(NEW YORK) MintPress — The gloves are out. President Obama has clearly signaled his readiness for a brawling election campaign with the announcement by the head of his new consumer finance watchdog, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), that the agency is bringing debt collectors and the credit rating industry under federal supervision for the first time. […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress — The gloves are out. President Obama has clearly signaled his readiness for a brawling election campaign with the announcement by the head of his new consumer finance watchdog, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), that the agency is bringing debt collectors and the credit rating industry under federal supervision for the first time. […]
Photo by Phil Gradwell (MintPress)- It’s no Orwellian secret America: Big Brother is watching you. Especially what you’re doing on Twitter, Facebook and other social media sights. Lawmakers are looking into homeland security’s monitoring of social media sites, in a report unearthed Thursday by a civil liberties group. And moreover, taxpayers have footed an $11 million […]
Photo by Phil Gradwell (MintPress)- It’s no Orwellian secret America: Big Brother is watching you. Especially what you’re doing on Twitter, Facebook and other social media sights. Lawmakers are looking into homeland security’s monitoring of social media sites, in a report unearthed Thursday by a civil liberties group. And moreover, taxpayers have footed an $11 million […]
This Feb, 13, 2012 photo shows gas prices at Exxon and BP Mini-mart in Scott Township, Pa. Consumer prices rose a modest 0.2 percent in January, pushed up by higher gas, clothing costs. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices rose modestly in January on higher costs for food, gas, rent and […]
This Feb, 13, 2012 photo shows gas prices at Exxon and BP Mini-mart in Scott Township, Pa. Consumer prices rose a modest 0.2 percent in January, pushed up by higher gas, clothing costs. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer prices rose modestly in January on higher costs for food, gas, rent and […]
In this Feb. 10, 2012 photo, Des Moines lawyer Thomas Newkirk looks over files from a class-action lawsuit that tests the theory of "implicit bias" against blacks in Iowa state government, in Des Moines, Iowa. After years of litigation, a judge will soon decide whether to grant thousands of black employees and job applicants monetary […]
In this Feb. 10, 2012 photo, Des Moines lawyer Thomas Newkirk looks over files from a class-action lawsuit that tests the theory of "implicit bias" against blacks in Iowa state government, in Des Moines, Iowa. After years of litigation, a judge will soon decide whether to grant thousands of black employees and job applicants monetary […]
In this photo taken, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, joined by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Barrasso is a member of the House-Senate conference committee working on the extension of the payroll tax break that is also considering the Medicare physician […]
In this photo taken, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, joined by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Barrasso is a member of the House-Senate conference committee working on the extension of the payroll tax break that is also considering the Medicare physician […]
Republican presdential hopeful Ron Paul greets supportors on Thursday Feb. 16, 2012 after giving a speech at Twin Falls High School in Twin Falls, Idaho. 1,200 people attended the political rally at the school.(AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul decried the “war on drugs” Thursday night, telling […]
Republican presdential hopeful Ron Paul greets supportors on Thursday Feb. 16, 2012 after giving a speech at Twin Falls High School in Twin Falls, Idaho. 1,200 people attended the political rally at the school.(AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul decried the “war on drugs” Thursday night, telling […]
Forensic workers begin the process of identifying bodies of inmates killed in a prison fire at the morgue in Tegucigalpa, Honduras Thursday Feb. 16, 2012. Hundreds of bodies of inmates that died in a fire at the jailhouse in Comayagua began arriving to the capital city for identification. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio) SAN DIEGO (AP) […]
Forensic workers begin the process of identifying bodies of inmates killed in a prison fire at the morgue in Tegucigalpa, Honduras Thursday Feb. 16, 2012. Hundreds of bodies of inmates that died in a fire at the jailhouse in Comayagua began arriving to the capital city for identification. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio) SAN DIEGO (AP) […]
