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Trump’s CFPB Drops Cases Against Companies Accused of Cheating Consumers
Consumer advocates on Thursday slammed the Trump administration for dropping various enforcement actions against companies accused of activities that include ripping off savings account holders, illegally collecting on student loans, and engaging in an unlawful mortgage broker kickback scheme. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s notices of voluntary dismissal came as the U.S. Senate Committee on…
Read MoreLGBTQ Domestic Violence Nonprofits Fight Back Amid Trump’s Attacks on Funding
Organizations that provide services to LGBTQ+ victims of domestic and intimate partner violence expect much of the federal funding they rely on to dry up as the Trump administration’s executive orders target the work they have been carrying out for years. Some received direct notices from the federal government to stop work that promotes what…
Read MoreExclusive Report: SAVE Act Threatens to Disenfranchise Trans Voters
According to an exclusive report from the Center for American Progress (CAP), obtained by Truthout, a recently reintroduced bill in the U.S. House of Representatives could create new barriers to voter registration for transgender Americans, jeopardizing the voting rights of millions. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act would require all U.S. citizens to verify…
Read MoreAs Ramadan in Gaza Begins, Our Decorations Have Been Replaced by Graves
Part of the Series Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation During Ramadan, joy usually sweeps through Gaza as the streets come alive with dazzling decorations and the warm glow of radiant lanterns. The alleys resonate with echoes of blessings and celebratory chants while people gather, their hearts brimming with anticipation and happiness. Children embrace…
Read MoreSEC Halts Fraud Prosecution of Chinese Crypto Bro Whose Purchases Enriched Trump
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Read MoreForced Sterilization Isn’t a Relic of the Past
Mother Jones illustration Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. “In order to prevent our being swamped with incompetence,” Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote for the majority in 1927’s Buck v. Bell, the state could—and should—”prevent those who are manifestly unfit from continuing…
Read MoreThese Unique Black-Footed Ferrets Are on the Edge of Extinction. Trump’s Cuts May Well Do Them in.
The endangered Black-footed ferret hunts in a Prairie dog colony. Keith R. Crowley/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the open grasslands of South Dakota, not far from the…
Read MoreSanders: Trump Cabinet Picks Are Nearly Irrelevant With Musk in Charge
“If you want to discuss policies in the Department of Labor, let’s bring in the real secretary,” Sanders said.
Read MoreRFK Downplays Texas Measles Outbreak After First US Death in 10 Years
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has vastly downplayed the ongoing measles outbreak in western Texas — even as many children are being hospitalized, with at least one child dying so far. As of Thursday, 124 people have been diagnosed with measles in the region, with another nine people diagnosed in…
Read MoreTeachers’ Union Files Lawsuit Against Trump’s Anti-DEI Directive
A group of educators is suing the Department of Education over its recent “Dear Colleague Letter,” (DCL) which gave K-12 schools and federally funded colleges roughly two weeks to stop considering race as a factor in admissions, financial aid and hiring — or risk losing federal funding. The challenge was brought forward by the American…
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