Rohit Chopra is tapped to direct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Gary Gensler, to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Deb Hardy
Staff Writer
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Carl Icahn nixes charity bid to blow up ex-Trump casino
An auction house canceled the effort after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from conservative billionaire Carl Icahn.
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‘Trump Baby’ balloon is landing in a British museum
The hot-air dirigible made its debut during a protest of Trump’s first visit to the United Kingdom.
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Mali opposition leader Cissé dies after contracting COVID-19
Soumaila Cissé, who was held hostage for six months by jihadis earlier this year and was considered a leading contender for the 2022 presidential election, has died in Paris.
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Ivry Gitlis, a violinist who spanned genres, dies at 98
Gitlis played with famed conductors, rock stars and jazz bands around the world.
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Feds probe Iowa care home: Disabled ‘not human guinea pigs’
The DOJ found the Glenwood Resource Center subjected residents to human experiments, some of which were deemed dangerous.
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Trump pardons 15, including Republican allies and campaign official ensnared in Russia probe
The pardons include former Republican Reps. Duncan Hunter of California and Chris Collins of New York.
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EU, U.K. leaders seek way out of Brexit trade impasse
Efforts to settle a fight over fishing quotas in British waters are kicked into higher gear on Tuesday.
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What airlines, other industries get in $900 billion relief bill
Congress’ pandemic relief package covers a lot of ground.
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U.S. deaths in 2020 top 3 million, by far most ever counted
The figure marks the largest single-year percentage leap since 1918, when tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers died in World War I and hundreds of thousands of Americans died in a flu pandemic.