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Trump/Musk Administration Faces First Pushback from the Courts
Thursday brought news of a trio of rulings that may somewhat slow the Trump/Musk takeover of our constitutional order.
'We would call it a coup': Watchdogs and Dems attack Elon Musk Treasury Department takeover
The dramatic power play began Friday, continued through the weekend -- and poses extraordinary and unprecedented threats to US security, lawmakers say ...
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent named acting director of consumer watchdog agency
Scott Bessent, the Treasury Secretary, has been tapped by President Trump to be acting director of the Consumer Financial ...
CFPB halts work after Trump appoints Bessent as acting head
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a consumer watchdog agency formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Elon ...
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Treasury's Bessent tells CFPB staff to stop everything
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who was named to be acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has told ...
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Gay Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent may have helped create a constitutional crisis
Bessent gave transphobic billionaire Elon Musk access to one of the most sensitive - and important - computer systems in the ...
How Luigi Mangione inspired trans woman who tried to kill GOP leaders
English, 24, of South Deerfield, Massachusetts, told police that she felt like she was “on a mission” and “had been thinking about for this for a while because of Luigi Mangione,” prosecutors ...
Warren Questions Bessent Over Musk Access to Treasury Payment System
In a letter to the Treasury secretary, the Democratic senator warned against meddling with a system that processes trillions ...
'Because of Luigi Mangione' | Woman arrested with Molotov cocktail outside US Capitol cited CEO killing suspect as inspiration, DOJ says
Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to order Riley Jane English, of Massachusetts, detained without bond while she awaits ...