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More than 100 organizations call on Congress to investigate Elon Musk’s lawless government takeover

Public Citizen, the Consumer Federation of America, and the League of Women Voters, along with more than 110 organizations, Tuesday called on Congress to swiftly investigate Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s lawless takeover of the federal government. Musk’s team, which has been given unprecedented power by... Read more →


Check out these 25 books about food that answer why

For winter reading, Dani Nierenberg, president of Food Tank, a think tank on food, offers another great reading list, this one on food books that answer the question why. Why bread, which cost a third of household expenditures in Europe 300 years ago, now costs less than 1 percent. Why... Read more →


Trump overturns program that would offer cheaper prescription drugs to Medicare recipients

If you voted for Donald Trump, did you really think he’d do anything to bring prices down or help people? In an executive order signed Wednesday called “Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans,” President Trump rescinded an executive order by President Joe Biden that would offer a $2 monthly charge... Read more →


Trump’s executive order to reduce prices is worthless

Issued Wednesday, President Trump’s executive order to “Defeat the Cost-of-Living Crisis” is extremely disappointing. However, I’m not surprised. A man who lied 30,000 times during his first term as president and who, on the campaign trail – continued to lie, made racist, misogynistic comments, and stirred up hate against groups... Read more →


It’s Inauguration Day: The foxes are in the henhouse

It’s a sad day for the United States of America. We know the destruction Donald Trump caused during his first term as president, but his second term is going to be worse. Trump only cares about making money for himself and his wealthy friends. Now, billionaires are ingratiating themselves to... Read more →


CFPB finalizes rule banning medical debt from credit reports

A rule that will remove an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million Americans was finalized Tuesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB’s action will ban the inclusion of medical bills on credit reports used by lenders and prohibit them from... Read more →


Jet Blue agrees to pay $2 million for chronic flight delays

Are you a JetBlue customer? Have you experienced delayed flights? If so, you may be getting some money. JetBlue has agreed to pay a $2 million penalty for operating chronically delayed flights, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday. The penalty is the first time DOT has fined an airline... Read more →


Top 10 consumer and personal finance stories of 2024

It’s been quite a year, 2024, in many, many ways. Consumers have been pushed and pulled, then slammed to the ground with the election president who has a record of not acting in the interest of consumers. When he was president, Trump proposed doing away with the ability of states... Read more →


FDA updates definition of ‘healthy food’

Packaged foods in the U.S. will be required to follow new rules in order to call themselves “healthy,” according to changes finalized Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration. The “healthy” claim has been updated to help consumers find foods that are basic to a healthy dietary pattern and could... Read more →