The Navajo Nation has sued Wells Fargo, saying its citizens were targeted by workers trying to meet the bank's aggressive sales quotas. The tribe alleges employees at Wells Fargo branches on the vast reservation "routinely misled customers into opening unnecessary accounts and obtained debit and credit cards without customers' consent."
Read MoreWhite House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders threatened CNN’s Jim Acosta on Tuesday morning, saying that if he asked Donald Trump a question, "you may not be allowed into similar events."
Read MoreCongressman Ted Lieu (D-CA), along with Congressmen John Delaney (D-MD) and Pete Olson (R-TX), introduced bipartisan legislation called the Fundamentally Understanding the Usability and Realistic Evolution of Artificial Intelligence (FUTURE of AI) Act to create a federal advisory commission to study artificial intelligence issues.
Read MoreA recent University of New Mexico graduate says that three years ago, she was fired from an internship in the office of Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Congresswoman Michelle Luján Grisham (D-NM) because she is transgender.
Read MoreResearch conducted by The National Law Journal found that since 2005, 85% of all Supreme Court law clerks have been white. Only 20 of the 487 clerks hired by the justices were Black, and eight were Hispanic.
Read MoreAfter serving in the post for three years, Kim Keenan has resigned as President and CEO of the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council (MMTC). No reason was given for the exit beyond Keenan's note that she had "moved on to pursue other professional opportunities" and that she had viewed her role as "having assisted MMTC in developing the requisite infrastructure to grow and thrive." Some of Keenan’s signature events were the Net Equality Tour, annual Tech Prep summits, and a net neutrality campaign, all of which were designed to engage diverse communities. Maurita Coley Flippin, EVP and COO, will be Interim President/CEO.
Read MoreCongresswoman Gwen Moore (D-WI) sent a letter to the Senate Sergeant at Arms to determine what preventative steps are being taken to protect Senate Pages from predatory conduct, in response to concerns over Roy Moore’s possible presence in the Senate.
Read MoreIn an effort to collect more accurate and complete data on race and ethnicity for the 2020 Census, Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-NY) urged Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney to revise outdated federal standards for data collection as soon as possible.
Read MoreSan Francisco Mayor Ed Lee died unexpectedly early this morning at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. He was 65 years old. The office didn't immediately explain what Lee died of at 1:11A PST, but said: "family, friends and colleagues were at his side." Lee was San Francisco's 43rd mayor and its first Asian American in that post.
Read MoreCongressional Black Caucus Chair Congressman Cedric Richmond (D-LA) has written a letter to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) calling for either Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) or her colleague Cory Booker (D-NJ) to fill the pending vacancy on the Senate Judiciary Committee after Senator Al Franken (D-MN) announced he would be resigning.
Read MoreTodd D. Robinson will serve as Chargé d’Affaires in Venezuela. He will be the highest-ranking official in the embassy in the absence of an Ambassador.
Read MoreRepublican Arizona state Senator Kimberly Yee expressed interest in replacing outgoing Congressman Trent Franks. If elected, Yee would be the first Republican woman of Chinese descent elected to the House of Representatives.
Read MoreThe Treasury Department in 2014 paid $220,000 in a previously undisclosed agreement to settle a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment that involved Congressman Alcee Hastings (D-FL). Hastings denied the allegations, calling them ludicrous.
Read MoreLast week, we reported that TV One would be canceling Roland Martin’s morning news show, NewsOne Now. However, some semantics indicate the show may not fade to black. On Friday, TV One called its action a “suspension,” and said, “TV One is working to restructure NewsOne Now in 2018 under a new format that will better serve its audience and advertisers.”
Read MoreWe told you about the House passing legislation allowing those with permits for concealed weapons to legally travel with those firearms across state lines -- a top priority of the NRA. Well, Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) says the same should be true then for marijuana.
Read MoreFormer Congressman Harold Ford Jr. has been fired by Morgan Stanley after facing an internal investigation into allegations of misconduct.
Read MoreIt’s official. Yesterday, civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), and Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) -- whose district is next door to the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum -- issued a joint statement saying that they would not attend nor participate in the opening because a certain someone is going there.
Read MoreJustin Myers has been hired as the CEO of For Our Future and For Our Future Action Fund.
Read MoreSenator Cory Booker (D-NJ), former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, and Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) are heading to AL to help Doug Jones take the lead in the tight contest.
Read MoreEarlier this year, John Conyers III -- former Congressman John Conyers’ choice to succeed him -- was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence in an altercation that led to his then-girlfriend being stabbed, but prosecutors did not charge him.
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