The CFPB Work Freeze Is Putting Big Tech Regulations ‘On Ice’
The cease-work order at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau won’t just affect lawsuits and enforcement actions. It will stall regulation that could govern tech companies like Apple and Google.
The CFPB took aim at Big Tech. Then Elon Musk moved to dismantle it.
In the days before Musk’s DOGE set its sights on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, X revealed plans for a payments ...
Elon Musk is waging war on a key check on his business empire
Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022 with the hopes of turning it into “the everything app” that will let users zap money to each ...
Elon’s DOGE Attack on Financial Watchdog Coincides With X Pursuit of Digital Wallet
X announced that it had entered into an arrangement with Visa to create a peer-to-peer digital payments system. “Another ...
Dismantling the CFPB would turn the consumer finance world into the 'wild, wild west,' its former director says
Richard Cordray, the first director of the CFPB, told BI that Elon Musk's call to dismantle the agency is a 'direct conflict ...
‘We may start from scratch’: Lawmakers consider policy options for protecting kids from social media
Lawmakers looking to protect kids from the harms of social media are considering new proposals and approaches this Congress ...
The Trump-Musk Presidency is killing the CFPB
Just as Elon Musk’s X pushes into financial services, the agency responsible for protecting citizens from such companies is ...
Wall Street Sells £4.41B of X Loans as Investors Bet on Strong Financials, Advertisers Returning to Musk's Firm
Wall Street banks unloaded £4.41 billion of debt holdings in Elon Musk's X amid strong investor interest as advertisers ...
Banks Sell $5.5B of X’s Debt as Interest in Politically Influential Musk Grows
Banks have successfully made an upsized sale of some of X’s debt to the tune of $5.5 billion, as interest in politically influential owner Elon ...
Wall Street banks sell $5.5B of X loans as investors bet big on Elon Musk: report
Banks unloaded $5.5 billion of debt holdings in X that they have been stuck with since 2022, when Musk acquired the site ...
Banks Sell $5.5 Billion of X Loans After Investor Interest Surges
Banks wrapped up the sale of $5.5 billion in debt backed by Musk’s social-media company on Wednesday, people familiar with ...
RCP Podcast: Trump's Gaza Resort, AG Pam Bondi Targets Sanctuary Cities, RCP's Samizdat Prize
Wednesday on the RealClearPolitics radio show -- weeknights at 6:00 p.m. on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 and then on Apple, Spotify, and here on our website -- Tom Bevan, Carl Cannon, Richard Porter ...