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September 19, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Must Be Furious That Revenge on Letitia James Isn’t Working Out
Donald Trump is gearing up to fire the U.S. attorney leading the investigation into James.
September 18, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Begs Supreme Court to Let Him Corruptly Fire Lisa Cook
Donald Trump has made baseless accusations of mortgage fraud against the Federal Reserve governor.
September 17, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Targets Letitia James With Dangerous Escalation in Tactics
Donald Trump has no evidence for the latest accusations he lobbed at James.
September 10, 2025
Timothy Noah
Why Scott Bessent Nearly Got Into a Fistfight Over Mortgages
Behind one Trumper’s vow to punch another Trumper in their “fucking face” lies an unwise scheme to privatize Fannie Mae.
July 21, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Judge Torches Trump For Turning Into Henry II With His Wild Rants
Donald Trump may not even know the power of his own words, a judge said.
September 28, 2020
J.C. Pan
Big Banks Cratered the Economy. Now They Swear They’ll Fix It.
What do we make of Citigroup and other banks’ racial and economic justice initiatives?
April 27, 2020
Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
The “Shadow Banks” Are Back, and Still Too Big to Fail
The financial institutions behind the last economic crash haven’t gone anywhere, and they’re looking for a bailout yet again.
August 20, 2018
Jacob Soll
After the Financial Crisis, A Decade of Damage
Adam Tooze’s new book traces today’s political breakdowns to the 2008 crash.
June 29, 2016
David Dayen
The Foreclosure Sleuth
How a sports agent uncovered the greatest financial fraud in American history.
March 23, 2015
David Dayen
Why the Supreme Court Might Actually Rule Against the Corporate Interest
Homeowners have a lot at stake in Tuesday's Bank of America case
October 21, 2014
David Dayen
The Mortgage Industry Is Strangling the Housing Market and Blaming the Government
December 20, 2013
David Dayen
Another Slap on the Wrist for a Company That Abused Homeowners
October 29, 2013
David Dayen
JPMorgan's $13B Penalty Could Be A Huge Blow to Struggling Homeowners
August 7, 2013
David Dayen
Obama's Plan for Fannie and Freddie Just Repeats Old Mistakes
A Home for Every American Family? No!
July 30, 2013
David Dayen
Eric Holder Thinks 'Real Housewives' Commit Mortgage Fraud–But Not Bank CEOs
June 17, 2013
David Dayen
Unnatural Disaster
How mortgage servicers are strong-arming the victims of the Moore, Oklahoma tornado (among others)
April 4, 2013
David Dayen
Fannie and Freddie Are Stronger Than Ever
The reviled companies are the only players in the secondary mortgage market
March 1, 2013
William Galston
The Ongoing and Hugely Risky Bailout of the Housing Market
Why the next housing crisis could be worse than the last one
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