A now-former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) employee sent the personal information of over 250,000 individuals to their personal email account, the agency said, calling the privacy breach “completely unacceptable.” The data sent by the employee, who was cleared to access the information in their day-to-day duties, included two spreadsheets with transaction-specific account numbers for...

{beacon} Evening Report Wednesday, April 19, 2023   Annabelle Gordon, The Hill GOP releases debt limit bill House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Wednesday unveiled a debt limit bill from Republicans, proposing to either raise the debt limit by $1.5 trillion or until the end of March 2024, whichever comes first. The bill —...

The House voted on Wednesday to block Washington, D.C.’s police accountability bill from taking effect, the second time this year that the chamber moved to thwart legislation in the capital city. The chamber cleared the disapproval resolution in a 229-189 vote. The disapproval resolution now heads to the Senate, where its prospects remain unknown. But...

Political strategist and commentator Van Jones says Ron DeSantis "is not prepared" for his looming GOP White House primary fight against former President Trump, advising the Florida governor, who has not yet declared his candidacy, to go low. A pro-DeSantis group aired its first TV ad earlier this week, bashing Trump for targeting DeSantis on...

The attorneys representing former Washington Commanders employees have asked the NFL to bar outgoing Commanders majority owner Dan Snyder from suing his accusers who have participated in multiple investigations surrounding the franchise.  In a letter obtained by The Hill, attorneys Lisa Banks and Debra Katz wrote to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell expressing their excitement about...

The timing could not be worse.

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) sent a letter to the chairman and ranking member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on Wednesday, blasting Republicans for “false and misleading claims” ahead of a hearing next week featuring the union's head.  AFT President Randi Weingarten is prepping her testimony for April 26 after she...

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday on Tuesday defended a nonbinary officer from Republican criticism at a Senate Armed Services committee hearing. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said during the hearing that he had a lot of problems” with a video on the Navy’s social media last week in which a nonbinary junior officer, Lt....

Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania described his depression as being so severe he "stopped eating and drinking" after winning his Senate race.

A Criminal Supervisory Agent with the IRS overseeing the investigation into Hunter Biden seeks whistleblower protection to tell Congress the case is being mishandled.