News Headlines
Taken from the front pages of newspapers around the nation, News Headlines is your source for consumer issues. Access current and archived News Headlines collected by Consumer Action. News Headlines are listed in reverse chronological order, grouped by year, then month to allow for easier browsing.
- Your tax return is secret. TurboTax wants you to give up your privacy
- Do not trust the Google airline customer service numbers
- The way big banks shut down customer accounts is callous. Let’s fix it.
- Here’s why you should check your credit report
- Biden administration cancels $1.2B in student loans
- Nonprofit steps in to provide mortgages where others won’t
- Pros and cons of second-chance checking accounts
- Hard to reverse peer-to-peer payment scams on Venmo, PayPal, Zelle
- Consumer Action Community Outreach at Oakland Chinese New Year Event
- N.Y. AG sues Citi for failing to protect fraud victims
- How to file your taxes for free
- Why big banks—and odd allies—oppose a plan to protect banks
- FTC bans firm from selling phone location data
- Rent reporting is affecting tenants’ credit scores
- The FAFSA rollout has been rough on students
- Millions to lose affordable internet unless Congress extends subsidies
- Some older Americans feel trapped in Medicare Advantage plans
- What to do after you’ve been scammed
- F.T.C. proposes new online privacy safeguards for children
- Americans may be taking on too much pay-later ‘phantom debt’
- Southwest fined for last Christmas meltdown
- White House targets drug patents to lower prices
- Hidden ‘junk fees’ nickel and dime us out of hard-earned dollars
- Zelle customers to get refunds for money lost to impostor scams
- How $127 billion in student loans still got canceled
- Consumer Action 52nd Anniversary (The China Press)
- Consumer Action 52nd Anniversary (World Journal)
- How real estate commissions work and why they might get lower
- Payday lenders aim to evade federal probes
- 41 states sue Meta claiming Facebook is addictive for kids
- F.C.C. moves toward restoring net neutrality rules
- Deciphering ABCs of Medicare open enrollment
- Stop & Shop pilots coupon kiosks for non-digital customers
- Overwhelmed trying to protect your privacy? Try this new app
- The Supreme Court could toss the CFPB’s consumer protections
- FCC’s net neutrality battle is back
- F.T.C., 17 states sue Amazon alleging monopolistic practices
- Federal government to provide free coronavirus tests again
- Airlines are hiding the cost of air travel
- When Wall Street buys most of the homes on your block
- Credit score facts vs. myths
- Amazon launches plan to help ‘underserved’ D.C. families buy homes
- Why so many people are paying to get their paychecks
- If you’ve got a new car, it’s a data privacy nightmare
- Home insurers cut natural disasters from policies as climate risks grow
- Why the SAVE student loan income-driven plan is a game changer
- Here are the first 10 drugs Medicare will target for price cuts
- The solution to Biden’s student loan problems
- How to tell if a gadget is secure? Look for a new government seal
- How Philadelphia kept tenants from being evicted
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