Risk and Compliance Journal

13 hours ago | wsj.com | Victoria Albert |Jan Wolfe

Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national, has been ordered freed while his case proceedsA federal judge in Virginia ordered the government to release from custody a Georgetown University academic and foreign national who was arrested in March, dealing another setback to the Trump administration’s efforts to deport people it says pose national-security threats. Badar Khan Suri, who was in the U.S. as a visiting scholar, was arrested at his home in Virginia.

21 hours ago | wsj.com | Dalvin Brown

Michael Royer has been secretly tossing his wife’s socks into the trash for years. Not her everyday pairs, but the size-14 ones her mom orders as gifts from fast-fashion sites like Temu. He’s done it nearly a dozen times, burying them under garbage to avoid detection. “She’ll never wear them,” said Royer, a 33-year-old food insecurity researcher living in San Jose, Calif. “And she never notices they’re gone.”Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

21 hours ago | wsj.com | Dalvin Brown

Royer asked that we not mention the socks to his wife, and said he hopes she doesn’t read this article. For many couples, that is leading to tense negotiations, stealth purges and emotional standoffs over what gets to stay. Sebastian Ramos thought moving from a cramped New York apartment to a bigger place in McLean, Va. would make clutter a less contentious subject for him and his wife. Instead, their possessions have only expanded to fill the available space.

21 hours ago | wsj.com | Miranda Marquit

Getting the best rate as a saver has been a little more difficult since the Federal Reserve started cutting its benchmark rate toward the end of 2024. Since the beginning of 2025, Fed officials have adopted a wait-and-see approach due to concerns about tariffs and economic conditions. The May announcement continues the pattern of keeping the rate on hold until there’s more data on market responses to trade policy.

21 hours ago | wsj.com | Miranda Marquit

Certificates of deposit (CDs) often offer the best rates for savings. However, to get the highest annual percentage yield (APY), you need to agree to keep your money with the financial institution for a set time period. Right now, the best CD rates are on short-term CDs. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) reports that the average rate on a 12-month CD is 1.77%. However, the average for the top high-yield CDs is 4.77%, according to DepositAccounts.com.