Feb 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who took over on Monday as President Donald Trump's new acting consumer finance watchdog, has halted virtually all pending activities at ...

Feb 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is refusing to defend Biden administration-era rules in court after its director was fired by President Donald Trump. In "emergency ...

The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) is responsible for enforcing the code. The law mandates the BFP to collect fire code taxes. The BFP remits 80 percent of the collected taxes to the National ...

The Pacific Coast Highway will reopen on Monday after being shut down for several weeks due to the Palisades fire. The famed highway will reopen with one lane in each direction at reduced speeds ...

“By 2 pm on January 31, the BFP (Bureau of Fire Protection) officially declared the fire extinguished, though ongoing operations remained in place to ensure safety in the vicinity,” the OCD ...

WASHINGTON - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal agency designed to protect consumers from the banking industry in the wake of the Great Recession, is halting its operations ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a watchdog agency Republicans have tried to dismantle or significantly scale back, is the latest shakeup in Donald Trump's efforts to remake the federal ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Edited News Release/KY3) - Looking for love? Better Business Bureau recommends looking out for romance scams when dating online, as AI tools and cryptocurrency lend new ...

WASHINGTON - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal agency designed to protect consumers from the banking industry in the wake of the Great Recession, is halting its operations, according ...

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Bogus texts that look legitimate are becoming more commonplace in the digital age of society, fraudsters tricking people into their scams, many claiming to be someone you ...

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