Mick Mulvaney, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said the agency under his leadership is enforcing the law but “not being aggressive” about its mission. “We're not pushing the envelope,” Mulvaney said Sunday on CBS's “Face the Nation.” “We're taking a different attitude
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Italian authorities braced for the worst Saturday, deploying riot police across the country in anticipation of far-right street fighters wreaking havoc on marches by anti-racists and anti-fascists. One expected flashpoint town even shut down public transport as it went into lockdown. But then the far-right
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White House officials fanned out on Sunday with the message that President Donald Trump has confidence in John Kelly, the chief of staff under fire for his handling of spousal abuse allegations against a top aide. “He has full confidence in his current chief of staff,” Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the
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(MENAFN – Gulf Times) IMF chief Christine Lagarde yesterday urged Arab countries to slash public wages and subsidies in order to rein in spending, achieve sustainable growth and create jobs.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it's painful but “acceptable” to give up the finance ministry to the Social Democrats in a proposed government alliance, pushing back against critics in her party who say she sold out to stay in power. Merkel stood firm in a ZDF television interview on Sunday, saying
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