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SpaceX Took Official Step To Go Public, But Being a Public Company Isn’t What It Used To Be
Elon Musk’s SpaceX took the first official step to go public yesterday by confidentially filing paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Virtual Town Hall: Uncovering Trump’s Crypto Corruption
On March 5th, 2026, AFR hosted a virtual town hall about the pipeline of crypto corruption, President Trump’s crypto conflicts of interest, how crypto industry backed legislation could expose us all to crypto’s dangerous risks, and how we can fight back.
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States Must Strengthen Oversight of Homeowners Insurance Rate Increases
State insurance commissioners and legislators play a critical role in determining the insurance premiums people pay for their home insurance.[1] Insurance companies have increased homeowners insurance premiums by an average of 24 percent from 2021 to 2024 nationwide.[2] Premium rates are rising far faster in many places across the country including in a geographically diverse
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AFR in the News
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Banking Dive: Coinbase nabs conditional OCC charter approval
A wave of conditional national trust charters has landed in the hands of crypto companies, prompting pushback from trade groups and watchdogs like Americans for Financial Reform, which said Thursday that such charters “expose the broader financial system to the caustic volatility, fraud, and money laundering endemic to crypto markets.”
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Bloomberg Law: Vought’s New CFPB Plan Leaves Opening for Agency Resurgence
“This layoff plan retains some core functions, but, absent court review, there is nothing stopping CFPB leadership from firing the remaining staff down the line,” Tom Feltner, the associate director of consumer policy at the Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund and a former CFPB official, said in a statement.
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Rep. Zachary Nunn (IA-03) Voting Record
In the short time that Zachary Nunn (R, IA-03) has been in Congress, he has been a staunch ally of Wall Street, big banks, and big tech companies in finance against the interests of everyday people, workers, and communities. Nunn overwhelmingly used his voting power to support Congressional measures making it easier for these corporations…
