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Receiving Wide Coverage ... Charged: British officials have brought criminal charges against Barclays and four past executives, including former CEO John Varley, over allegedly fraudulent deals it made with Qatar to avoid a government bailout during the 2008 financial crisis. "The case marks the first time that top executives at a U.K. bank face criminal charges for their actions during the financial crisis," the Wall Street Journal noted.
Emergency workers walk on the roof of the fire-gutted Grenfell Tower in London, Friday, June 16, 2017, after a fire engulfed the 24-storey building on Wednesday morning. Grief over a high-rise tower blaze that killed dozens of p... .
The Trump administration is formally revoking a blocked program intended to protect the immigrant parents of U.S. citizens and legal residents from the deportation. The Trump administration is formally revoking a blocked program intended to protect the immigrant parents of U.S. citizens and legal residents from the deportation.
A fiery Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren warned Friday that President Donald Trump and his Republican allies are preparing to deliver "a knockout blow" to the nation's middle-class. The liberal icon delivered the comments to a packed theater in the heart of Manhattan's Times Square.
Virginia Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam has won the Democratic primary for governor, beating progressive candidate, former Rep. Tom Perriello, in their closely watched contest, according to the Associated Press.
A new U.S. Treasury Department report is lighting a fire under Democrats, particularly Wall Street watchdog Sen. Elizabeth Warren , who said Tuesday recommendations to weaken parts of Dodd-Frank, an Obama-era financial law, are "radical." "This report calls for radical changes that would make it easier for big banks to cheat their customers and spark another financial meltdown.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks with the media following the Democratic policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 14, 2017. ) fell as much as 7.3 percent to $250.18 on Monday, after Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren called for an investigation into the aircraft components supplier's government contracts.
New Hampshire U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen says her direct lineage to Pocahontas is too touchy a subject to bring up in conversation with Bay State U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who claims her own Native American heritage. "It's kind of a sensitive topic," Shaheen told CNN when asked if she's told Warren about her ancestry, "so probably not."
Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren to introduce the "Bank on Students Act," which would allow people to refinance student loan debt at a lower interest rate.
As Congress hears from top intelligence officials who reportedly said "no" when he asked them to publicly back him in the Russia investigation. British authorities tell the U.S. it was a suicide bomber.
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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sat in front of the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday and attempted to explain the Trump administration's position on various economic policies, including the regulation of large banks. Mnuchin continually said that the administration supports a "21st Century Glass-Steagall," referring to the Depression-era bill that required commercial and investment banks to remain separate - except for the law's defining aspect.
Senator Fauxcahontas made an interesting point while going completely off the reservation during a commencement speech Hillary during a speech at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, offering suggestions for specific causes graduates could get more involved in. "I'm trying to keep this apolitical but I can't help myself the principle that no one, no one in this country is above the law and we need a Justice Department, not an obstruction of justice department ," Warren said.
In the center of the controversy engulfing the upper echelons of the Justice Department, there's a little-known, Harvard-educated lawyer whose name is suddenly on everyone's lips: Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein. Rosenstein was the man FBI Director James Comey spoke with recently when he needed more resources for his investigation into possible ties between President Trump's campaign staff and Russia, according to press reports.
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is eager to pursue legislation that would break up Wall Street megabanks and has pushed the issue with members of the Trump administration. "We're certainly reaching out to the administration," Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television airing Wednesday.
Get Boston Globe's Political Happy Hour newsletter , your afternoon shot of politics, sent straight from the desk of Joshua Miller. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is apparently a big fan of the HBO show Ballers - a fact that was noticed Sunday by none other than the show's producer and co-star, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
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A former top Bay State federal prosecutor has been making recommendations to the White House on who the next Massachusetts U.S. Attorney should be, but another with ties to the Trump administration says a decision isn't likely until late summer. "I've made recommendations.
Ivanka Trump, daughter and adviser of U.S. President Donald Trump, left, arrives with Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, right, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, at the Woman 20 Dialogue summit for the empowerment of women in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, April 25, 2017. 'NOT PARTICULARLY HELPFUL': Political watchers say U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren's battle with Ivanka Trump, right, is likely a waste of time because the first daughter 'isn't going anywhere.'
Joe Biden has been saying yes to nearly all the political invitations coming his way, with new ones arriving almost daily. Privately, the former vice president and his staff have started talking about how to begin planning a strategy with a roughly 18-month timeline so that if he decides on another presidential run, he'll be best positioned to get it off the ground.