Regulation
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America First Legal asks CFPB to rescind rule requiring mortgage applicants to disclose race, sex
The petition targets the bureau's Regulation C that was enacted in the 1970s to address historic housing discrimination, which requires people to disclose their race, ethnicity, and sex in their mortgage applications.
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You Vote: With Trump's signing an executive order reclassifying cannabis, what do you think?
The president issued the order, calling the move "common sense." The order removes cannabis from the list of Schedule 1 drugs, though it will remain illegal at the federal level.
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EEOC presses antisemitism investigation of UPenn
The University of Pennsylvania is stonewalling a federal civil investigation over complaints it subjects its Jewish faculty to a hostile work environment, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says. Earlier this year, the EEOC issued a subpoena to UPenn for
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As Biden vows to 'defeat the NRA,' gun sales continue to soar with 2020 background checks up 40%
With the start of the pandemic, BLM riots and election irregularities, March, June and December had the highest number of background checks.
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Fines hit $1.2 million for New Jersey gym owners who're staying open amid virus mandates
The gym owners are fined $15,497.76 everyday they are open.
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Deutsche Bank Research report says employees should be subject to 'work-from-home tax'
Home workers receive "direct and indirect financial benefits" and should be taxed for it.
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FCC Commissioner says recent Biden stories blocked on social media ‘watershed moment’ for big tech
The FCC Commissioner said there’s never been an institution in history that has had as much influence over speech.
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White House opts out of FDA regulatory guidelines for vaccine approval process
Companies will be able to skip over several logistical hurdles as they apply for emergency approval.
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California enacts law allowing transgender inmates to pick prison based on gender identity
Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law making his state fourth to recognize gender identity in incarceration placement
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Berkeley to become first city in the country to ban unhealthy food in supermarket check-out lanes
The "Healthy Checkout Ordinance" will target "impulse buying."
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Justice announces feds seized 270 kilos of opioid drugs in two-year, darknet 'Operation DisrupTor'
The operation fought to stop global dark web criminal activity pertaining to drug deals
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Trump to review Oracle-TikTok deal on Thursday, disapproves of ByteDance as the majority owner
President Trump said he "conceptually" did not like the idea of ByteDance retaining majority ownership of TikTok's U.S. branch
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Renewable energy implicated in rolling blackouts during California heat wave
Solar production in state dips just as peak demand is ramping up; situation 'could have been avoided,' energy exec claims.