Mick Mulvaney’s assault on consumer finances and the CFPB is illegal as well as wrong
Mick Mulvaney's attacks on consumer financial protection are illegal as well as wrong. Donald Trump is ignoring the law Congress wrote to prevent this.
Category Archives: US Politics
Congressional panel to grill Trump’s consumer chief
Mick Mulvaney, head of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau , is due to face lawmakers on Wednesday who want to know why he has dropped cases against payday lenders and pulled back from regulating the market for small-dollar loans. It will be the first opportunity for Democratic lawmakers to publicly grill Mulvaney on his leadership of the bureau created by Congress to stamp out financial abuse after the 2007-2009 financial crisis.
As Trump fumes over FBI raid, White House lawyers urge restraint
White House lawyers are trying to dissuade U.S. President Donald Trump from seeking to get rid of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, as Trump weighs options after the FBI raided his personal attorney's office and home, two U.S. officials said on Tuesday. White House lawyers Ty Cobb and Donald McGahn have been telling Trump that firing Mueller would leave the president vulnerable to charges of obstruction of justice and have said that he must have "good cause" to order Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to oust Mueller, the officials said.
Senators ask EPA to explain if Pruitt lied in Fox News interview
Three Democratic senators on the committee that oversees the Environmental Protection Agency are asking for answers on reports that the agency granted significant raises to two aides and whether Administrator Scott Pruitt lied about his knowledge of the raises in an interview on Fox News. The Atlantic reported last week that Pruitt granted raises to two of his aides at the EPA under a provision of the Safe Drinking Water Act after the White House personnel office denied the raises.
Mark Zuckerberg survives US Congress grilling over Cambridge Analytica scandal
FACEBOOK FOUNDER Mark Zuckerberg has faced a grilling from US senators over the social network's handling of data, though the 33-year-old billionaire seemed to bob and weave his way out of hot water. Zuck was probed be some 40 senators over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook's approach to privacy, its collection and use of data, it's potential monopoly, and its role in the influence of politics.
America’s police shouldn’t only be acknowledged in the month of May: Phillip Morris
Thousands of law enforcement officers are expected to descend on Washington, D.C., next month for Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week. The annual mid-May observation pays tribute to America's fallen and wounded police officers.
What Exactly Was Michael Cohen Doing for Donald Trump?
The more the public learns about the raid this week on Michael Cohen's office, home, and room at a New York hotel, the more it seems Cohen is in deeper and deeper trouble, and the harder and harder it becomes to tell what in particular the federal government is looking for from Cohen. Unlike actions taken by special counsel Robert Mueller, this raid, conducted by federal agents in New York City, has produced a quick series of leaks.
‘We’re Back’
First, President Trump promised to drain the swamp of Washington. Very quickly, many of the swamp creatures were let back in.
CEO Zuckerberg apologizes for Facebook’s privacy failures
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Trump seethes over FBI raid, ponders firing those he blames
President Donald Trump was so incensed by the FBI's raid of his personal attorney's office and hotel room that he's privately pondered firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and publicly mused about ousting special counsel Robert Mueller. The raid, in which agents seized attorney Michael Cohen's records on topics including a $130,000 payment to a porn actress who alleges she had sex with Trump, left the president more angry than advisers had seen him in weeks, according to five people familiar with the president's views but not authorized to discuss them publicly.
Ayesha Hazarika: Why a new centrist party will never succeed in UK
The SDP's founding 'Gang of Four', Bill Rodgers, Dr David Owen, Roy Jenkins and Shirley Williams, in Perth It's a story which has had more comebacks than Kylie Minogue. It's the old new centrist party ruse.
As Trump fumes, senators craft a bill to protect Mueller Source: AP
A bipartisan group of four senators is moving to protect special counsel Robert Mueller's job as President Donald Trump publicly muses about firing him. Republican Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Democratic Sens. Chris Coons of Delaware and Cory Booker of New Jersey plan to introduce legislation Wednesday that would give any special counsel a 10-day window in which he or she could seek expedited judicial review of a firing, according to two people familiar with the legislation.
Gov. Ivey owes it to voters to debate
Gov. Kay Ivey may believe she doesn't need to debate her opponents for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, but voters deserve every opportunity to be able to compare the candidates for the office. The Republicans are having a race to see who will be their party's nominee for governor come the Nov. 6 general election.
Trump ethanol moves may be worse for farmers than soy tariff
Based on his own back-of-the-envelope calculations, Minnesota farmer Kirby Hettver could lose tens of thousands of dollars of earnings because of President Donald Trump. But damaging as the brewing trade war with China may turn out to be for Hettver and other American soybean farmers, he says the greater financial impact could come if Trump moves ahead with changes to the U.S. ethanol mandate, known as the Renewable Fuel Standard, or RFS.
Bank pulls out of Illinois medical marijuana industry
Illinois medical marijuana companies may have to deal in cash because the main bank serving them is withdrawing from the industry. The Bank of Springfield informed cannabis clients last month it would close their accounts May 21, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Arizona teachers join others nationally seeking pay hikes
Arizona teachers who have organized to push for big raises and a restoration of school funding are threatening a statewide walkout, following the lead of educators across the country, including Oklahoma where schools have been closed for more than a week. Leaders for a new grassroots group called Arizona Educators United say they could announce a date for action at any time.
Facebook CEO vows to fight poll interference, fake news
Washington, April 11 : There is an online propaganda "arms race" with Russia and the most important thing right now is to make sure no one interferes in the upcoming elections globally, vowed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during the five-hour marathon session at the US Congress. "The most important thing I care about right now is making sure no one interferes in the various 2018 elections around the world," he testified before a 44-Senator panel.
Trump looks to pack the courts with conservatives
President Donald Trump, finding it harder than expected to get his legislative agenda accomplished on Capitol Hill, is looking to pack the courts with conservative jurists. The latest step in the process came on Tuesday, when the White House unveiled its 12th wave of judicial nominees, US attorneys and US Marshals, a package of 30 people who will now face confirmation battles in the Senate.
Senators move to protect Mueller as Trump criticizes probe
A bipartisan group of four senators is moving to protect special counsel Robert Mueller 's job as President Donald Trump publicly muses about firing him. Republican Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Democratic Sens. Chris Coons of Delaware and Cory Booker of New Jersey plan to introduce legislation Wednesday that would give any special counsel a 10-day window in which he or she could seek expedited judicial review of a firing, according to two people familiar with the legislation.
Analysis: Zuckerberg isn’t the sweaty mess he once was
With the eyes of Silicon Valley, Washington and Wall Street focused on him, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday successfully stood up to sometimes tricky questions from senators on topics from privacy scandals to foreign election interference to the tech industry's political leanings. Zuckerberg remained confident and prepared - far from the sweaty, nervous mess he became during another public appearance about privacy issues eight years ago - during several hours of testimony before a joint session of the Senate's Judiciary and Commerce, Science and Transportation committees.