The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Thursday issued a rule to limit bank and credit union lending fees that it says will save consumers $5 billion annually. The rule, which applies to the banks and credit unions with more than $10 billion in assets, gives these institutions three options: They can charge an overdraft
The Arkansas governor said the current program allocates a substantial share of its funds to items linked to obesity, diabetes, and other chronic health issues. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has called for an overhaul of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), urging key members of the incoming Trump administration to remove junk food items
Alexander Smirnov’s claims fueled an impeachment inquiry into the president. A former FBI informant accused of lying about the Biden family will plead guilty to tax evasion and providing false information to federal investigators, according to court papers. In signing a plea deal on Dec. 10, Alexander Smirnov admitted to fabricating allegations that President Joe
Washington — Sen. Mitch McConnell, the outgoing Republican leader in the Senate, is working from home Thursday after he fell at his office in the Capitol and suffered minor injuries, a McConnell spokesman said. Although McConnell’s office said Tuesday he was cleared to resume his schedule, the Kentucky Republican is experiencing lingering effects from the
Mark House will be the Federal Aviation Administration’s senior acting official during the transition to the second Trump administration. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Mike Whitaker announced on Dec. 12 that he would resign from the agency on President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration day. Whitaker’s resignation, which will offer Trump a chance to choose the next
Time magazine named President-elect Donald Trump its 2024 “Person of the Year” Thursday, recognizing his political “comeback of historic proportions.” “For marshaling a comeback of historic proportions, for driving a once-in-a-generation political realignment, for reshaping the American presidency, and altering America’s role in the world, Donald Trump is Time‘s 2024 Person of the Year,” the
A Pentagon spokeswoman denied a lawmaker’s claims that an Iranian ’mothership’ near the U.S. East Coast was releasing the drones. More elected officials in New Jersey have sounded the alarm about drones of unknown origin spotted over the state as the Pentagon has denied they are being deployed by Iran. The mayor of Montvale, Mike