Evening Edition: Cordray is stepping down as head of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
California gunman killed his wife before rampaging through community and targeting school, police say; 'This is Swamp 101': Democrats furious over new GOP attempt to gut Obamacare
Richard Cordray's resignation gives President Trump an opportunity to reshape an agency that oversees a significant portion of the financial industry. It comes less than a month after the agency suffered a stunning defeat when Congress voted to block one of its most aggressive regulations allowing consumers to sue their banks.
After fatally shooting his wife, Kevin Neal hid her body in their home and, hours later, embarked upon a bloody shooting spree through the rural region, targeting anybody he encountered along the way, an assistant sheriff in Tehama County said.
While the strategy could yield more than $300 billion in much-needed revenue, it also revives the toxic politics of the GOP's failed summertime drive to gut the landmark health-care law.
The speed at which guns move from sale to use in a crime is breathtaking, and has shortened every year since 2010. The story of one Glock 17 in Washington, D.C., demonstrates why law enforcement officials in urban areas say they often are playing catch-up.
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After apparently receiving minimal punishment from the Chinese government following President Trump's intervention, LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill and Cody Riley were suspended indefinitely from the team.
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Moore's attorney, Trenton Garmon, used the ethnicity of Ali Velshi, one of the hosts interviewing him, to bring up "consensual marriage" to defend the Senate candidate from Alabama, who is accused of sexual misconduct with teenagers nearly four decades ago.
A letter from Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D.-N.H.) to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is the latest example of bipartisan concern over the loss of experienced diplomats under the Trump administration.
In response to the White House's changes to the Affordable Care Act, insurance carriers have raised premiums and exited individual marketplaces, leaving consumers like the Briggs family without access to the care they had relied on for chronic conditions.
The law, which passed unanimously in retaliation for U.S. action against Russia's RT news network, is likely to be used to selectively target media from countries in conflict with the Kremlin.
While an Army general insisted the move was "not a military takeover," it bore all the hallmarks of a coup. It comes after an apparent attempt by President Robert Mugabe, who has led Zimbabwe since 1980, to install his wife as his successor.
In the wake of last year's bitterly contested presidential election, "politically divided" families cut their Thanksgiving celebrations short by an average of 20 to 30 minutes.
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