VisionBank team scraps plan for new Washington bank
Organizers of a proposed bank in the nation’s capital have thrown in the towel. VisionBank, which in October applied with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp....
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Senate clash over SBA unit’s powers puts agency’s budget in doubt
Discussions over the Small Business Administration’s budget for the 2020 fiscal year are on hold. Though the House of Representatives recently approved a $100 million...
Eagle back in damage-control mode amid ethics investigations
For the second time in two years, a community bank in the nation’s capital has to prove to investors that it can overcome accusations of...
As U.S. heat wave breaks records, cooling centers offer relief
NEW YORK (Reuters) – With a record-breaking heat wave intensifying over much of the U.S. Midwest and East Coast through the weekend, it was a...
Massive heat wave bakes central, eastern U.S., with sweaty night ahead
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gargantuan heat wave hunkered down over the central and eastern United States on Saturday, sending residents to cooling centers and...
Heat wave gripping eastern, central U.S. to intensify over weekend
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A massive heat wave that has enveloped the U.S. Midwest pushed into the Northeast on Friday, ushering in temperatures that could...
Forgotten SBA loan program gets new life
The Small Business Administration’s 504 program has operated in the shadow of the larger, more popular 7(a) loan guarantee program throughout its 60-year-history. This year...
Father whose family died in Ethiopian plane crash to brief Congress
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Before flying to Washington to climb the steps of Congress and testify to a crowd of aviation experts and lawmakers this week,...
U.S. appeals court hands win to Trump in hotel ’emoluments’ case
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday scored a crucial victory in a Democratic-backed lawsuit that accuses him of violating anti-corruption provisions of the...
Defying critics, Trump salutes military in pomp-filled July 4 celebration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With U.S. fighter jets flying overhead, President Donald Trump praised the military and reveled in a show of pomp and patriotism on...
‘We will plant the American flag on Mars’: Trump delivers July 4th speech – video | US news
The president sailed close to one of his campaign lines when he claimed, “our nation is stronger than it ever was before”, but otherwise swerved...
Donald Trump’s July 4th jamboree: symbolic, jingoistic and untraditional | US news
All men are created equal. But one is created more equal than others. And his name is Donald Trump. The US president’s unique interpretation of...
Defying critics, Trump salutes military in pomp-filled July 4 celebration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With U.S. fighter jets flying overhead, President Donald Trump praised the military and reveled in a show of pomp and patriotism on...
Trump’s ‘Salute to America’ showcased innovation, military might
President Trump honored American history and heroes ranging from George Washington to Martin Luther King Jr. during a rousing Fourth of July speech punctuated by...
Trump to preside over Fourth of July celebrations with military show despite criticism | US news
Donald Trump will preside over July Fourth Independence Day celebrations on Thursday with a speech about patriotism and a modest show of military might that...