Travel un-banned; Dodd-Frank - CBS News Brief, Feb. 6, 2017
Border rush
Lawyers inside John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York say there have been no serious problems with people entering the U.S. since the travel ban was halted late last week. But if the president’s executive order is restored, many travelers -- including refugee families desperate to be reunited -- could once again find themselves in legal limbo.
Obamacare battle
President Trump has said it could take his administration until “sometime into next year” to roll out a new plan to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), former President Obama’s landmark healthcare legislation. In an interview aired yesterday, Mr. Trump noted that replacing the ACA was “very complicated,” but stressed that “Obamacare is a disaster.”
Dodd-Frank
With President Trump vowing to scale back the Dodd-Frank Act, the 2010 financial reform law born from the ashes of the housing crash, calling the landmark legislation a “disaster.” We examine the law’s impact on consumers, banks and the American financial system.
Existential threat
Planned Parenthood has survived for 100 years, through controversy, legislative attacks and even violence. Now the nation’s largest women’s health network faces its biggest test to date -- the threatened loss of federal funding. Can it survive?
Identity fraud
The rise of chip-based credit cards in the U.S. has forced con artists to change their tactics. A recent study says more than 15 million Americans had personal and financial information stolen last year. That is up 16 percent from 2015. We look at how criminals are getting around the high-tech safeguards.
SCOTUS and Big Labor
President Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court will likely end up deciding on a case with profound significance for public-sector unions. Assuming Neil Gorsuch is confirmed, Will Rahn says there’s a very good chance public-sector unions will be dealt a massive blow, and we’ll all be witnesses to the results.
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