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HousingWire
1 year ago
Real estate

House hearing highlights partisan division over CFPB mission

The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy held a hearing last week on whether the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) should be reformed in regard to its mission.Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) used the opening remarks to note that the agency is lacking oversight that's consistent with other federal agencies while taking aim at CFPB Director Rohit Chopra for the enforcement actions pursued since Chopra entered office.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

California Republican Rep. David Valadao, who voted to impeach Trump, survives primary

GOP Rep. David Valadao, one of the most endangered Republican congressional incumbents in the nation, has survived the California primary and will advance to the November ballot.
Los Angeles Times
1 year ago
Los Angeles

Garcia and Kamlager advance to general election in two L.A. County House races

Democrats Robert Garcia, the mayor of Long Beach, and state Sen. Sydney Kamlager on Friday clinched the top spots in their respective Los Angeles County congressional districts and will move on to the November general election.
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Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Stablecoins would get federal rules under emerging House deal

Top House lawmakers are nearing bipartisan agreement on a proposal to regulate stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency frequently pegged to the dollar and the subject of intense scrutiny in Washington since last year.
Los Angeles Times
2 years ago
Los Angeles

Thousands expected at abortion rights rallies in California and across U.S.

Joining demonstrators across the country, thousands of women's rights activists are expected to march in downtown Los Angeles and elsewhere around the state Saturday as the U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe vs. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision legalizing abortion nationwide.
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Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

U.S. charges FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried with criminal fraud

Multiple U.S. regulators hit Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and chief executive officer of FTX, with fraud charges on Tuesday.(Ting Shen/Bloomberg)A trio of U.S. agencies filed a flurry of charges against disgraced cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried the day after he was arrested in the Bahamas at the request of the U.S. government.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Live updates: SEC accuses Sam Bankman-Fried of defrauding investors

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of cryptocurrency giant FTX, testifies in February at a Senate hearing.(Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Sam Bankman-Fried with orchestrating a scheme to defraud equity investors early Tuesday, a day after the disgraced founder of the cryptocurrency giant FTX was taken into custody.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Canada news

FTX founder charged with defrauding investors by U.S. regulator | CBC News

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the former CEO of failed cryptocurrency firm FTX with orchestrating a scheme to defraud investors.An SEC complaint filed Tuesday alleges that Sam Bankman-Fried raised more than $1.8 billion US from equity investors since May 2019 by promoting FTX as a safe, responsible platform for trading crypto assets.
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