A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling limiting how the White House can communicate with social media platforms. The ruling Friday (Sept. 8) by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals says that President Joe Biden’s administration’s efforts to restrict what it deems misleading content about COVID-19 on social...
The investigations into recent bank failures are just beginning. President Joe Biden released a statement Friday (March 17) calling on Congress to impose tougher penalties on senior bank executives whose mismanagement contributed to their institutions failing, saying this would strengthen accountability and deter mismanagement in the future....
Sarah Bloom Raskin, the Biden administration’s nominee for most powerful banking regulator seat, has withdrawn her nomination Tuesday (March 15) after months of turmoil and opposition from Republicans along with one key Democrat, The Wall Street Journal reported. The withdrawal will be a severe blow...
The Biden Administration has given student loan borrowers an early Christmas present, extending the pause on payments until May 1. “We know that millions of student-loan borrowers are still coping with the impacts of the pandemic and need some more time before resuming payments,” the president...
December 21, 2020
The incoming Biden Administration has got its work cut out for it on a number of fronts. Job No. 1 is tackling a public-health crisis the likes of which have not been seen in a century. Meanwhile, the U.S. economic recovery has been uneven despite apparent agreement or near-agreement on a new round of stimulus. And now we’ve […]
February 11, 2024
President Joe Biden wants snack food companies to end the practice of shrinkflation. That is the term for when businesses reduce the size of a product without a complementary reduction in prices. In a pre-Super Bowl video message posted to X Sunday (Feb. 11), Biden called on companies to end the practice, which he called a “rip-off.” […]
September 10, 2023
A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling limiting how the White House can communicate with social media platforms. The ruling Friday (Sept. 8) by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals says that President...
March 17, 2023
The investigations into recent bank failures are just beginning. President Joe Biden released a statement Friday (March 17) calling on Congress to impose tougher penalties on senior bank executives whose mismanagement contributed...
March 15, 2022
Sarah Bloom Raskin, the Biden administration’s nominee for most powerful banking regulator seat, has withdrawn her nomination Tuesday (March 15) after months of turmoil and opposition from Republicans along with...
