President Biden has announced plans to nominate Martin Gruenberg, acting chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s board or directors, to lead the FDIC on a permanent basis. Gruenberg has been a
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A group of senators called on President Biden through a letter to nominate a commissioner and deputy commissioner at the Social Security Administration to help address the challenges facing the agency when
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President Biden is considering nominating Richard Cordray, former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to serve as vice-chairman of banking supervision at the Federal Reserve, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
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Democratic lawmakers are calling on the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide information on its deployment of facial recognition technology and how it ensures that citizens retain their civil rights.
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The Senate voted 84-9 Thursday to pass a minibus spending package that allocates a fiscal year 2020 budget of $22.75B for NASA, SpaceNews reported Friday.
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Twelve senators have asked the Federal Communications Commission to investigate complaints against the state and local law enforcement agencies’ use of surveillance devices that simulate cellphone towers to gather cellphone identification and location information. Some complaints
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A group of six Democratic U.S. senators wrote a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to address cybersecurity of financial institutions when he meets with his international counterparts at the G-20 Summit that
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Several lawmakers and consumer advocacy groups have called on Congress to introduce a bill that would allow the Central States Pension Fund to receive financial assistance from the federal government, the Washington Post
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The Senate Banking Committee on Thursday voted 14-8 to approve the nomination of Adam Szubin as undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence at the Treasury Department, Bloomberg reported Friday. Elizabeth Dexheimer writes Szubin
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A handful of senators are trying to prevent the Defense Department from implementing a hiring freeze at the Pentagon. They say DoD could be breaking the law if the freeze does happen.
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