The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is on life support, and consumer scam complaints are surging as a result. The Trump administration wants to pull the plug.
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Right-Wing State Tax ‘Revolution’ Rolls On
Several red states, pressed on by Koch-funded conservative groups, are moving to enact flat taxes or eliminate income taxes altogether.
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MAGA’s Gift to China
Trump’s tariffs aren’t helping America. But they are helping someone else.
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One of the Dreamliners That Gave a Boeing Manager Nightmares Just Crashed
Whistleblowers always warned that passengers would pay a price for Boeing’s tyrannical corner-cutting, especially with the planes shipped overseas.
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Usury in the Water
There’s never been a better time to be a loan shark for small businesses.
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Trumpflation Is Here
The president’s lunatic tariffs are jacking up prices all over the place.
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We Can’t Count on Trump’s SEC to Tell Us If He Is Manipulating the Market
The Musk-damaged agency is unlikely to investigate whether Trump and his allies are profiting from advance knowledge about tariff changes or meme coin shenanigans.
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House Republicans Take Their Turn at Ravaging CFPB
Kneecapping the consumer financial protection agency would do much to enable fraud, and next to nothing to reduce federal expenditures.
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The Permanent Tariff Damage
Trump tries to walk back his tariffs after supply chain collapse and threats of empty store shelves. But reversing course entirely may not be possible.
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Google Is a Monopolist … Again
Previously cited for monopolizing search and app stores, now the ‘don’t be evil’ company has been found to have monopolized advertising technology markets.
