The Fed announced a reduction of the stimulus, a federal judge found the NSA surveillance unconstitutional, and more…
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Fed) reportedly announced that the agency will reduce the stimulus by $10 billion.
- A federal district reportedly ruled that the National Security Agency’s (NSA) collection of phone records is unconstitutional.
- The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Anthony Foxx reportedly said that the agency would consider allowing in-flight phone calls.
- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reportedly proposed to limit livestock antibiotics use in an effort to curb antibiotic-resistant infections.
- JP Morgan reportedly sued the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to recover more than $1 billion in losses from Washington Mutual’s 2008 failure.
- The White House reportedly commissioned the review of delayed chemical safety policies.
- The DOT issued regulatory guidance for the agency’s thirty-minute break rule for interstate truckers.
- The U.S. Department of the Treasury reportedly called for more federal oversight of insurance to lower risks for insurers.
- The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee reportedly voted to move the nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas for U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Deputy Secretary to the Senate.
- Senator Barbara Boxer reportedly pushed for new DHS rules to improve Customs and Border Protection (CPB) detainee treatment at the United States border.
- The Administrative Conference of the Government (ACUS) issued a report reportedly saying that the delay in environmental, health, and safety rules “may have been politically motivated.
- A new U.S Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rule would reportedly ease health care access for veterans.
- JP Morgan reportedly neared a $2 billion settlement with prosecutors and regulators over ties to the Bernard L. Madoff scheme.
