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Meet the Trump housing official leading probes into the president’s foes

Bill Pulte — a private equity executive and social media philanthropist — has quickly become an outspoken fixture in the ...

Pulte Regains MAGA Hero Status by Aiding Trump’s Anti-Fed Fight

A few weeks ago, Bill Pulte appeared to be struggling to maintain influence with the White House. The head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency was having to jostle for power in the planning for ...

Fed Found Over 22,000 Mortgages Like Those Pulte Is Flagging

Philadelphia Fed researchers in a 2023 report assessed the number of “fraudulent investors” in the mortgage market, which ...

Pulte Says Cook Allegation Part of Wide Mortgage-Fraud Crackdown

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte suggested Thursday that his referral of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook ...

Trump housing regulator Pulte says Fed’s Cook should resign or be fired over mortgage fraud claims

Bill Pulte, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, joins CNBC's 'Money Movers' to discuss allegations that Fed ...

Justice Department signals probe of Fed Governor Lisa Cook, as housing official says a third property is now under scrutiny

A Justice Department official is set to probe Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook after she was accused by a member of ...

Trump’s Attacks on Fed Overshadow a Critical Moment for the Central Bank

The president’s calls for Lisa Cook, a Fed governor, to resign are diverting attention from economic issues as top central ...