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Wells Fargo will stop setting the sales goals that bank employees say led to pressure to open millions of fake customer accounts. "We are eliminating product sales goals because we want to make certain our customers have full confidence that our retail bankers are always focused on the best interests of customers," CEO John Stumpf said in a statement.
Democratic firebrand Sen. Elizabeth Warren questioned Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's health at a Labor Day event on Monday when she essentially told him to look in a mirror and wondered what he was hiding. "I just don't get this," Warren said, disgusted by the right-wing conspiracies that Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton is sick and dying.
Mylan NV's latest attempt to deflect criticism over the price of allergy shot EpiPen failed to get the drugmaker out of the sights of Congress. Last week, Chief Executive Officer Heather Bresch was quick to react to the mounting political scrutiny over EpiPen's price hike with measures to reduce patients' out-of-pocket costs for the shot's $600 brand-name version.
Obama's rushing to pass the sovereignty-crushing trade deal in the lame duck session of his presidency in order to save Clinton from revealing that she in fact supports it, which she'll have to do if she obtains the White House, says Cenk Ugyur of The Young Turks. Both Clinton and Trump came out against the deal in the primary season.
On whether he changed his mind about not supporting Trump following a speech by Mike Pence, Trump's running mate, at the Republican Governors Association meeting. "I admire the guy as a baseball player big-time.
No, earnings are not at an all-time high in the United States. With current information, earnings appear to have peaked around the 3rd or 4th quarter of 2014 and have declined since then.
Senator Elizabeth Warren again played the role of Democratic attack dog on Monday, as she slammed Donald J. Trump's economic plan after the Republican presidential candidate laid out his policies in a Detroit speech. The Massachusetts senator took to Twitter and fired off 10 rapid-fire criticisms of Trump's plan, saying his tax policies would benefit only corporations and the wealthy, while his proposed cuts to financial regulations would allow bankers to fleece ordinary Americans.
PITTSFIELD >> I am running for state senator as a Bernie Sanders progressive. Whenever you hear Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren or I speak at length, our speeches invariably start on the subject of wealth disparity.
Gallery: California delegates hold up signs as they cheer for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Thursday, July 28, 2016. Gallery: The Democratic women of the US Senate waves to delegates during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Thursday, July 28, 2016.
But abortion was indirectly referenced more than a handful of times, via euphemisms such as "woman's right to choose" and "family planning." Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren described Hillary Clinton as "a woman who fights for children, for women, for health care."
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., pumps her fist in the air after her speech during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016.
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren made an impassioned case for Hillary Clinton on Monday, hailing her as a tenacious fighter on behalf of working people while dismissing presidential rival Donald Trump as someone who "cares about himself every minute of every day." Warren, a favorite among liberals, told the Democratic National Convention that the party must unite around Clinton after a divisive primary with Bernie Sanders.
The keynote speech on the first night of the Democratic National Convention is usually delivered by one of the party's rising stars. The keynoter usually appears in prime time, for maximum exposure, striking a certain tone.
Former Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., pumps his fist in the air as he addresses the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016. Former Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., pumps his fist in the air as he addresses the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016.
The Democratic Party's top official resigned Sunday amid e-mail revelations that national committee staffers had tried to undermine Bernie Sanders, Hillary's Clinton's spirited rival, during the primary election season. The departure of Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who has weathered a long list of controversies during her more than five year tenure leading the Democratic National Committee, marked a chaotic start to a convention week intended to display unity for Clinton's White House bid.
Delegates for Bernie Sanders at the Democratic National Convention are planning to fight the nomination of Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as the party's vice presidential nominee. At a news conference Sunday, Norman Solomon, a Sanders delegate from California and national coordinator of a group of Sanders delegates called the Bernie Delegates Network, said Kaine's positions on a range of issues were unacceptable to Sanders supporters.
His wife spoke briefly at the end of the service, telling parishioners how important they've been in their lives. Kaine told reporters outside the church: "We needed some prayers today and we got some prayers and it really feels good."
Fitchburg City Councilors Joel Kaddy, left, and Michael Kushmarek, center, join their former colleague, state Rep. Stephan Hay, for a laugh at Slattery's on Thursday. Hay was kicking off his re-election campaign.
PHILADELPHIA - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump reacted to former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's selection of Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate with a series of tweets attacking both candidates and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who also was under consideration for the vice-presidency. Is it the same Kaine that took hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts while Governor of Virginia and didn't get indicted while Bob M did? The Bernie Sanders supporters are furious with the choice of Tim Kaine, who represents the opposite of what Bernie stands for.
Donald Trump and Elizabeth Warren continued their ongoing Twitter feud Saturday in the wake of Hillary Clinton's decision to tap Tim Kaine as her running mate. Trump, the Republican nominee for president, started the latest exchange Saturday morning when he again referred to the Massachusetts senator as "Pocahontas," a reference to her claimed Native American heritage.