Maxine Waters
This image from video provided by the House Financial Services Committee shows Wells Fargo CEO Charles Scharf testifying virtually to the House Financial Services Committee Thursday, May 27, 2021. (House Financial Services Committee via AP)
Bank CEOs tell Congress they'll work to avoid foreclosures

By Ken Sweet May. 27, 2021 01:12 PM EDT

LeEtta Osborne-Sampson is pictured outside her home Monday, April 26, 2021, in Oklahoma City. Sampson-Osborn, a Seminole Freedman who has a tribal identification card and serves on the tribe's governing council, said when she went to the Indian Health Services clinic to get a vaccination in February, a worker at the clinic told her the Seminole Nation doesn't recognize Freedmen for health services. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Black Freedmen struggle for recognition as tribal citizens

By Sean Murphy May. 01, 2021 09:13 AM EDT

Member of Congress applaud as President Joe Biden speaks to a joint session of Congress Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
The Latest: In GOP response, Scott says US isn't racist

Apr. 28, 2021 05:23 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Apr. 21, 2021 03:44 PM EDT
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ April 21 The South Florida Sun Sentinel on the...

In this image from video, prosecutor Steve Schleicher gives closing arguments as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides Monday, April 19, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin is charged in the May 25, 2020 death of George Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool)
Murder case against ex-cop in Floyd's death goes to the jury

By Amy Forliti, Stephen Groves And Tammy Webber Apr. 19, 2021 01:04 PM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Biden hails House passage of $1.9T virus bill, now to Senate

By Alan Fram Feb. 27, 2021 02:37 AM EST

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters before the House votes to pass a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. Pelosi is joined by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., right, Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., third from right, and House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth, D-Ky., left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
House passes $1.9T pandemic relief bill, sends it to Senate

By Alan Fram Feb. 26, 2021 12:45 AM EST

President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 in Washington. The President is traveling to Texas. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Trump impeached after Capitol riot in historic second charge

By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Jonathan Lemire And Alan Fram Jan. 13, 2021 03:06 AM EST

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin listens to a question during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
Fed and Treasury urge Congress to approve more virus relief

By Martin Crutsinger Dec. 02, 2020 01:59 PM EST

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 5, 2018, file photo Orange County Supervisor Michelle Steel smiles as she visits Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's election night party in Costa Mesa, Calif. Republican Steel, who heads the Orange County Board of Supervisors, has seized on the fight over affirmative action and the new labor law known as AB5 in her bid to oust first-term Democratic Rep. Harley Rouda. (Jeff Gritchen/The Orange County Register via AP, File)
GOP targets Democratic-run California in election gamble

By Michael R. Blood Sep. 09, 2020 09:32 AM EDT

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, during a hybrid hearing, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)
Mnuchin says Trump still wants virus deal with Democrats

By Marcy Gordon Sep. 01, 2020 12:45 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 3, 2020, file photo, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pauses during a news conference, to discuss an announcement from the Federal Open Market Committee, in Washington. A group of congressional Democrats introduced legislation Wednesday, Aug. 5, that would require the Federal Reserve to pursue the elimination of racial disparities in jobs, wealth and income as one of its policy goals. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Fed should address racial gaps in jobs, income, Dems propose

By Christopher Rugaber Aug. 05, 2020 06:49 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 21, 2020, file photo Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. The Trump administration has abruptly dropped on Friday, June 19, its insistence on secrecy for a $600 billion-plus coronavirus aid program for small businesses. Mnuchin refused to do so at a Senate hearing last week, saying the data was “proprietary information.” (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Trump administration to give Congress full virus loan data

By Marcy Gordon Jun. 26, 2020 04:35 PM EDT

Former paramilitary leader Emmanuel Constant who has just been deported from the US, sits in a police vehicle after being detained by Haitian police at his arrival to the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Human rights groups have accused Constant of killing and torturing Haitians when he became the leader of the Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti after President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's presidency was toppled in 1991. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
US deports ex-paramilitary leader 'Toto' Constant to Haiti

By Evens Sanon And Dánica Coto Jun. 23, 2020 01:06 PM EDT

Isaiah Bowen, right, takes a shot as his dad, Garth Bowen, center, looks on at a basketball hoop in front of the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue Sunday June 21, 2020, in Richmond, Va. A judge extended an injunction delaying the removal of the statue by the state. The statue had become a focal point for the Black Lives Matter movement in Richmond. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
The Latest: NYC officer suspended for 'apparent chokehold'

By The Associated Press Jun. 21, 2020 03:10 AM EDT

Jovita Carranza, administrator of the Small Business Administration, speaks during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing to examine implementation of Title I of the CARES Act, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Al Drago/Pool via AP)
House demands coronavirus loan info from Treasury, banks

By Mary Clare Jalonick And Matthew Daly Jun. 15, 2020 01:32 PM EDT

In this May 7, 2020, photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks via teleconference during a Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on new coronavirus tests on Capitol Hill in Washington. The coronavirus is reaching into the lives of Congress as lawmakers debate the nation's recovery. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren's brother died from the virus. Florida congressman Mario Diaz-Balart contracted it. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
Feeling your pain? Virus reaches into the lives of Congress

By Laurie Kellman May. 09, 2020 01:06 AM EDT

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
GOP leader names picks for House panel overseeing virus aid

By Alan Fram And Matthew Daly May. 07, 2020 02:03 PM EDT

In this image from video, Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., gestures to Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., as they speak on the floor of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (House Television via AP)
Congress meets pandemic with masked faces, heavy emotions

By Laurie Kellman Apr. 23, 2020 05:41 PM EDT