By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s funding mechanism in a challenge brought by the payday loan industry, handing a victory to President Joe Biden’s administration and a setback to the agency’s conservative critics. The 7-2 decision reversed a lower court’s ruling that the CFPB’s […]
Media watchdog group Reporters Without Borders warned of declining government support for press freedom as it unveiled its annual world rankings on Friday, highlighting Argentina among the countries where the situation has deteriorated. Norway retained its top position, while Eritrea came last, taking over from last year’s lowest-ranked country, North Korea. Among the most significant […]
Apr. 25—Trace amounts of plutonium from decades of weapons work at Los Alamos National Laboratory have contaminated the Rio Grande at least as far as Cochiti Lake and could be in the regional aquifer that serves a large population of New Mexicans, a nuclear watchdog says. “That’s been long known,” Nuclear Watch New Mexico Director […]
Apr. 17—Los Alamos National Laboratory is not doing all it can to detect radioactive leaks in glove boxes and prevent the release of airborne contaminants, a federal watchdog said in a review it conducted of the equipment and safety programs after a series of mishaps. The equipment, made up of sealed compartments and attached protective […]
Apr. 12—A government watchdog group is asking the New Mexico Department of Justice to investigate claims that the Bernalillo County Commission violated the Open Meetings Act. The nonprofit Foundation for Open Government has received several calls on its public hotline about a possible violation, according to a news release issued Thursday. The alleged violation was […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An explosion caused by an alleged drone attack at Europe’s largest nuclear plant in Ukraine on Tuesday posed no direct threat to its safety but underscored the “extremely serious situation” at the facility that repeatedly has been caught in the war ‘s crossfire, the U.N.’s atomic watchdog agency said. The International […]
(Reuters) – Singapore’s competition watchdog had looked into the likelihood of the now-collapsed talks between Grab Holdings and Delivery Hero raising worries about competition in the food delivery market, the regulator said on Monday. Germany’s Delivery Hero had been looking to divest its foodpanda business in some Southeast Asian markets and media reports from September […]
Russia has shut down a panel of UN experts that have for years monitored sanctions against North Korea. The panel last week said it was probing reports that Russia violated rules by buying North Korean weapons like ballistic missiles for use in Ukraine. The UN’s Security Council has imposed a series of sanctions on Pyongyang […]
Congress’ investigative arm is launching a probe of the policies and practices of Justice Department law enforcement task forces in response to a request from Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., a spokesperson for the Government Accountability Office told NBC News. Ossoff, chairman of the Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on human rights and law, sent a letter asking […]
STORY: A U.S. judge on Monday threw out a lawsuit filed by Elon Musk against a non-profit group that tracks online hate speech. In his decision, the judge said it was “evident” that Musk sued the Center for Countering Digital Hate because he didn’t like that it faulted him for allowing a rise in hate […]
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government is expected to blame a string of cyberattacks targeting the U.K.’s election watchdog and lawmakers on hackers linked to the Chinese government, Officials are expected to announce Monday measures against cyber organizations and individuals affiliated with the Chinese government for an attack that may have gained access to information on […]
The military’s medical examiner retained hundreds of organs removed during autopsies — including people’s brains and hearts — frequently without notifying family members or, in some instances, against their wishes, according to a watchdog report. For years, the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, which conducts autopsies on service members and others who die under federal […]