Andrea Germanos

Republicans Attack New Consumer Protection Rules

The rule from the CFPB blocks ‘a fine-print trick that banks and predatory lenders use to evade accountability and conceal illegal behavior’

Andrea Germanos
By Andrea Germanos
A sign leans against a chair during a speech by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray, in Richmond, Va., March 26, 2015. (AP/Steve Helber)

A new rule by a federal watchdog—hailed as having "paramount importance" for protecting consumers from Wall Street predators and curbing corporate abuses—is under direct attack by Republicans just days after being issued. The rule from the successful and broadly-supported Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) bans companies from using

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27 National Monuments At Risk Of Becoming Fossil Fuel ‘Sacrifice Zones’

“Their natural beauty and scientific and cultural importance is indisputable, but Trump and his corporate friends claim to know better. Sadly it’s just their greed talking,” said Randi Spivak of the Center for Biological Diversity.

Andrea Germanos
By Andrea Germanos
Mount Katahdin, the highest peak in Maine, is visible from some locations within the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. The Katahdin monument is one of the 27 under threat by Trump's executive order. (AP/Patrick Whittle)

With the public comment period ending Monday, there are just hours left for the public to weigh in on President Donald Trump's order that threatens protections of 27 national monuments designated since 1996. "These monuments were protected by presidents from both parties for good reason," said Randi Spivak, director of the Center for Biological

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US Boycotts Historic Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty

History was just made, but nuclear-armed states stand on the wrong side of it.

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By Andrea Germanos
An unidentified man stands next to a tiled fireplace where a house once stood in Hiroshima, Japan, on Sept. 7, 1945. The vast ruin is a result of "Little Boy," the uranium atomic bomb detonated on Aug. 6 by the U.S.

The United States has joined a small group of global outliers on Friday after a historic United Nations treaty to ban nuclear weapons was adopted by a majority of the world's nations. "The adoption of the nuclear weapons ban treaty marks a historic turning point in the centuries-old battle to eliminate all weapons of mass destruction," said Jeff

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Supreme Court Delivers ‘Dangerous Message’: Immunity For Former Bush Officials Over 9/11 Detentions

‘This decision regrettably provides constitutional immunity for some of the most high-level officials responsible for gross abuses in the aftermath of September 11,’ said ACLU’s Hina Shamsi.

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By Andrea Germanos
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller is seated before President Barack Obama and FBI Director James Comey arrive at an installation ceremony at FBI Headquarters in Washington, Oct. 28, 2013. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that former George W. Bush officials cannot be held liable for the abuse and detention of a group of Muslim, South Asian, and Arab non-citizens swept up in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. "This decision regrettably provides constitutional immunity for some of the most high-level officials responsible

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Muslim Teen Leaving Virginia Mosque Murdered

The attack occurred as a man in London plowed his van into a group Muslim worshipers outside a mosque, killing at least one person.

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By Andrea Germanos
17 year-old Nabra Hassanen. (Photo: Facebook)

Police in Fairfax County, Va, say they believe the remains of a female found in a pond Sunday afternoon are those of a 17-year-old girl who was assaulted and disappeared hours earlier while walking with a group of friends. Multiple news outlets report that the group was walking to a mosque, while others report that they were leaving a

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Chelsea Manning: Seeing Victims Of US War As ‘People’ – Not ‘Statistics’ – Compelled Leaks

In her first interview since being released from prison, whistleblower said she felt “responsibility to the public.”

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By Andrea Germanos
"I stopped seeing just statistics and information, and I started seeing people," Manning said. (Photo: ABC News Screenshot)

U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning has given her first interview since being released from prison last month in which she explains her motivations for making public thousands of military documents. Excerpts of her interview with ABC's "Nightline" co-anchor Juju Chang aired Friday on the network's "Good Morning America." Asked about why

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Reports Hint That Trump May Pull U.S. From Paris Climate Deal

Climate groups slam reports that President Donald Trump is expected to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.

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By Andrea Germanos
President Donald Trump smiles while speaking to a meeting of the National Governors Association, Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, at the White House in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Multiple news outlets reported Wednesday that President Donald Trump was about to make good on his campaign pledge to pull the United States out of the historic Paris climate agreement—a decision environmental groups said would be "a travesty" and "historic mistake." Axios cited "two sources with direct knowledge of the decision," and an

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