Texas man indicted for alleged threat to kill US Rep. Waters
April 22, 2023 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal grand jury indicted a Houston man Friday for allegedly calling the office of California Democratic U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters several times last year and leaving threatening voice mails, including saying he intended to “cut your throat.”
Ex-FTX CEO Bankman-Fried says he will testify to Congress
December 9, 2022 GMTThe former CEO of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX said in a tweet Friday that he is willing to testify to Congress next week, but that he will be limited in what he can say and that he “won't be as helpful” as he'd like to be.
Samuel L. Jackson to receive honor at NAACP Image Awards
February 3, 2022 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Samuel L. Jackson will receive the Chairman’s Award during the 53rd NAACP Image Awards this month.
The NAACP announced Thursday that it will bestow the 73-year-old actor with the award, which recognizes individuals who demonstrate “exemplary public service and use their distinct platforms to create agents of change.”
Groups seek probe of Alabama use of virus funds for prisons
December 18, 2021 GMTMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Nearly two dozen organizations have sent a letter asking the U.S. House Financial Services Committee to investigate Alabama's plan to use $400 million in coronavirus pandemic relief funds to build two super-size prisons.
Frustration as Biden, Congress allow eviction ban to expire
August 1, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Anger and frustration mounted in Congress as a nationwide eviction moratorium expired at midnight Saturday — one Democratic lawmaker even camping outside the Capitol in protest as millions of Americans faced being forced from their homes.
Bank CEOs tell Congress they’ll work to avoid foreclosures
May 27, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The chief executives of the nation’s largest banks went in front of Congress for a second day Thursday, facing questions ranging from inflation to their efforts to keep Americans in their homes after government aid to pandemic-hit mortgage holders expires this summer.
Maxine Waters’ bold words echo civil rights, draw criticism
April 20, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — When Rep. Maxine Waters urged people to “stay on the street” in the pursuit of justice for George Floyd, advocates for racial equity and an end to police violence heard a leading Black voice in the nation's long march toward civil rights...
Judge in Chauvin trial calls Waters’ comments ‘abhorrent’
April 19, 2021 GMTMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The judge overseeing the trial of a former Minneapolis WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Maxine Waters wins reelection to U.S. House in California's 43rd Congressional District...
Bureau hasn’t budged on cutting payday loan protections
October 30, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has not budged on its June decision cutting additional protections...
Facebook clarifies Zuckerberg remarks on false political ads
October 25, 2019 GMTFacebook reiterated its policy of not removing misleading or bogus political ads Thursday, clarifying its own policies after CEO Mark Zuckerberg offered Congress confusing and sometimes incomplete testimony on the subject...
US official: Cyprus on right track in money laundering fight
August 30, 2019 GMTNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A U.S. congresswoman says Cyprus is making headway in dispelling the notion that the east Mediterranean island nation's banks have acted as a laundry service for Russian oligarchs...
LA mayor backs proposed federal Ending Homelessness Act
July 1, 2019 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and a group of other city leaders from around California and the nation are backing the proposed Ending Homelessness Act...
The Latest: Lawmaker wants Facebook to suspend currency plan
June 18, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on Facebook's new digital currency (all times local):
5:40 p.m.
The head of the House Financial Services Committee wants Facebook to suspend plans for a new currency until Congress and regulators are able to study it more closely...
Maxine Waters a model for many outspoken freshman Democrats
May 8, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — She's been called "Kerosene Maxine" and gaveled off the House floor for accusing Republican men of badgering women...
Ice Cube, others mourn director Singleton at private funeral
May 6, 2019 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Family, friends and dignitaries including Ice Cube, Stevie Wonder and Congresswoman Maxine Waters were among those mourning director John Singleton at his Los Angeles funeral on Monday...
NY man gets 4 years for threats against Obama, Rep. Waters
April 30, 2019 GMTSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York man has been sentenced to almost four years in prison for making racist threats against former President Barack Obama and California Congresswoman Maxine Waters...
Dems vow to enforce subpoenas as Trump resistance grows
April 30, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are steeling for an extraordinary fight with President Donald Trump as the White House stonewalls congressional oversight demands in the aftermath of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation...
Democrats subpoena banks as they probe Trump finances
April 16, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Two House committees subpoenaed Deutsche Bank and several other financial institutions Monday as part of investigations into President Donald Trump's finances...
‘Do not instruct me,’ Waters warns Mnuchin in heated hearing
April 9, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Things got a bit heated at the end of more than three hours of testimony by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin before the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday when he was peppered with questions about releasing President Donald Trump's tax returns...
Jay-Z to receive special honor at NAACP Image Awards
March 28, 2019 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Jay-Z will receive the President's Award during the 50th NAACP Image Awards on Saturday...
Man convicted of threats against Obama, Rep. Waters
March 21, 2019 GMTSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a central New York man faces up to 20 years in prison for threatening to kill former President Barack Obama and California Congresswoman Maxine Waters...
Trump targets Biden after former VP’s verbal slip
March 18, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is targeting Joe Biden after the former vice president made a verbal slip about a potential 2020 presidential bid...
CEO of troubled Wells Fargo says bank is stronger
March 12, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The CEO of beleaguered Wells Fargo told Congress Tuesday that the bank has cleaned up its act after a series of scandals that affected millions of customers...
Consumer watchdog agency and its leadership under scrutiny
March 7, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The government's consumer watchdog agency came under new scrutiny from the House Financial Services Committee, now controlled by Democrats who say the appointees chosen by President Donald Trump to lead the organization have undermined its mission to protect Americans...
The Latest: Waters vows to undo work of Mulvaney at CFPB
March 7, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the appearance of the new chief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau before the House Financial Services Committee (all times local):...
Emotional ceremony honors Hall, Stenberg, Layne and Lewis
February 22, 2019 GMTBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Amandla Stenberg brought the audience to their feet as she talked of being protected by the ancestors...
House Dems want Treasury records on Russian sanctions move
January 29, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Three senior House Democrats have demanded Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin turn over documents that would show how his department decided to lift financial sanctions on three companies connected to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska...
Prosecutor who sent profane posts on Obama, Waters resigns
January 10, 2019 GMTSAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California prosecutor who posted crude and profane insults about U...
Arkansas man pleads not guilty to threatening Don Lemon
November 15, 2018 GMTMOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. (AP) — A northern Arkansas man who allegedly made threatening phone calls to CNN anchor Don Lemon has pleaded not guilty...
Banks could face tighter scrutiny under Rep. Maxine Waters
November 7, 2018 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Come January, the banking industry is going to be on Rep. Maxine Waters' time.
With Democrats taking control of the House of Representatives, the California representative is expected to become chairwoman of the powerful House Financial Services Committee, which oversees the nation's banking system and its regulators...
Nebraska Republicans worry about rhetoric in wake of mail bombs
October 29, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON D.C. - Nebraska Republicans agree political rhetoric has reached potentially dangerous levels.
Mail bombs sent to prominent Democrats shook the political world.
The Justice Department reports 13 suspicious packages have been sent to various parts of the country, seeming to target Democrats who have been in the news lately, especially for their outspoken criticism of Republican President Donald Trump.
President should stop incendiary rhetoric
October 29, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON — What hath Trump wrought?
Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., last year pleaded guilty to assaulting a journalist. President Trump last week celebrated the assault.
"Any guy that can do a body slam, he's my kind of — he's my guy," Trump said to cheers.
How an investigation into a series of package bombs unfolded
October 27, 2018 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A week of mail bombs started with a single suspicious package in a billionaire's mailbox...
How an investigation into a series of package bombs unfolded
October 27, 2018 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A week of mail bombs started with a single suspicious package in a billionaire's mailbox...
A look at the science used to find mail-bomb suspect
October 26, 2018 GMTA 56-year-old Florida man was charged Friday in the nationwide mail-bomb scare targeting prominent Democrats...
Bomb addressed to Maxine Waters found in LA postal facility
October 25, 2018 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say an explosive package addressed to Rep. Maxine Waters has been rendered safe after it turned up at a mail processing facility in South Los Angeles...
The Latest: 2 suspicious packages addressed to Rep. Waters
October 25, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on explosive devices sent to former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, CNN and others (all times local):...
AP source: Package addressed to Rep. Maxine Waters found at Los Angeles mail facility; appears similar to NY, DC bombs
October 25, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — AP source: Package addressed to Rep. Maxine Waters found at Los Angeles mail facility; appears similar to NY, DC bombs...
Democrats, media blame Donald Trump for pipe bombs
October 24, 2018 GMTThe list of people targeted with suspected pipe bombs reads like President Trump's Twitter feed: Hillary and Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, John Brennan, Maxine Waters, George Soros, CNN, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Eric Holder and George Soros, all prominent Democratic critics of the president.
Rep. Maxine Waters gives Wakanda salute at Franklin funeral
August 31, 2018 GMTDETROIT (AP) — As far as one minister is concerned, it's Maxine Waters Forever!
Letter to the editors: Dems’ clueless leadership will end blue wave
August 12, 2018 GMTBring it on, Democrats. Your clueless, misguided, inimical leadership, with their actions, have unequivocally lost any hope of regaining the House or Senate while riding the "blue wave" in the midterm elections.
NJ senator calls Trump’s attack on LeBron James racist
August 7, 2018 GMTNEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez says President Donald Trump's attack on NBA star LeBron James is part of a larger pattern of racist behavior...
American flag burned outside LA office of congresswoman
July 20, 2018 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — A small crowd that gathered Thursday outside the Los Angeles office of U.S. Rep...
California man gets home detention in Maxine Waters threat
July 16, 2018 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles man who threatened to kill Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters in a profanity-laced voicemail was sentenced Monday to six months of home detention...
As dangerous as it gets
July 15, 2018 GMTThis is no “Chicken Little” moment. This is, to me, as dangerous as it gets.
This is the interview given by Donald Trump on Sunday morning, July 1: “There has never been a base in this country like my base.
Jesse Jackson urges disbarment of prosecutor over posts
July 13, 2018 GMTSAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson has urged that a Southern California gang prosecutor be disbarred for crude and profane social media posts about U...
NOT REAL NEWS: Waters didn’t suggest immigrant for top court
July 6, 2018 GMTCalifornia Rep. Maxine Waters did not appear on CNN calling for the next U.S. Supreme Court pick to be an "illegal immigrant" despite a false image circulating online...
Max vs. The Don illustrates danger to America
July 1, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON — "If I were a cartoonist ...," I would often say to my friend Doug Marlette, the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist who died 11 years ago. He'd listen patiently as I described my vision for his work, whereupon, he'd occasionally sometimes say, "Not bad."
Judicial Watch files House ethics complaint against Maxine Waters for ‘inciting violence’
June 25, 2018 GMTJudicial Watch filed Monday an ethics complaint against Rep. Maxine Waters for "inciting violence and assaults on the Trump Cabinet," according to Tom Fitton, president of the watchdog organization.
Flynn stumps for GOP candidates while awaiting sentencing
May 11, 2018 GMTPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former national security adviser Michael Flynn is campaigning for Republican candidates around the country as he awaits sentencing for lying to the FBI, an unusual and risky course that has set off speculation and head-scratching over what he hopes to accomplish...
California Democratic Party won’t endorse Dianne Feinstein
February 26, 2018 GMTSAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein failed to win the official endorsement of the California Democratic Party as she seeks her fifth term, another sign that the party is divided over how best to battle Republicans in Washington...
Rep. Maxine Waters responds to State of the Union
February 2, 2018 GMT#BlackWomenAtWork highlights daily challenge of race, gender
March 29, 2017 GMTA pair of testy exchanges between high-profile black women and white men in the political spotlight launched a tweetstorm under the hashtag BlackWomenAtWork, validating the experiences of thousands of professional black women who say such slights are all too common...