July 19, 2018 - Americans get a patriotic feeling when they donate to charities that help military veterans and current service members – a sentiment dozens of charities across the U.S. have exploited to scam millions of dollars in donations, a government watchdog agency says. A major offender, officials say, was Help the Vets, which had a nationwide...
July 11, 2018 - Leading a coalition of 14 states, Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, challenging the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). “The CFPB was designed to be a rogue agency and its structure violates the Constitution’s separation...
July 5, 2018 - A group of 21 state attorneys general have sent a letter to the Senate majority and minority leaders as well as to the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee urging them to reject H.R. 3299 (“Protecting Consumers’ Access to Credit Act of 2017”) and H.R. 4439 (“Modernizing Credit Opportunities Act”). H.R. 3299, known as...
June 26, 2018 - A coalition of 18 attorneys general filed a lawsuit on Tuesday over the Trump administration's separation of undocumented children and parents at the border. The lawsuit argues that the practice of family separations is "irrationally discriminatory" and violates the constitutional guarantee of equal protection "because it targets only...
June 19, 2018 - Democratic Attorneys General in 21 states are calling on the Trump Administration to end the “zero tolerance” policy that has resulted in the separation of families at the U.S. border. In an open letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen the state officials said the policy is “inhumane” and...
June 15, 2018 - Citigroup Inc. agreed to pay a combined $100 million to 42 U.S. states to resolve a probe into fraudulent conduct tied to interest-rate manipulation that affected financial instruments worth trillions of dollars. The settlement was announced Friday by several of the states, who alleged Citigroup misrepresented the integrity of the Libor...
June 5, 2018 - Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has filed a brief, encouraging a district court to dismiss a lawsuit that would prevent the Census Bureau from including a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census. “For the census to not collect data about citizenship makes no sense,” Attorney General Hunter said. “Those opposing the question stand...
June 1, 2018 - Eight state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) late Thursday alleging the agency is breaking the law by failing to enforce landfill methane regulations. The regulation at issue is a 2016 guideline developed to help solid waste landfills reduce emissions. While the guideline went into effect in...
May 22, 2018 - The New York Legislature voted on Tuesday to confirm Barbara D. Underwood as the state attorney general, officially making her the first woman to hold the post and filling the sudden vacancy left by Eric T. Schneiderman’s resignation after he was accused of violence against several romantic partners. Ms. Underwood, 73, was overwhelmingly...
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