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The 2020 Ford Explorer is one of the vehicles affected by the recall. | Image: Ford Ford has agreed to pay a fine that could go up to $165 million after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found the automaker took too long to recall vehicles with faulty rearview cameras and failed to “provide accurate and complete recall information.”. This penalty is the second largest, only behind the $200 million Takata was ordered to pay. Originally issued in 2020, the recall impacts more than 600,000 vehicles from 2019 onward, including the Ford F-150, Mustang, Escape, Ranger, and Expedition, along with the Lincoln Nautilus and Lincoln Corsair. Affected vehicles have a rearview camera that sometimes shows a “blank or distorted image.” Ford says no accidents or injuries were reported due to the defect. Under the... Continue reading…

Illustration by Hugo Herrera / The Verge The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is seeking to put Google under federal supervision, a move that could impose the same kinds of monitoring and inspections used on banks, The Washington Post reports. The CFPB’s concerns are not totally clear and the order may still change, according to the Post, citing two unnamed sources. Both the agency and Google declined to comment on the report. But, plenty could change once President-elect Donald Trump reassumes office in January and puts forward his own pick to lead the agency. The CFPB was created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to protect consumers from unfair practices by financial institutions. While it already inspects more traditional finance businesses like banks,... Continue reading…

Seventy-two percent of U.S. voters expect President-elect Donald Trump to keep his promise to "launch the largest deportation program in American history to get the criminals out," according to a Rasmussen Reports survey released Thursday.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said his Republican colleagues should give former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., a chance after President-elect Donald Trump selected him to be attorney general.

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the outgoing chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has called on the House Ethics Committee to "preserve and share" its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is planning to kill the $7,500 consumer tax credit for electric-vehicle purchases as part of broader tax-reform legislation, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

A pair of Jan. 6 misdemeanor cases finally ticketed for trial years later were put on hold by federal judges anticipating President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration could lead to pardons for non-violent protesters.