The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) suffered at least 240 data breaches and another 800 suspected hacks, according to Mick Mulvaney, the acting director of the bureau in congressional testimony. Mulvaney is the first CFPB official to admit the agency’s massive data mining of consumer mortgage and credit card information is vulnerable to hackers and […]
CFPB Chief Mick Mulvaney Formally Asks Congress to Slash the Agency’s Power…
The head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau formally called on Congress to sharply reduce his agency’s authority. Among the suggestions he delivered Monday: Any major new rules the bureau makes should be subject to lawmakers’ approval. “The bureau is far too powerful, with previous little oversight of its activities,” Mick Mulvaney — who has […]
Elizabeth Warren Is ‘very concerned’ Trump Will Be ‘taken advantage of’ in North Korea Discussions…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said she is pleased the Trump administration is pursuing “diplomacy” with North Korea, but she is “concerned” President Trump will be exploited in discussions with North Korean leaders, in part due to vacancies at the State Department. The comments come after it was revealed Thursday Trump would accept a meeting with […]
Victory in Sight for Democrats Defying Warren on Bank Bill…
Republicans and Democrats in the Senate are poised to pass a bill this week that would relax key banking regulations, steamrolling opposition from outspoken liberals like Sen. Elizabeth Warren who have built their careers calling for tougher oversight of Wall Street. A core group of moderate Democrats is brushing off an escalating opposition campaign by […]
‘Pocahontas’ Problem: Boston Globe Exposes Festering Fallout from Warren’s Heritage Hoax…
We’ve never missed a chance to cover Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s struggles over her shameless cultural appropriation scandal, wherein she baselessly claimed Native American ancestry for professional gain — the polar opposite of “checking” her “white privilege,” as the Social Justice Warrior ethos requires. Initially, nearly all of the blowback from her cynical, self-serving hoax was […]
Trump Budget Chief Shuts Down Consumer ‘Protection’ Bureau ‘Slush Fund’…
An educational “slush fund” used by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has come under the “strictest review” by acting director Mick Mulvaney amid concerns the Obama-era agency has been doling out cash only to Democratic cronies. Mulvaney, President Trump’s budget chief who has been temporarily installed at the agency the president once promised to kill, […]
Government Employees Using Encrypted Messaging Apps on Work Phones, Potentially Violating Federal Law…
Judge Denies CFPB Official’s Injunction Against Mulvaney…
A New CFPB Scandal – Cost Overruns for Its New Lux Headquarters…
Last Week She Said the DNC Primaries Were Rigged. This Week Not So Much…Can’t Be Both…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in a new interview appeared to walk back her claim that last year’s Democratic primary was rigged, suggesting instead that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) showed “some bias” but that the selection process had been “fair.” “I agree with what Donna Brazile has said over the last few days; that while […]