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This week’s SEC filings paint a portrait of an agency in transition. From a historically thin enforcement docket to eye-popping executive pay packages and billion-dollar bitcoin bets, here are the…
Government Trump Signs Executive Order to Resume DHS Pay Amid 48-Day Shutdown. President Trump announced he will sign an executive order directing the resumption of paychecks for Department of Homeland…
Government March CPI Surges to 3.3%, Highest Since April 2024. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that consumer prices rose 0.9% in March — the steepest monthly increase in…
A Ponzi Scheme Built on Faith and Politics On April 1, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced that Bankers Life Advisory Services and Bankers Life Securities had agreed to…
In the first year of the 2025-2026 election cycle, political action committees raised a staggering $4.6 billion and spent $3.4 billion, according to Federal Election Commission filings. But an unknown…
The world’s largest EV maker now faces forced labor investigations on two continents — and just landed on Brazil’s official slavery blacklist BYD, the Chinese electric vehicle giant that surpassed…
The $40 Trillion Greenwashing Machine The global ESG investing market now exceeds $40 trillion in assets under management, a figure that has more than doubled since 2021. Investors pouring money…
Current lobbying registries in state capitals reveal that well-funded dark money organizations continue to push bail elimination legislation despite mounting statistical evidence that previous reforms have increased violent crime and…
In the summer of 2020, as protests swept American cities and the slogan “Defund the Police” became a rallying cry for progressive politicians, a quieter financial reality was taking shape…
In 2022, contributions to donor-advised funds across the United States hit a record $86 billion — an $8 billion increase over the previous year and a figure that represents more…