‘Government Overreach’: Liz Warren’s Favorite Agency Just Granted Itself New Powers To Regulate Checking Accounts
In December, the lame-duck Biden administration's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced rules to curb overdraft penalties, which experts say is an example of government overreach that hurts low-income Americans. told the Daily Caller News Foundation. CFPB — that's the agency. considered The brainchild of Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the rules were finalized just […]
Federal judge orders EPA to further regulate fluoride in drinking water due to concerns over lowered IQ in kid
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Harris Hasn’t Actually Given Specifics on How She’d Regulate Fracking
On CNN's “Inside Politics” broadcast on Friday, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said that Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has barely changed her position on fracking, claiming that she doesn't want to ban fracking altogether, but hasn't actually spoken about plans to regulate it in the future. Marin said:[T]here [are] There are […]
Pelosi rips California bill to regulate AI models: ‘ill-informed’
Representative Nancy Pelosi has voiced opposition to a high-profile California bill that would regulate Big Tech companies’ burgeoning artificial intelligence technology, calling the measure “well-intentioned but ill-informed.” California’s SB 1047, which would establish safety standards for AI models that cost more than $100 million to train and mandate pre-release safety testing of so-called “frontier” AI […]
Europe's plot to regulate political speech in America
Eighty years ago, the US government launched a war bond campaign with a Norman Rockwell painting depicting the struggle against authoritarian threats in Europe. The government chose Rockwell’s “Freedom of Speech,” a painting of a man standing up in a Vermont assembly to speak his mind. The painting rallied the nation to what Louis Brandeis […]
City Council defuses ‘nuclear bomb’ plan to regulate luxury restaurants at NYC hotels amid backlash
After all, it probably won’t be last orders at many of the city’s most popular restaurants and bars. The City Council listened to protests from chefs and restaurateurs, and a scathing rebuke from The Washington Post, and killed parts of a hotel regulation bill that would have been the downfall of many top-notch eateries and […]
Consumer watchdog to regulate ‘buy now, pay later’ lenders as credit cards
The government’s consumer watchdog took action Wednesday. Categorize popularity Buy now, pay later applications can now be used as credit cards, extending customer protection to millions of users, including the ability to dispute charges and request refunds. Buy now, pay later programs, also known as BNPL, allow consumers to pay for products in interest-free installments. […]
PA House passes bill to regulate online platforms’ interactions with kids
Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a bill aimed at regulating how online social media platforms interact with children, but its provisions are similar to state law provisions that have been blocked by federal courts and the U.S. Supreme Court. There is. The bill passed 105-95 along mostly party lines, with 10 Republicans voting […]
Biden lawsuit ‘subverting states rights’ to regulate abortion heads to Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear its second abortion case this term, this time dealing with claims by Republican-led states that the Biden administration is trying to invoke a 40-year-old federal law as an “abortion mandate.” Following a debate over the federal Food and Drug Administration’s regulation of abortion drugs, the high court will […]
GOP blasts consumer agency over push to regulate digital wallets, payment apps
House Republicans attacked the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) during a hearing Wednesday over proposed rules that would regulate financial services such as digital wallets and payment apps. The agency released a proposal to supervise nonbank financial technology in November, with CFPB Director Rohit Chopra saying the rule would “help ensure that large technology companies […]