Jesse Coburn

3 weeks ago | orlandoadvocate.com | Jesse Coburn

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Three federal lawmakers are calling on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to stop any initiatives involving cryptocurrency and the blockchain, saying the scantly regulated technologies should be kept far away from the agency’s work overseeing the nation’s housing sector. In a letter to HUD Secretary Scott Turner on Wednesday, Reps.

3 weeks ago | pressreleasepoint.com | Jesse Coburn

Submitted by ProPublica on Thu, 04/03/2025 - 01:22 Following reporting by ProPublica, three Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee have warned HUD against using crypto, which they said could be “dangerous, speculative, and harmful to working families.” Following reporting by ProPublica, three Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee have warned HUD against using crypto, which they said could be “dangerous, speculative, and harmful to working families.” by Jesse Coburn...

3 weeks ago | propublica.org | Jesse Coburn |Stephen Engelberg |Patricia Callahan |Annie Waldman

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Three federal lawmakers are calling on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to stop any initiatives involving cryptocurrency and the blockchain, saying the scantly regulated technologies should be kept far away from the agency’s work overseeing the nation’s housing sector. In a letter to HUD Secretary Scott Turner on Wednesday, Reps.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Jesse Coburn

NowCanadian FM: ‘of course’ Canada is in a trade war with USCNN's Jim Sciutto spoke to Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly about the country's reaction to President Donald Trump's recent tariffs. Joly claims the two countries are now in a trade war ahead of an announcement where Trump is expected to declare 'Liberation Day' tariffs on US trading partners.

3 weeks ago | dallasexaminer.com | Jesse Coburn

ProPublica(The Texas Tribune) – The findings were stark. In one investigation, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development concluded that a Texas state agency had steered $1 billion in disaster mitigation money away from Houston and nearby communities of color after Hurricane Harvey inundated the region in 2017. In another investigation, HUD found that a homeowners association outside of Dallas had created rules to kick poor Black people out of their neighborhood.