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December 20, 2017

As tax bill passes, a scramble to roll out rules for the new year

As the White House takes its victory lap over the passage of the sweeping Republican tax overhaul, the IRS is scrambling to roll out new rules in time for 2018.

November 28, 2017

What is the CFPB?

Here’s what you need to know about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the fight over who will lead it.

November 25, 2017

Trump calls CFPB 'a total disaster' in a tweet following Cordray's resignation

President Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to air his grievances with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

October 27, 2017

Tax Bill Fight: 401(k), local property tax breaks back in crosshairs as House faces deadline

Republican ambitions to overhaul the country’s tax code got a big boost this week after the House narrowly passed a budget blueprint – but lawmakers are now scrambling to bridge deep divides over contribution limits to 401(k) retirement accounts and the possible elimination of a popular tax break.

September 21, 2017

SEC says hack may have led to illegal Wall Street profits

The country’s top Wall Street regulator says a cyberattack last year breached its system for storing documents filed by companies, possibly allowing hackers to make illegal profits.

June 21, 2017

U.S. falls out of top 10 in Index of Economic Freedom

The United States has fallen out of the top 10 countries in the 2014 Index of Economic Freedom published jointly by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal.

June 21, 2017

Newly created fed agency aims to monitor 80 percent of credit card transactions

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau officials are seeking to monitor four out of every five U.S. consumer credit card transactions this year -- up to 42 billion transactions -- through a controversial data-mining program, according to documents obtained by the Washington Examiner.

April 29, 2017

Newt Gingrich: Trump vs. the swamp, Round III -- Democrats turn to bureaucrats to stop POTUS

To stifle President Donald Trump's pro-growth agenda, Democrats have pinned their hopes on the unprecedented insurrection of an unchecked, de facto branch of government: the bureaucratic state.

January 12, 2017

Seattle officials join push for Sharia-compliant mortgages, loans

A new proposal in Seattle to increase homeownership among Muslims by offering Sharia-compliant financing is gaining ground, in the latest test for local leaders trying to accommodate diverse religious views without giving unfair special treatment.

January 12, 2017

Critics blast loophole that forces taxpayers to fund public sector union work

Bob Nicks has firefighting in his blood, but for the last four years, the Texas battalion chief has earned his six-figure salary sitting at a desk doing union work instead of running into burning buildings and saving lives.