Under pressure from banks and legislators, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued an interpretation of an accounting standard that could make it easier for banks to report smaller losses, or perhaps even profits, when they announce results for the third quarter, which ended Tuesday.
The Bush administration had urged China to let Hong Kong hold free elections and had criticized Beijing's decision to issue an interpretation of the Basic Law, the territory's charter.
To recap, two weeks ago the judge issued an interpretation of the "shared space" exception to New York's short-term rental restrictions, which found that Warren was in the wrong for making a room in his apartment available for rent on Airbnb.
Mainland legislators on Monday issued an interpretation of that law, saying lawmakers who fail to take an appropriate oath of allegiance will be barred from office and face legal repercussions.
Just days before the case was argued in December, the agency issued a clearer interpretation saying no permits were required.
Even before the Supreme Court hears or decides Grimm's case, Trump's O.C.R. could issue a new interpretation concerning transgender students.
The Obama administration helped prompt the flurry of complaints against colleges in 2011, when it issued a new interpretation of responsibilities under Title IX, and warned that many colleges were even in violation of the previous, less stringent reading of the law.
Attempts to curtail Title IX enforcement continued into 1978, but the following year the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) issued a final interpretation of Title IX's effect on intercollegiate athletics, in which HEW mandated that educational institutions provide equal opportunity to men and women in athletic programs.
