News Headlines
Taken from the front pages of newspapers around the nation, News Headlines is your source for consumer issues. Access current and archived News Headlines collected by Consumer Action. News Headlines are listed in reverse chronological order, grouped by year, then month to allow for easier browsing.
- With CFPB sidelined, can other consumer lawsuits fill the watchdog void?
- Left for dead, the C.F.P.B. inches back to life
- Consumers need the CFPB. Remember the Great Recession?
- DOGE’s grab of personal data stokes privacy, security fears
- Consumer watchdog agency called ‘vicious’ by Trump, seen as a ‘hero’ to many
- What cuts to the CFPB could mean for consumers
- Why DOGE is unconstitutional
- Consumers don’t need tricky loans or a repeat of financial crisis
- Trump Administration fires Consumer Bureau chief
- What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI app
- Landlords are accused of colluding to raise rents
- Meta eliminates fact checkers and embraces ‘Community Notes’
- New rule would remove medical debt from millions of credit reports
- Holiday Shopping Scams and Prevention Tips
- CFPB sues big banks over Zelle fraud losses
- FTC issues rule requiring hotels, ticket sellers to reveal ‘junk fees’
- Stop & Shop makes digital-only deals available to more customers
- New federal rule limits Overdraft fees at large banks
- Small retailers embrace efforts to rein In swipe fees
- When scammers weaponize your emotions
- Scammers are stealing billions from Americans’ bank accounts
- What the election could mean for student loan borrowers
- Want to stop robocalls?
- Celebrating 50 years of Equal Credit Opportunity
- New rules for airlines to help you get speedy refunds
- Here’s what you need to know with popular payment apps
- F.T.C. finds Meta, YouTube, TikTok collect more data than most users realize
- Instagram’s new ‘teen accounts’
- Are we moving toward a cashless, checkless society?
- Consumer Action Devices Warranty & California Right to Repair Act Presentation
- The uncertain future of student loan repayment explained
- CFPB proposed multilingual mortgage service for LEP homeowners
- Think twice before buying a car-repair contract
- Your flight is stuck on the tarmac. What do airlines owe you?
- New airline passenger rights explained
- CFPB plans to remove medical debt from credit reports
- There’s a little-known program to cancel private student debt
- Consumer Action provide 2024 devices warranty information community education
- Justice Department sues to break up Live Nation, Ticketmaster
- Consumers with Buy-Now Pay-Later disputes are to get protection
- Supreme Court rejects challenge to consumer watchdog’s funding
- Consumer groups push Congress to uphold automatic airline refunds
- Apple, Google & Venmo fight new plan to monitor payment apps
- New airline rules: Automatic refunds and no more hidden fees
- Lawmakers unveil plan to expand online privacy protections
- AT&T data breach affects 73M current, former customers
- In hospitals, affordable housing gets the long-term investor it needs
- Drug companies push to block law that would cut prescription prices
- How a healthcare cyberattack may affect your prescription drug access
- U.S. caps credit card late fees
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