Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the US politics & policy myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox.George Santos said he would not seek re-election in 2024, hours after a US congressional committee published a months-long investigation into the controversial Republican congressman from New York and said there was “substantial evidence” that he had violated federal law.The House ethics committee, which is split evenly between Democrats and Republicans, said on Thursday that the conduct by Santos “warrants public condemnation, is beneath the dignity of the office, and...
A barrage of legal challenges to the fees charged in US home sales has cast doubt over the future earnings of a 1.6mn-strong profession known for offering flexible and high-paying careers, particularly to women. A federal jury in Missouri sided with a group of home sellers in Missouri, Kansas and Illinois last month, finding the largest US real estate brokerages liable for nearly $1.8bn in damages for conspiring to keep commissions high.Home buyers and sellers in other states have filed four additional class-action complaints challenging realtors’ fees in the past...