Under court order, Trump administration agrees to fund beleaguered consumer financial watchdog
WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Citing a court order, President Donald Trump’s budget director on Friday asked the U.S. Federal Reserve to supply $145 million to fund the operations of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ending an
US Supreme Court to weigh FCC’s power to fine wireless carriers
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a dispute involving fines imposed by the Federal Communications Commission on major U.S. wireless carriers for sharing customer location data
Judge to temporarily block effort to end protections for relatives of citizens, green card holders
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge said Friday that she expects to temporarily block efforts by the Trump administration to end a program that offered temporary legal protections for more than 10,000 family members of citizens and
Wife of Minnesota woman killed in ICE shooting: ‘We had whistles. They had guns’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed in her car by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, says the couple had stopped to support their neighbors on the day of the
FBI to tap head of New York office for No. 2 job, NYT reports
Jan 9 (Reuters) – Christopher Raia, the head of the FBI’s office in New York, is expected to become the deputy director of the bureau, succeeding Dan Bongino, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing people
South Carolina measles outbreak grows by nearly 100, spreads to North Carolina and Ohio
South Carolina’s measles outbreak exploded into one of the worst in the U.S., with state health officials confirming 99 new cases in the past three days. The outbreak centered in Spartanburg County grew to 310 cases over
Telluride reopening as striking ski patrollers accept contract, return to work
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Telluride Ski Resort in southwestern Colorado began to reopen Friday after a vote by striking ski patrollers to accept a contract and return to work. The resort shut down Dec. 27 after
As tensions flare in Minnesota, Treasury Secretary Bessent pushes a crackdown on fraud
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department is taking a closer look at financial transactions between Minnesotan residents and businesses and Somalia as the federal government ramps up its immigration crackdown in the state, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
Wisconsin teen who killed prison guard in fistfight pleads guilty but claims mental illness
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin teen who killed a prison guard during a fistfight pleaded guilty to homicide Friday but contends he doesn’t deserve prison time because he was mentally ill and not responsible for his
Fed appoints regional bank board chairs and vice chairs
Jan 9 (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced the chairs and vice chairs of its 12 regional banks for this year, a list that includes Emerson Electric Co’s chief executive Lal Karsanbhai as chair