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Treasury Secretary Bessent, tapped to run CFPB, orders staff to halt work

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been tapped by President Trump to be acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Here, he appears before the Senate Finance Committee on Jan. 16. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Scott Bessent, who was confirmed as Treasury secretary last...

Super Bowl ticket prices have been falling, and are down by thousands from last year

Workers hang player banners outside the Caesars Superdome on Saturday in New Orleans, ahead of the Super Bowl between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs. Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP The Kansas City Chiefs are looking to break the record for most...

Pastor pushed out after parishioners complain about focus on racial justice

Pastor Benjamin Boswell, who was pushed out as the senior minister at Myers Park Baptist Church, is seen Sunday, Jan. 26, in Charlotte, N.C. Sam Wolfe for NPR CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Sunday after Donald Trump won a second term, Pastor...

White House defends its ‘Fork in the Road’ offer to federal employees

The Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management is seen on Monday in Washington, D.C. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The White House is pushing back against what it is calling "misinformation" by the federal employees union, which...

Rubio says El Salvador will house deportees from U.S., including Americans

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with President Nayib Bukele at his residence at Lake Coatepeque in El Salvador, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. Mark Schiefelbein/AP SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said late Monday that...