CFPB ends some lending industry antidiscrimination requirements

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Tuesday ended some lending industry antidiscrimination requirements that have long protected different demographics’ access to credit, loans and home ownership.  Under the newly approved rule, lenders are no longer required to adhere to the 1974 Equal Credit ​Opportunity Act (ECOA). The law prevented disparate impact discrimination, which occurs…

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Walz: ‘Next Democratic president better figure out a way to get universal health care’

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) advised the next Democratic president to focus on passing universal healthcare, a policy measure that has been hotly debated within the party in recent years. “We have to figure out, once we move in a progressive way, once we see a Barack Obama win, once we see a Congress win,…

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Trump endorses Sticker Mule CEO who battled officials over 100-foot pro-Trump sign for Stefanik’s House seat

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President Trump endorses Sticker Mule CEO Anthony Constantino to fill Rep. Elise Stefanik's New York congressional seat, defying the state GOP.

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Cory Mills says Mace expulsion push could drag House into dangerous new territory

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Rep. Cory Mills condemned an expulsion push by Rep. Nancy Mace, calling it political theatrics amid allegations of domestic abuse and blackmail threats.

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Cuban says ‘no’ when asked if he wants Harris to run for president in 2028

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Investor Mark Cuban on Tuesday said “no” when asked if he wants to see former Vice President Kamala Harris run for president in the 2028 election. Cuban was once one of Harris’s surrogates in 2024 when she ran against President Trump. But at Politico’s Health Care Summit on Tuesday, when asked by Politico’s senior executive…

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Live results: Virginia voters weigh redistricting referendum

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Old Dominion voters on Tuesday will head to the polls for a rare April election to decide whether to change its congressional maps ahead of the November midterms. Tuesday’s referendum will mark Democrats’ last chance to redistrict in the battle set off by President Trump’s push for new maps in Texas last year. If the…

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Senate takes first step to fund ICE, Border Patrol in bid to cut Dems out of the funding process

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Senate Republicans begin budget reconciliation to fund immigration operations for the rest of Trump's term amid a DHS funding standoff with Democrats.

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Omar ducks questions as scrutiny grows over filings that slashed her reported wealth by millions

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Ilhan Omar's dodged questions on Monday about her amended financial disclosures that now show figures between $18,000 and $95,000 after previous accounting errors put her wealth at up to $30 million.

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Trump’s Fed Chair Pick Defends Independence From the President

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Kevin M. Warsh, President Trump’s pick to head the Federal Reserve, asserted his independence from the president during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday, saying that he has not made any promises to follow Mr. Trump’s bidding to lower interest rates.

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Dozens of former Katie Porter staffers pen open letter defending her, months after backlash

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A group of 30 former staffers for former Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) signed a Monday letter lauding the lawmaker as someone who “shows up for her team” after months of backlash for lambasting a staffer and a journalist on two separate occasions.  The letter comes as Porter looks to ramp up her gubernatorial campaign, following…

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