US Senator Gillibrand: Potential Cuts to CFPB Could Make Seniors Vulnerable to Financial Scams

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the President’s efforts to slim down the workforce and spending, his administration tried to slash about 90- percent of the staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). It’s the agency that protects consumers from scams and fraud within banks and financial institutions. This week, federal judges temporarily blocked the measure to layoff workers there, but a Senate Democrat is concerned that staffing cuts at the agency could hurt seniors.  

Mike Waltz Out as Trump’s National Security Adviser, Nominated for US Ambassador to UN

WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald Trump’s National Security adviser Mike Waltz has left the group chat, so-to-speak. Waltz created controversy back in March when he accidentally added the Atlantic editor to a group chat with other top security officials and cabinet members. They reportedly shared details of a military attack in Yemen in that group chat. Waltz has now been nominated as the US Ambassador to the United Nations.