SEC charges former Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac executives with fraud
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 17th, 2011 5:34 am by HL
SEC charges former Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac executives with fraud
The SEC charged six former executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with securities fraud Friday, saying they misled the public about the companies’ exposure to subprime loans during the mortgage meltdown.
The executives charged in the civil suits include Daniel H. Mudd, former chief executive of Fannie Mae, and Richard F. Syron, who was chairman and chief executive at Freddie Mac.
Could 2012 be the most competitive Senate election in years?
Twenty Senate seats have changed hands since 2006, the most competitive back-to-back-to-back election cycles since the 1940s. And it might only get more competitive in 2012.
The nature of the map and the high number of quality candidates who have stepped forward in the first year of the 2012 election cycle could put upwards of half of the 33 Senate seats in play.
Obama defends Israel policy in speech to Jewish group
President Obama delivered an impassioned defense of his policy toward Israel in an appearance Friday before a conference of progressive Jews, tacitly scolding his Republican rivals for characterizing his support for the Jewish state as uncertain.
“We stand with Israel as a Jewish democratic state because we know Israel was born of values that we share,” Obama said in a speech before more than 5,000 people attending the Union for Reform Judaism’s biennial conference, billed as the largest gathering of North American Jews this year.
Perry drawing annual pension on top of governor’s salary
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry is collecting a $92,000 annual pension on top of his salary as the governor of Texas, according to documents filed Friday.
In the reports he filed to the Federal Election Commission, Perry also disclosed that he has as much as $1.4 million in assets, including a share in an oil well.
Gingrich’s tough talk and his not-so-tough talk | #CampaignReads
Thank you to everyone who pitched us stories for the first week of #campaignreads. We didn’t publish our picks yesterday as we were prepping for debate coverage, so here are our picks for Thursday and Friday.
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