President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be the next top cop of Wall Street is Jay Clayton, an elite lawyer who has defended big banks for their financial crisis-era misbehavior.
Whether they shout "Roll Tide" or spell out "C-L-E-M-S-O-N," fans at college football's national championship are going to pay a lot to get into the stands.
California investigators wanted to file a lawsuit in 2013 against a bank owned by Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to run the Treasury Department, for misconduct during foreclosures, according to an internal memo obtained by CNN.
Bank stocks soared after Donald Trump's victory in November. And the sector is off to a hot start in 2017 as investors continue to bet on an unwinding of some of President Obama's Wall Street reforms and more rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.
Donald Trump's nominees will soon start trudging to Capitol Hill to face tough questioning from lawmakers. But a small army of experts at one federal agency is already working around-the-clock to make sure they resolve their financial conflicts before they start their new jobs.