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CFPB Director: Wall Street wants a lap dog, not a watchdog

After The Great Recession, the government set up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — an independent bureau to protect the…

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Rep. Crockett to Speaker Mike Johnson: Don’t expect ‘any favors’ from Dems in new Congress

“He’s not gonna get any favors out of us,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) tells Ali Velshi, after Democrats once again…

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‘You have to have a battle plan going in’: Maria Ressa on how the press must prepare for Trump 2.0

Donald Trump campaigned on a promise of retribution and we are already seeing signs of what the politics of revenge…

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Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘The Girl on the Train’ by Paula Hawkins

Every day, Rachel (‘The Girl on the Train’) passes a row of cozy suburban homes on her ride in and…

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‘Smorgasbord approach to the law’: effects of rollbacks in trans protections will ‘wide-ranging’

Trans people across the country are preparing themselves to get through the next four years under Trump. While Trump has…

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Donald Trump thinks he can end birthright citizenship. History suggests otherwise

Donald Trump has said he intends on ending birthright citizenship, which would require overturning the 14th Amendment. But even by…

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GOP escalates its war on women with abortion travel bans

Absent a federal abortion ban, Republicans are working to expand the reach of their states’ abortion bans. The latest effort…

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‘We are facing an epic battle’: Journalists prepare for second Trump term

Donald Trump’s hostility towards the press is coming to the fore again as he prepares to take office. Nikole Hannah-Jones,…

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Biden Energy Secretary: ‘We are re-industrializing America’

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm joins Charles Coleman to discuss what the Biden administration is doing on its way out…