ICE’s $28.7 billion budget fuels unprecedented domestic surveillance expansion
Massive funding increase is being used to build one of the largest surveillance apparatuses ever
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Consumer Protection
Americans lose hundreds yearly on subscriptions; now, a bipartisan bill targets ‘dark patterns’
Left for dead, Unsubscribe Act returns in new bipartisan bill
Money
When is a payday loan not a payday loan? Depends on who and when you ask
Federal consumer protection officials have changed their tune since Trump took over
Insurance
Surprise! Your health insurance just got way more expensive
Millions of Americans discover the enhanced ACA subsidies they’d been counting on have quietly vanished
Consumer Protection
Consumer watchdog CFPB faces its biggest test yet after 15 turbulent years
State attorneys general are coming to the aid of the bedraggled agency
Minimum wage hikes arrived Jan. 1, but tipped workers largely left out
The tradition of tipping service workers has its roots in the Civil War era
Money
No state meets basic protections for debt-burdened families, report finds
States fail to offer effective help to working poor families
Stressed? Anxious? You're a candidate for an ashwagandha sales pitch
It's yet another herb that fetches a hefty price from the worried well
Money
Cuts in housing subsidies could result in 600,000 evictions, report warns
Consumer advocates are urging Congress to act
Cars
Looking for a cheap car? Keep looking
The Nissan Versa is gone and the Kia K4 is taking its place but there's not much competition
Has Texas Congressman Al Green given up his effort to impeach Trump?
Democratic leaders voted "present" as the House turned down his latest effort. What happens next? Nothing?
States challenge $100k visa fee for STEM, doctors and other vital workers
The states are banding together to resist authoritarian federal actions.