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Lisa Cook’s lawsuit against Trump skirts mortgage fraud allegation
Key Points Fed Governor Lisa Cook’s lawsuit against Donald Trump challenges his ability to remove her from office but only briefly addresses the central accusations that she committed mortgage fraud. Cook did call mortgage fraud accusations “unsubstantiated and unproven” without going into detail. In a statement to CNBC, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte […]
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Lisa Cook will sue over Trump firing from Fed board, her lawyer says
Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve, during a Fed Listens event in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, March 22, 2024. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook will file a lawsuit challenging her removal by President Donald Trump, her attorney said Tuesday. “President Trump has no authority […]
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Lutnick suggests Lisa Cook’s refusal to accept Trump firing from Fed supports fraud claim
Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve, during the Federal Reserve Integrated Review of the Capital Framework for Large Banks Conference in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick suggested Tuesday that Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook’s refusal to willingly leave […]
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New York AG James sues Zelle parent company for alleged fraud
Key Points New York Attorney General Letitia James sued the parent company of payment network Zelle for allegedly enabling fraud. James alleged that the company knew about ongoing fraud between 2017 and 2023 and did not take actionable steps to resolve it. The lawsuit follows a similar one by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that […]
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UK ramps up scrutiny of Apple and Google in push for mobile services changes
A series of iPhone 16s on display inside the Apple store at Tun Razak Exchange in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sept. 20, 2024. Annice Lyn | Getty Images News | Getty Images Britain’s competition regulators on Wednesday took aim at the mobile ecosystems of Apple and Google, pushing the two companies to make changes to […]
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Fired Jeffrey Epstein prosecutor Comey: ‘Fear is the tool of a tyrant’
FILE PHOTO: Maurene Comey, assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, stands at a news conference announcing the upcoming arraignment of Jeffrey Epstein, who faces charges of sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors, in New York, U.S., July 8, 2019. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters The Jeffrey […]
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren targets price gouging in new bill as tariff costs, inflation increase
With expectations that prices will rise throughout the economy over the summer as more tariffs stack up, a group of legislators on Capitol Hill, highlighted by Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), introduced a bill to target price gouging by the market’s biggest companies. The Price Gouging Bill of 2025 — introduced on Thursday by Warren along […]
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Trump inaugural impersonators scammed donors out of crypto, feds say
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Scammers impersonating the President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance Inaugural Committee fraudulently stole hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency, according to a new complaint filed by federal prosecutors. The perpetrators used phony email addresses made to look like they belonged to the inaugural committee to […]
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Germany tells Apple, Google to block DeepSeek as the Chinese AI app faces rising pressure in Europe
In this photo illustration, the DeepSeek logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen and in the background, the flag of the European Union. Thomas Fuller | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images One of Germany’s data protection watchdogs on Friday said DeepSeek’s app illegally sends user data to China and asked Google and […]
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Apple reveals complex system of App Store fees to avoid EU fine of 500 million euro
Omar Marques | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Apple Thursday made changes to its App Store European policies, saying it believes the new rules will help the company avoid a fine of 500 million euro ($585 million) from the EU for violating the Digital Markets Act. The new policies are a complicated system […]
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