CFPB Finalizes Stricter Rules for PACE Loans Amid Predatory Lending Concerns

The rule’s effective date is March 1, 2026. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has finalized a rule that imposes stricter regulations on Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans, a financing tool for clean energy upgrades and disaster preparedness projects repaid through property tax bills. The new rule, announced on Dec. 17, applies Truth in

Bernie Sanders Says Amazon Warehouses are ‘Uniquely Dangerous.’ He’s Spent Nearly $2 Million in Campaign Cash There, Disclosures Show.

Vermont socialist was one of the online retailer’s biggest Senate customers during the 2024 election cycle Getty Images Vermont socialist Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) says Amazon’s “obsession with speed creates uniquely dangerous warehouses.” But his campaign appears to have an affinity for that speed, having spent nearly $2 million at Amazon since 2012, a Washington

Texas Stands Ready to Buy Border Wall Panels up for Auction and Return Them to Trump

The president-elect asked Biden to stop selling off unused border wall panels purchased under Trump’s first term. President-elect Donald Trump called on President Joe Biden to stop selling unused portions of the border wall while Texas considers purchasing auctioned panels and giving them back to the new administration. “We’re going to spend hundreds of millions

Texas Stands Ready to Buy Border Wall Panels Being Auctioned and Return Them to Trump

The president-elect asked President Joe Biden to stop selling off unused border wall panels purchased under the first Trump administration. President-elect Donald Trump called on President Joe Biden to stop selling unused portions of the border wall as Texas considers purchasing auctioned panels and giving them back to the new administration. “We’re going to spend

Trump lawyers allege juror misconduct in New York criminal case

President-elect Donald Trump fired another salvo in his long-running effort to have his New York criminal conviction tossed, with his attorneys alleging earlier this month that there was juror misconduct during his trial. In a previously undisclosed Dec. 3 letter to Justice Juan Merchan that was made public Tuesday, Todd Blanche and Emil Bove wrote