Politics

During congressional testimony, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he supports changes to the supplemental leverage ratio to make it easier for banks to intermediate the Treasury market.

The Trump administration has taken the first steps toward turning the U.S. into the world's crypto "capital" — but is it willing to go all the way?

The White House has tapped former Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Director Jonathan McKernan to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and attorney Jonathan Gould to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency late Tuesday.

In comments to reporters, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., underscored what she said was a conflict of interest between Elon Musk's DOGE's actions at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and his business interests with X Money.

In his semiannual testimony before the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the effective shuttering of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau leaves no federal regulator in charge of policing large banks for consumer protection law compliance.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced Tuesday it had withdrawn from an international body devoted to combatting climate-driven financial risk, saying it fell outside the agency's statutory remit.

A stop-work order from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's newly appointed acting director Russell Vought has created uncertainty about the future of consumer-oriented enforcement activity.

Lawmakers, citing past failures, say FDIC staffing shortages weaken oversight.

Speaking to reporters from the Oval Office, the president was asked if he wanted to eliminate the bureau. "I would say, yeah," Trump replied. "Because we're trying to get rid of waste, fraud and abuse."

The government-sponsored enterprises were not meant to remain in conservatorship permanently, but privatizing them once again must include a new set of rules that minimize market disruptions and maximize their focus on making homeownership affordable.