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Trump EO Routes Immigration Enforcement Through the Bank Secrecy Act and CFPB Ability-to-Repay Rules

The May 19 executive order "Restoring Integrity to America's Financial System" gives Treasury 60 days to issue an Advisory naming ITIN-funded accounts as a Bank Secrecy Act red flag, 90 days to propose BSA rules letting banks ask about "lawful immigration status," and 180 days to consider restrictions on foreign consular ID cards. It also directs CFPB, within 60 days, to write deportation risk into the ability-to-repay framework that governs credit-card underwriting.

Money5d ago

HHS-OIG: 79% of Medicare Part D Enrollees Are in Vertically Integrated Plans and Pay ~40% More Out of Pocket Without Financial Assistance

A May 15 HHS Office of Inspector General data snapshot finds that 11 vertically integrated organizations — sponsors that also own a pharmacy benefit manager — covered 79% of Medicare Part D's 54.6 million enrollees in 2023, and that enrollees without financial assistance paid nearly 40% more in out-of-pocket drug costs than enrollees in non-integrated plans, despite paying lower monthly premiums.

Power5d ago

Landry Signs HB 842 as Act 7, Locking In Louisiana's Fall Open Primary Calendar; Map Bill Still in House Committee

Governor Jeff Landry signed HB 842 as Act 7 of the 2026 Regular Session on May 14, formally canceling the suspended U.S. House primaries and establishing a November 3 open primary and December 12 runoff for congressional races. The companion redistricting bill, SB 121, passed the Senate 27-10 on May 14 but as of May 19 remained in the House and Governmental Affairs Committee, leaving the district map unsettled with August qualifying just eleven weeks away.

Energy6d ago

Seven Days After an Industry Petition, Interior Opens NEPA Scoping for an NPR-A "Development Permit Program"

A Federal Register notice published May 19 confirms the Bureau of Land Management is initiating an Environmental Impact Statement to support a rulemaking that would pre-authorize "qualifying production sites" across the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska — moving from project-by-project NEPA review to a criteria-based permit-by-rule framework. BLM cites a petition filed by the Alaska Oil and Gas Association exactly one week earlier as the trigger.

Power6d ago

Louisiana Legislature Moves on Two Bills the Callais Cascade Required: a New Five-to-One Map and a Reverted Open Primary

Five days after the Callais cascade article ran, the bills it anticipated have taken shape on the legis.la.gov docket. The Louisiana Senate passed SB 121 on May 14 along party lines, 27 to 10 — a congressional map that reduces the state's majority-Black districts from two to one and absorbs Representative Cleo Fields' Sixth District into surrounding Republican-leaning territory. The same week, both chambers adopted the conference report on HB 842, which voids the May 16 and June 27 U.S. House ballots, returns the 2026 congressional races to a jungle primary, and sets a November 3 open primary with a December 12 runoff. As of Tuesday morning SB 121 sits with the House awaiting committee assignment; HB 842 has been signed by both chamber presidents but not yet by Governor Jeff Landry. Neither bill is law. Litigation has not yet been filed.

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Trump EO Routes Immigration Enforcement Through the Bank Secrecy Act and CFPB Ability-to-Repay Rules

HHS-OIG: 79% of Medicare Part D Enrollees Are in Vertically Integrated Plans and Pay ~40% More Out of Pocket Without Financial Assistance

Landry Signs HB 842 as Act 7, Locking In Louisiana's Fall Open Primary Calendar; Map Bill Still in House Committee

Seven Days After an Industry Petition, Interior Opens NEPA Scoping for an NPR-A "Development Permit Program"

Louisiana Legislature Moves on Two Bills the Callais Cascade Required: a New Five-to-One Map and a Reverted Open Primary

BLM Closes Tikaboo Peak — Area 51's Last Legal Public Vantage Point — Citing Safety Hazards

One Supreme Court Ruling, Three State Scrambles: How Callais Reshaped the 2026 Midterm Map in Seventeen Days

FAA Closes ATC Hiring Window After 8,000 Applications; Agency at 50 Percent of FY2026 Goal With 1,200 New Controllers Already Onboarded

Woodland Hills Woman Pleads Not Guilty to Grand Jury Indictment Charging Iran-to-Sudan Weapons Brokering Through Oman Shell Company

162 Declassified UAP Files Released at war.gov — None Confirm Extraterrestrial Origin

El Salvador Life Sentences for Minors Age 12 and Up Take Effect — IACHR Says Law Is Incompatible With International Standards

First U.S.-Venezuela Flights Land in Caracas After Seven-Year Ban, Following Maduro Capture

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