Vought has called for the return of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau functions to banking regulators and the Federal Trade Commission. Russ Vought, the newly appointed White House budget director, has also been tapped to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), according to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Vought, who was confirmed
Federal laws already cap the court at nine members but a constitutional amendment would prevent future changes by Congress. Republicans in the U.S. Senate proposed a new constitutional amendment on Feb. 7 that would prevent federal lawmakers from increasing the number of justices—currently set at nine—on the U.S. Supreme Court. The new joint congressional resolution,
Attorney Norm Eisen had a long history of anti-Trump legal cases before representing FBI agents suing to protect their names from public release over the Jan. 6 investigation.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is renaming Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois," poking fun at President Donald Trump’s recent executive order where he changed the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America.
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has gained access to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and has started a thorough review of the independent government agency designed to protect consumers from corporate fraud and scams. DOGE representatives have gained access to the internal systems, including personnel rolls and financial records of the agency,
Much of the international condemnation of Donald Trump’s “Riviera” plan for Gaza rests on the assumption that the Palestinians retain sovereignty over the territory, despite all the events that have taken place since their incursion into Israel on October 7, 2023, and that they also continue to have the right to choose their own government.
The International Criminal Court had issued arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and his former defense minister. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump enacted on Feb. 6 an executive order to allow for the imposition of sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its alleged bias against Israel and the United States. The ICC issued arrest