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You might reasonably get the impression that applying for a car loan is akin to walking through a minefield. But thanks to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, it's a lot more fair to the customers of this Ohio bank. Via CBS News: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) slapped Fifth Third Bank with a $20 million fine on Tuesday for allegedly forcing auto loan customers to buy unnecessary car insurance policies, and in some cases repossessing their vehicles when they defaulted. "The CFPB has caught Fifth Third Bank illegally loading up auto loan bills with excessive charges, with almost 1,000 families losing their cars to repossession," Director Rohit Chopra said in a statement Tuesday.

Democratic Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Ron Wyden said they have formally asked Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint a special counsel to criminally investigate the millions of dollars of undisclosed gifts Supreme Court Justice Clarence received and failed to report. “The full scope of Justice Thomas’s non-disclosures is still unknown, but the evidence assembled thus far suggests that, since his appointment to the Supreme Court, Justice Thomas has secretly accepted gifts and income potentially worth millions of dollars.

Federal aid for Texas after Hurricane Beryl arrived later than needed because state leaders were slow to request an official disaster declaration from the White House, President Joe Biden told the Houston Chronicle Tuesday. Via The Texas Tribune: With Gov. Greg Abbott out of the country on an economic development trip in Asia, Lt.

Gossip guru Perez Hilton covers the allegations that Trump raped a 13-year-old girl in 1994. But the mainstream media remains silent, ignoring Katie Johnson's court case. The media pundits are melting down over Biden's age. But the same outlets disregard court records with claims the GOP presidential nominee for violently raped a child. British outlet The Independent reported "Trump threatened to kill" 13-year-old Johnson if she reported him.

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So-called 'small government' conservatives are champing at the bit to get all up in your business to control every aspect of your life with Trump's Project 2025, which they want to implement with their staunch religious fanatism. Mike Davis, a potential candidate for U. S. Attorney General, says that if Trump wins the election, the Project 2025 agenda will impose "consequences" for Americans who don't support Trump.