Flipboard News DeskFormer U.S. Representative Barney Frank, who helped spearhead legislation that tightened banking regulations and consumer protections after the 2007 financial crash, has died at age 86. The first openly gay congressman, he served for over 30 years in the U.S. House as a member from Massachusetts, and was known as a champion of liberal causes. During his final weeks in hospice care, he told media outlets that one of his regrets was that he would not see the fall of Donald Trump, who he referred to as an "idiot savant." Here's more from @people.