Mayor Adams May Avoid a Criminal Trial. He Still Faces Political Peril.
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Mayor Adams May Avoid a Criminal Trial. He Still Faces Political Peril.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When the Justice Department ordered federal prosecutors on Monday to drop the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, he hoped that it would save his political career and allow him to better focus on governing the nation’s largest city….

Trump Names 2 New Top Financial Regulators
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Trump Names 2 New Top Financial Regulators

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump on Tuesday named two nominees to lead top financial regulators: Jonathan McKernan for director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Jonathan Gould as the comptroller of the currency. The consumer bureau has been in turmoil for days after Russell Vought,…

Trump Names 2 New Top Financial Regulators
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Trump Names 2 New Top Financial Regulators

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump on Tuesday named two nominees to lead top financial regulators: Jonathan McKernan for director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Jonathan Gould as the comptroller of the currency. The consumer bureau has been in turmoil for days after Russell Vought,…

As Trump Attacks D.E.I., Wall Street Worries
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As Trump Attacks D.E.I., Wall Street Worries

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Follow live updates on Trump’s cabinet picks and other administration news. Wall Street has not typically been accused of doing too much for women and minority groups. The financial services industry, after all, is one in which more major banks are named after…

Opinion | When It Rains, It Pours
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Opinion | When It Rains, It Pours

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Gail Collins: Bret, we’ve spent so much time agreeing about President Trump, it’s been great — at least for argument’s sake — that you can come up with specific presidential actions where you’re now pro-Trump. While I tend to irrationally object to every…

36 Hours After Russell Vought Took Over Consumer Bureau, He Shut Its Operations
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36 Hours After Russell Vought Took Over Consumer Bureau, He Shut Its Operations

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The day before Linda Wetzel closed on her retirement home in Southport, N.C., in 2012 — a cozy place where she could open the windows at night and catch an ocean breeze — the bank making the loan surprised her with a fee…

Prince Rahim Is Named the Next Aga Khan, Succeeding His Father
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Prince Rahim Is Named the Next Aga Khan, Succeeding His Father

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Prince Rahim al-Hussaini, a son of the Aga Khan IV, was named as his successor on Wednesday, inheriting the role of the spiritual leader of millions of Ismaili Muslims around the world. The late Aga Khan, 88 — a billionaire who was known…

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Names Alexandra Bell Its New President
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Names Alexandra Bell Its New President

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines At the end of January, the keepers of the Doomsday Clock announced that the world was 89 seconds to midnight, a metaphor for our proximity to extinction. That’s one second closer than we were for the past two years, and the nearest the…

Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
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Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency access to the federal payment system late on Friday, according to five people familiar with the change, handing Elon Musk and the team he is leading a powerful tool to…

Trump Administration Fires Consumer Bureau Chief Rohit Chopra
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Trump Administration Fires Consumer Bureau Chief Rohit Chopra

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, was fired on Saturday, prematurely ending a five-year term that was scheduled to run through late 2026. “With so much power concentrated in the hands of a few, agencies like the C.F.P.B. have…