Dodd-Frank Act

The administration has canceled or delayed more than 1,500 regulatory actions planned under former President Barack Obama. About $570 million a year in costs, which comes out to $8.1 billion over a lifetime, has been eliminated as a result, the White House says. (Illustration by Bill Lesniewski)

Business

Trump cuts business free

February 6, 2018 5:01 am

The Trump administration is ramping up efforts to reduce regulation, and many American industries have their own wishlist of things they want to deregulate. For example, electronic cigarette advocates want to change a regulation requiring

Business

What CEOs still want from Trump: A deregulation wishlist

Steven Nelson, John Siciliano, Joseph Lawler, Sean Higgins -

February 6, 2018 5:01 am

Incoming Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (pictured left) not only has President Trump's endorsement, but also the support of most Republican senators. That support could help him through difficult economic scenarios in the years ahead. Otherwise, though, he's mostly expected to carry out policy as Janet Yellen, his predecessor, would have. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Economy

What to expect from the Jerome Powell era at the Federal Reserve

Joseph Lawler -

February 5, 2018 5:01 am

Foreign Policy

Ted Cruz touts his ‘relatively unusual position in the Senate’

Timothy P. Carney -

January 30, 2018 5:01 am

Leandra English (pictured left) who was elevated to interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by its outgoing director, suffered an initial loss Tuesday when U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly refused a restraining order that would allow her to oust rival acting director claimant Mick Mulvaney (who was appointed by President Trump). (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Economy

Liberal groups lend moral support, not cash, to Leandra English’s battle to lead CFPB

Steven Nelson -

November 30, 2017 5:01 am

Mick Mulvaney, who assumed command of the CFPB on Monday morning, has been broadly critical of the independent agency as a

News

CFPB’s ‘NSA-like’ surveillance in limbo with leadership tussle

Steven Nelson -

November 29, 2017 5:01 am

According to the Left, President Trump grossly overstepped his bounds by tapping Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney for the temporary spot as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Of course the federal court sided with Trump and Mulvaney on the CFPB

Philip Wegmann -

November 28, 2017 11:17 pm

National Security

Elizabeth Warren leads protest to block Trump’s CFPB appointment

Joel Gehrke -

November 28, 2017 6:28 pm

Leandra English, who was elevated to interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by its outgoing director, met with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on Monday to discuss the fight for control of the CFPB's fate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Opinion

Lawless Democrats launch a coup at the CFPB

Washington Examiner -

November 28, 2017 5:01 am

News

Richard Cordray: CFPB succession fight shouldn’t include ‘name calling or partisan bickering’

Naomi Lim -

November 28, 2017 1:23 am

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