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Origin of Columbus Day: This is why Americans really started celebrating the holiday

The sudden population shift angered some Americans who feared change and harbored bias. In contrast to previous waves of immigration from Northern and Western Europe, the customs, languages, and religions of Southern and Eastern Europeans were viewed as too foreign by many white, Protestant Americans. Some believed these new immigrants would not fit in with […]

By John Fenwick

October 14, 2024October 14, 2024

TD Bank pays billion in historic money laundering settlement

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TD Bank pays $3 billion in historic money laundering settlement

WASHINGTON (AP) — TD Bank will pay about $3 billion in a year historical settlement with U.S. authorities saying Thursday that the financial institution's lax practices enabled significant money laundering over several years. Canada-based TD Bank pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder money, becoming the largest bank in U.S. history to do so, Attorney General […]

By John Fenwick

October 10, 2024October 10, 2024

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'The Apprentice' review: An inherently controversial film about Trump

Decades before he hosted “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump was…an apprentice. His mentor: Roy Cohn, the ruthless lawyer who was a prominent New York power broker in the '70s and '80s, having famously served as a top aide to Senator Joseph McCarthy. The connection between Trump and Cohn is well known. But inside “The Apprentice” Ali […]

By John Fenwick

October 9, 2024October 9, 2024

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Woodward's book reveals Trump's conversations with Putin and Biden's private comments about Obama and Netanyahu

WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump made up to seven private phone calls Vladimir Putin Since leaving office, Bob Woodward secretly sent COVID-19 testing equipment to the Russian president at the height of the pandemic, reports in his new book, “War.” The revelations were made in the famed Watergate reporter's latest book, which also details President […]

By John Fenwick

October 9, 2024October 9, 2024

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Biden's student debt plan will continue after federal judge lets pause expire

The week began with the expiration of the grace period for late or missed student loan payments. A few days later came some unexpected news about student loans: The preliminary injunction that put President Joe Biden's new student loan forgiveness rule on hold was overturned by a federal judge on Thursday, clearing the way for […]

By John Fenwick

October 3, 2024October 3, 2024

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Origin of Columbus Day: This is why Americans really started celebrating the holiday

TD Bank pays $3 billion in historic money laundering settlement

'The Apprentice' review: An inherently controversial film about Trump

Woodward's book reveals Trump's conversations with Putin and Biden's private comments about Obama and Netanyahu

Biden's student debt plan will continue after federal judge lets pause expire

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