Fair Lending Fight: A coalition including the National Fair Housing Alliance and other groups sued the CFPB in federal court to block a new rule that would unwind decades of fair and affordable credit protections under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, arguing it could reopen discrimination against women, people of color, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, seniors, and other underserved communities. Immigration Enforcement Clash: Hawaii AG Anne Lopez joined other Democratic attorneys general in criticizing Vice President JD Vance’s Medicaid-fraud roundtable as partisan grandstanding, while local advocates also pushed for Honolulu’s next police chief to adopt a clear no-cooperation stance with federal immigration enforcement. Defense Contract Bribery Case: Two Florida men were charged in federal court for allegedly bribing an Army official to steer contracts tied to the military’s Hawaii-Pacific Innovation Campus. Monk Seal Prosecution: A Washington man accused of throwing a rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal off Maui is set to appear in U.S. District Court in Honolulu. Local Ballot Watch: Honolulu’s Charter Commission advanced a proposal that would create an $8 million-a-year food security fund using existing property tax revenues, aimed at boosting access to locally produced foods. Infrastructure & Recovery: Hawaii County reported multiple homes destroyed after a recent 6.0 earthquake in South Kona, and DOT posted weekday lane-closure plans on Big Island roads through May 29.