CFPB ends some lending industry antidiscrimination requirements
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…
Read MoreTrump endorses Sticker Mule CEO who battled officials over 100-foot pro-Trump sign for Stefanik’s House seat
President Trump endorses Sticker Mule CEO Anthony Constantino to fill Rep. Elise Stefanik's New York congressional seat, defying the state GOP.
Read MoreCory Mills says Mace expulsion push could drag House into dangerous new territory
Rep. Cory Mills condemned an expulsion push by Rep. Nancy Mace, calling it political theatrics amid allegations of domestic abuse and blackmail threats.
Read MoreCuban says ‘no’ when asked if he wants Harris to run for president in 2028
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…
Read MoreLive results: Virginia voters weigh redistricting referendum
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…
Read MoreSenate takes first step to fund ICE, Border Patrol in bid to cut Dems out of the funding process
Senate Republicans begin budget reconciliation to fund immigration operations for the rest of Trump's term amid a DHS funding standoff with Democrats.
Read MoreOmar ducks questions as scrutiny grows over filings that slashed her reported wealth by millions
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.
Read MoreTrump’s Fed Chair Pick Defends Independence From the President
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.
Read MoreDozens of former Katie Porter staffers pen open letter defending her, months after backlash
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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