Ben Miller

6 days ago | miamiherald.com | Olivia Alafriz |Ben Miller

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may not proceed with agencywide job cuts, while a D.C. federal court weighs whether the terminations would violate a preliminary injunction blocking the agency from shutting down. Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the US District Court for the District of Columbia said from the bench Friday that a written order blocking the layoffs would come out later in the day.

6 days ago | bloomberg.com | Olivia Alafriz |Ben Miller

The reduction-in-force notices sent to CFPB staff Thursday represent the Trump administration’s latest attempt to dismantle the agency, a longtime target of Republicans. (Bloomberg Law) -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may not proceed with agencywide job cuts, while a D.C. federal court weighs whether the terminations would violate a preliminary injunction blocking the agency from shutting down.

1 week ago | wdsu.com | Amy Lu |Ben Miller

Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Maloni is ideologically very similar to President Donald Trump, and that is why the European Union is looking to her as *** liaison of sorts when it comes to this trade war. The EU faces 20% taxes on US exports if *** deal is not worked out by the end of President Trump's 90 day pause. For now they're being taxed 10% on most goods, plus 25% on steel and aluminum. The bloc plans to tariff at least $23 billion in US goods in response to that policy.

1 week ago | wcvb.com | Amy Lu |Ben Miller

A federal judge says he has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court for violating orders to stop planes carrying deportees to El Salvador. The judge plans to hold hearings and may appoint an outside lawyer if the Justice Department does not comply with his new order. The Trump administration is appealing, similar to its plans in another case involving a man wrongfully deported to El Salvador.

4 weeks ago | wdsu.com | Amy Lu |Ben Miller

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz took "full responsibility" for accidentally adding a journalist from The Atlantic to a group chat with top-level national security officials. Waltz appeared on Fox News Channel's "The Ingraham Angle" Monday night, raising more questions over how exactly The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg ended up in the chat. "He's the one that somehow gets on somebody's contact and then gets sucked into this group," Waltz said. "I don't know this guy.