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This Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017, photo shows the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission building in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/The Associated Press) **FILE**

Three men who operated ‘$100 million deli’ as an umbrella company charged with securities fraud

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 14, 2022. The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on climate change could have implications for a range of other issues, including a case involving nuclear waste storage and a proposal requiring companies to disclose how climate risk affects their businesses, advocates across the political spectrum say. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court climate ruling could impact nuclear waste case

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

In this July 24, 2021, file photo former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a gathering in Phoenix. The company planning to buy Donald Trump’s new social media business disclosed Monday, June 27, 2022 that it has received subpoenas from a grand jury in New York. Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp. dropped 7% in morning trading Monday as the company reported that the subpoenas and related investigations by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission could delay its acquisition of the maker of Trump’s Truth Social app. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Company buying Trump’s social media app faces subpoenas

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Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Musk appealed a federal court ruling Wednesday, June 15, 2022, that upheld a securities fraud settlement over Musks tweets claiming that he had the funding to take Tesla private in 2018. (Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP, File)

Musk appeals ruling that upheld securities fraud settlement

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Then-Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., at the time the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, joined at left by Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., questions National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. U.S. lawmakers are investigating whether the Chinese government is attempting to control one of America's beacons of free market capitalism — Forbes Global Media Holdings. Republicans on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence began probing the issue in late 2021, according to government documents obtained by The Washington Times. "It is essential for you to be informed of any malign influence efforts related to your company and how such efforts impact American economic and security interests," then-Rep. Devin Nunes, California Republican, wrote in the letter. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

EXCLUSIVE: House intel panel probing potential Chinese ownership, influence over Forbes

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition March 9, 2020, in Washington. U.S. securities regulators say, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, they have legal authority to subpoena Tesla and CEO Elon Musk about his tweets. The Securities and Exchange Commission also says in court documents that Musk’s move to throw out a 2018 agreement that his tweets be pre-approved is not valid. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

SEC claims authority to subpoena Elon Musk about tweets

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

In this Friday Sept. 22, 2006 file photo, an oil refinery is seen at sunset in Rodeo, Calif. Oil refineries, electric utilities and other emitters of greenhouse gases must pay to emit carbon dioxide under the state's cap-and-trade program. But the companies in California that participate in the program have saved up to 321 million pollution allowances. A panel of experts says that could jeopardize the states' ability to meet its emissions reduction goals, according to a new report, finalized on Wednesday Feb. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

SEC’s new rule would add climate change risks, emissions to corporate disclosures

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Mary Jo White speaks during a news conference in Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 22, 2018. The NFL has hired former Securities and Exchange Commission chair White to investigate an allegation that Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder sexually harassed a team employee more than a decade ago. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon, File)

NFL hires former SEC chair to investigate Commanders’ Snyder

By Ben Nuckols - Associated Press

Team Biden's SEC Chairman Gary Gensler Red Tape for Stock Traders Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Biden appointee Gary Gensler trying to make it pricier to trade stocks

By Bryan Bashur

Pedestrians pass the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, in New York. Stocks are opening mostly higher on Wall Street Thursday as investors continue to monitor the spread of the new coronavirus variant as well as measures that the U.S. and other governments are taking to restrain it. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

SEC unleashes political activists on the American economy

By Christopher A. Iacovella

In this June 17, 2021, file photo Senate Health Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee ranking member Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Burr and his brother-in-law are being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission for potential insider trading, a case that stems from their abrupt sales of financial holdings during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, according to recent federal court filings. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Sen. Burr under investigation again for pandemic stock sales

By Brian Slodysko - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, July 31, 2019, photo, NASDAQ President and Chief Executive Officer Adena Friedman speaks an interview at NASDAQ headquarters in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) **FILE**

Texas nonprofit asks federal judge to overturn Nasdaq diversity rule

By Emily Zantow - The Washington Times

Illustration on the Federal Reserve and SEC by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

‘Woke’ Fed, SEC care more about Democratic donors than the American public

By Michael McKenna

Under Armour settles SEC charges for $9 million

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO - Associated Press

EXPLAINER: Charmed by Madoff, SEC later tightened its rules

By MARCY GORDON - Associated Press

In this June 19, 2012, file photo, then Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate has approved President Joe Biden’s choice of Gensler to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, signaling an emphasis on investor protection for the Wall Street watchdog agency after a deregulatory stretch during the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate OKs tough former regulator as market watchdog chief

By MARCY GORDON - Associated Press

Ill-advised China Investment Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

China poses a major threat to American investors

By Michael McKenna

GameStop weighing stock offering to fund transformation

By ALEX VEIGA - Associated Press

SEC suing AT&T for telling analysts nonpublic information

By TALI ARBEL - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 30, 2013, file photo, Gary Gensler testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.President Joe Biden’s choice to head the Securities and Exchange Commission is coming before a Senate panel for his confirmation hearing, at a moment when a roiling stock-trading drama has spurred clamor for tighter regulation of Wall Street. Gensler, a chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission during the Obama era, has experience as a tough markets regulator during the financial crisis (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Biden’s pick for SEC flags trading app gimmicks for scrutiny

By MARCY GORDON - Associated Press