Trump Appoints Treasury Secretary Bessent as Acting CFPB Director

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s permanent director will require Senate confirmation. President Donald Trump has named Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to serve as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in place of Rohit Chopra, who announced his departure from the agency over the weekend. Bessent’s appointment took effect on Jan. 31,

Democratic Members of Congress Speak on USAID Shutdown

House Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.), Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), and Johnny Olszewski (D-Md.) and Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) hold a press conference on the shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), from Capitol Hill at 1:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 3. Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning For Office?

Mexico To Send 10K Troops to Border in Effort To Stop Trump Tariffs

Hours before President Donald Trump’s tariffs were slated to go into effect, Mexico agreed to immediately send 10,000 troops to its border with the United States to curb the flow of drugs and illegal immigrants, prompting Trump to pause the tariffs for one month. “Mexico will immediately reinforce the northern border with 10,000 members of