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  • November 05, 2025

    Fed Signs Off On Revamp To Ease Big-Bank Ratings

    The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it has finalized an overhaul to its supervisory ratings system for large banks, adopting changes that will allow more of these lenders to qualify as "well managed."

  • November 05, 2025

    Ill. Judge Weighs Injunction On Federal Agents' Use Of Force

    An Illinois federal judge Wednesday appeared amenable to ordering longer-term restrictions on force immigration agents can use on press and peaceful demonstrators in the Chicago area, disagreeing with a Justice Department attorney's argument that witnesses who experienced force continued to protest and report, saying their testimony suggested a "chilling effect."

  • November 05, 2025

    Ill. Judge Grants Detainees A TRO Over ICE Facility Conditions

    An Illinois federal judge handling allegations of "inhumane" conditions at an immigration holding facility in Broadview temporarily restrained the government Wednesday from allowing such conditions to continue, but said he left room in the order for realistic compliance expectations and due deference to the officials running the facility.  

  • November 05, 2025

    Lumbee Act Faces Senate Scrutiny Amid Tribal Identity Debate

    Generations of ancestors and lawmaker allies have come and gone as the Lumbee Tribe has sought federal recognition, its chairman told the U.S. Senate Indian Affairs Committee on Wednesday, arguing that legislation for the status has been introduced 13 times and its passage is long overdue.

  • November 05, 2025

    Institutional Investors Rip SEC's 'Radical' Forced Arb. Policy

    A coalition of more than 60 major institutional investors and pension systems slammed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent "radical" policy reversal allowing some newly public companies to adopt mandatory arbitration clauses, arguing the move harms both investors and companies, which will face "numerous, time-consuming and costly individual arbitrations."

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