Jake Pearson

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has been one of the most vociferous defenders of President Donald Trump’s expansive use of executive authority, withholding billions of dollars in federal funding to states and dismissing protests of the White House’s b... See more

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has been one of the most vociferous defenders of President Donald Trump’s expansive use of executive authority, withholding billions of dollars in federal funding to states and dismissing protests of the White House’s b... See more

For more than a decade, Silicon Valley venture capitalists have poured enormous sums of money into newfangled technology companies seeking to disrupt, and even supplant, the traditional financial system and sidestep its burdensome regulations. At the same... See more

Backing Trump Has Paid Off for Silicon Valley Billionaires Like Marc Andreessen Lawsuits have been dropped and settlements renegotiated in favor of companies as the administration guts the CFPB. Published November 8, 2025 Marc Andreessen participates in a... See more

Cuts to CFPB staffing could complicate enforcement of Trump’s executive order on ‘debanking’ An executive order seeking to stop banks from discriminating against customers could be undermined by the administration’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Prote... See more