All Trump Administration articles
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News BriefFTC raises antitrust concerns over $1.57B Circle K deal, orders divestitures
Since President Donald Trump took office, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has yet to keep up the level of enforcement it had under previous chair Lina Khan. The agency, however, returned to antitrust action in the case of fuel stations, just in time for the July 4th holiday.
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News BriefJudge reinstates fired CPSC commissioners in latest battle over government cuts
In May, three commissioners for the Consumer Product Safety Commission were abruptly fired by President Donald Trump and sued for their jobs shortly after. A federal judge has ruled that the commissioners should be reinstated, although it’s unclear whether that ruling may itself be reversed.
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Basic PageFCA enforcement rising across sectors, experts at the Women in Compliance Summit say
Federal agencies, including the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Customs and Border Protection, are expected to significantly alter the enforcement scope of the False Claims Act to reflect the enforcement priorities of the Trump Administration, experts speaking at Compliance Week’s Women in Compliance Summit in Austin, Texas.
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Basic PageThree ways to de-risk diversity and inclusion—without tossing it out
As many companies grapple with the conundrum of preserving the essence of DEI while ditching what has become a federally condemned buzzword under the Trump Administration, a compliance expert offers three ways to de-risk the efforts.
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News BriefCPSC firings spark legal fight as Trump continues ousting independent officials
Three former commissioners of the Consumer Product Safety Commission who were fired by President Donald Trump earlier this month have filed a lawsuit against the government over their dismissal. The move joins many more court battles over Trump’s sudden slashing of government agencies, which some courts have deemed illegal, blocking ...
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Basic PageAtkins: SEC has too many vacancies following job losses under Trump
The Securities and Exchange Commission has too many vacancies following efforts by the Trump Administration to reduce the overall size of the federal government, SEC Chair Paul Atkins told Congress Tuesday.
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Basic PageDOJ shutters FBI unit that investigated Trump and 2020 election interference
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has shuttered a special Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) unit that focused on public corruption and whose legwork led to the special counsel investigation of President Donald Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election results.
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News BriefCoinbase faces a leftover SEC probe as crypto enforcement loses steam
After dismissing its lawsuit against the crypto exchange Coinbase in March, a second investigation into the exchange by the Securities and Exchange Commission has surfaced, according to a report from the New York Times. This comes as a bit of a surprise after the Trump administration has been scaling down ...
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Basic PageNew DOJ policy means heat is off corporate crime and on drug kingpins
The Department of Justice is moving the enforcement of all but the most heinous white-collar crimes onto the back burner and putting investigations of drug kingpins, illegal immigration, and sanctions evasions up front, Matthew Galeotti, head of the DOJ’s Criminal Division, said Monday.
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News BriefSEC Chair Atkins advances Trump’s pro-crypto efforts, promising first market rules
The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission promised new sets of rules around cryptocurrency assets, saying his team intends to lay out regulatory frameworks around custody and “qualified custodians,” as well as guidelines around issuing and trading. The expected move marks the latest step in the U.S. government’s embrace ...
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News BriefCFPB pullback signals further shift toward industry-friendly regulation
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau continues to unravel amid pressure from Trump administration officials to shutter the agency. Not only has the agency informed its employees that it will no longer be a watchdog for the financial services industry, it has also laid off employees despite court orders blocking ...
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News BriefSenate Democrats urge DOJ to revive crypto crime unit amid growing enforcement concerns
A small band of Senate Democrats is calling on the Trump administration to reinstate the cryptocurrency investigations unit at the Department of Justice (DOJ).
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PremiumTrump family buys into crypto as regulators consider soft touch on the industry
Any doubts that the new administration will take a light touch to upcoming cryptocurrency regulation vanished with President Donald Trump’s launch of his own stablecoin and his family’s growing investments in crypto businesses.
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News BriefDOJ disbands crypto investigation unit, another sign of the Trump administration’s support of digital currency
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) disbanded its crypto investigation unit on Monday, marking another step from President Donald Trump to support the crypto industry and lighten the regulatory burden of potential crypto crime investigations that had started under the Biden administration.
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News BriefCalifornia Attorney General Bonta warns businesses that FCPA still in full force
The federal government may have paused enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), but that’s not the case in California, where bribes to foreign officials will be prosecuted, Attorney General Rob Bonta warned.
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News BriefFTC case against insulin price gouging halted after commissioners fired by Trump
A Federal Trade Commission case against insulin price gouging has come to a screeching halt after two Democratic commissioners were fired by President Donald Trump.
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News BriefDismissed Democrats on Federal Trade Commission sue Trump administration
Two former Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission–Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Kelly Slaughter–filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and the remaining commissioners, claiming their recent termination was without cause and that the courts should rule their dismissals as “unlawful and ineffective.”
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PremiumJudge to hear arguments for and against CFPB cuts before agency potentially ‘choked out of existence’
The future of the CFPB–and the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle it–hang in the balance as a federal judge pushed consideration of a request by a federal employees’ union to preserve the agency.
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News BriefSenate votes along party lines to confirm RFK Jr. as secretary of HHS
The U.S. Senate has approved Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, placing President Donald Trump’s controversial pick at the helm of a $1.7 trillion department in transition.
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News BriefCFPB issues $2.5M penalty against Wise in last action of Chopra era
A fine by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) against the U.S arm of London-based foreign exchange company Wise could be one of the agency’s final actions as a new regulatory regime reportedly froze rules and litigation amid calls for defunding.