Matthew Goldstein

Numerous members of the boards of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were ousted on Monday in an unexpected move.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development said it was reviewing all aspects of the Biden-era program to ensure it was carried out consistent with the agency’s core mission.

Caroline Crenshaw, the lone Democratic commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission, is offering dissenting views at the regulatory agency reshaped by President Trump.

The agency said the novelty digital assets were not securities, a month after President Trump issued his own memecoin.

The release of flight logs and Jeffrey Epstein’s contact list by the attorney general was met with criticism from those who had expected the documents to reveal new information.

Federal prosecutors said OKX, based in Seychelles, violated anti-money laundering laws for years. The company agreed to pay more than $500 million in fines and penalties.

The president’s company, Trump Media & Technology Group, represents a clear mingling of his official duties and his business interests.

The furious pace of deregulation is gutting agencies intended to protect ordinary Americans, consumer advocates say. But business groups have long favored regulatory relief.

The acting chair, Mark Uyeda, is directing the Securities and Exchange Commission to pause its legal defense of a rule requiring companies to make climate disclosures.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were bailed out by the government during the housing crisis nearly 17 years ago. The Trump administration is considering letting them go private again.