton, famous for his bipartisanship with Republicans in Congress […]
(The Center Square) – The Washington State Legislature has enacted a bill forcing county election officials to provide unrestricted system access to a New York state-based nonprofit that aided government agencies in coordinated social media suppression efforts with other states regarding election and COVID-19 “misinformation.” “Most troubling is that that it sits and operates outside of […]
(The Center Square) – Hundreds of pages of earmarks are included in the compromise deal that Congressional leaders say they’ve reached to fund the federal government. Whether the votes are there to pass it will be revealed this week. The more than 1,000-page deal includes six appropriations bills that total $435 million and earmarks, also […]
(The Center Square) – The Virginia Senate has changed course on funding Metro after the legislators agreed to include additional money for the struggling transit agency in the budget. Senate President Pro Tempore Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, announced the decision after the transit agency promised to make reforms. “After securing commitments for the long term reform […]
(The Center Square) — Rhode Island lawmakers are once again mulling a plan to change the name of Victory Day, which commemorates the end of World War II, but the proposal is facing pushback from those who say it would denigrate the sacrifices of the state’s veterans. A proposal filed by state Rep. Jennifer Stewart, a Pawtucket […]
