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The star witnesses and key testimony from the House committee’s public hearings

The star witnesses and key testimony from the House committee’s public hearings

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack swears in witnesses on July 12, 2022. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photo: Doug Mills/Pool via Reuters) After a year and a half of work, the House committee investigating the events of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is set to hold its final hearing and issue a report on its findings. Over the course of 10 public hearings, the panel heard from a wide swath of witnesses who showed how former President Donald… Source link

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Student loan servicer censured over ‘what appears to be false’ congressional testimony

Student loan servicer censured over ‘what appears to be false’ congressional testimony

Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and John Kennedy (R-LA) sent a letter to a key student loan servicer CEO over “what appear to be false and misleading” statements during a congressional testimony on April 13, Yahoo Finance has learned. “We write to seek information on what appears to be false and misleading testimony that you provided at a hearing before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs’ Subcommittee on Economic Policy on April 13, 2021,” they wrote.  Warren, the chair… Source link

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Senators ask Google about phone call to Match on day before testimony

Senators ask Google about phone call to Match on day before testimony

Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Mike Lee, R-Utah, are seen during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Dirksen Building titled “5G: National Security Concerns, Intellectual Property Issues, and the Impact on Competition and Innovation,” on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The two top senators on the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust sent a letter to Google Tuesday asking about an alleged call to Tinder-maker Match Group the day before its… Source link

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Stocks advance amid Yellen testimony, Goldman Sachs earnings top estimates

Stocks advance amid Yellen testimony, Goldman Sachs earnings top estimates

Stocks rose Tuesday as traders returned from a long holiday weekend in the U.S. and eyed signs of mounting support for significant fiscal stimulus out of Washington. Each of the three major indexes advanced, and the Nasdaq outperformed with a jump of more than 1%. Bank stocks were mostly higher after Dow-component Goldman Sachs (GS) posted fourth-quarter results that handily exceeded expectations, even as Bank of America’s (BAC) quarterly report largely disappointed. On Tuesday, the Senate… Source link

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