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Key insight: Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., reintroduced a bipartisan bill requiring regulators to claw back compensation from executives of failed banks, with support from a bipartisan…

Cavan Images | Cavan | Getty ImagesAt the start of 2025, during President Joe Biden’s final weeks in office, lawmakers pushed forward with last-minute major legislation…

Key insight: Republican lawmakers mostly took aim at banking regulators for debanking, but did call out what they see as banks’ role. What’s at stake: The discussion…

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is leading an effort to increase housing supply through the introduction of a bill that would boost investments in affordable housing…

A Social Security Administration office in Washington, D.C., on March 26. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is reportedly aiming to reform and downsize the agency.Saul…

Frank BisignanoVictor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesTwo Democratic senators — Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Ron Wyden of Oregon — sent a letter Monday…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speak to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty…

Jonathan McKernan, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, sits on the day he testifies during a Senate…

Josh Hawley, Bernie Sanders Propose Capping Credit Card Interest Rates at 10%A new bipartisan bill introduced by a pair of senators would cap credit card interest…

Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to serve as Treasury secretary, is planning to meet with several Republican senators on Wednesday as he continues to build…