Consumer debt is growing the fastest in these U.S. cities
Americans are carrying a staggering amount of household debt including more than $1.2 trillion in credit card debt, $1.65 trillion […]
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Federal consumer safety agency adopts rules on water bead toys and child neck floats but kills at least 10 other proposed safety rules
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, or CPSC, is limping along under Trump’s administration, with the result being less enforcement
FTC sues LA Fitness for making it too difficult to cancel gym memberships
LA Fitness and other gym franchises make it difficult for consumers to cancel their gym memberships and other services that
Safety warning: Fake Labubu dolls are choking risk to children
Fake Labubu plush dolls, sometimes referred to as “Lafufu,” pose a serious risk of choking and death to young children,
Health and consumer groups ask Trump Administration to require comprehensive labeling on alcoholic beverages, including guidelines for limiting consumption
Until I received a news release on it about five years ago, I was one of the many Americans who
Trump administration removes public comment tool from federal regulatory process
It will now be much more difficult for individuals and small businesses to make comments on federal agency regulatory proposals.
Consumer groups ask for investigation into Elon Musk’s Grok AI tool that creates intimate images of people without their permission
A coalition of consumer protection, privacy, and digital rights advocacy organizations led by Consumer Federation of America, or CFA, filed
Why do companies send you text messages that don’t work?
Recently, I had two texts related to medical issues that didn’t work. First, I went to a podiatrist at Olympia
New federal AI platform has huge unacceptable risks, consumer group says
USAi, a closed platform allowing federal employees to experiment with generative AI tools from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta, has