FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg scolded for ‘hubris’ by Rep. Patrick McHenry after sexual harassment report
Martin Gruenberg, chairman of the embattled Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), was fronting the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday morning following a scathing report of widespread sexual harassment and discrimination at his agency. I took a seat. “Coming to the floor today is not an act of courage. It’s an act of hubris,” Financial […]
FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg apologizes for toxic workplace culture
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg vowed Wednesday to skeptical lawmakers that he would address not just his own conduct, but also deep cultural problems at his agency. But lawmakers expressed doubts about whether the banking supervisor, who has held leadership roles at the agency for nearly two decades and has been the subject […]
Civil Rights Leader Rev. William Lawson, Who Collaborated With Martin Luther King Jr, Dies At Age 95
The Rev. William Lawson, a pastor and civil rights leader who helped desegregate Houston and collaborated with Martin Luther King Jr., died Tuesday at the age of 95. Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, where Lawson served for more than 40 years before retiring in 2004; announced his death. “It is with indescribable sadness and overwhelming gratitude […]
Who is Margo Martin? Trump’s deputy communications chief spotted at trial
Margo Martin, President Donald Trump’s loyal and stylish deputy communications director, was one of the few members of the former president’s inner circle to accompany him to Manhattan criminal court, where the first criminal trial against him began on Monday. Martin, 27, filmed the former president leaving Trump Tower for “Day 1 of the Biden […]
Fox News Guest: ‘Trayvon Martin Would Be Alive Today If He Didn’t Have Street Attitude’
6/11/13 – On Tuesday afternoon, former New York City police detective Harry Houck told FoxNews.com that Trayvon Martin would … source
AOC rival Martin Dolan demands ‘equal time’ on Stephen Colbert’s show
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic primary challenger for the New York State House of Representatives, submitted a letter to CBS requesting a tie-up time after the game. A sweet interview with “Late Night” host Stephen Colbert On Monday, he will meet with the left-handed incumbent, who is in his third term. Candidate Martin Dolan, who is […]
Islanders’ Matt Martin knows exactly what Rangers’ Matt Rempe has to prove
Matt Martin was, in another life, Matt Lempe, about minus five inches. When the Islanders Enforcer entered the league and played five games with the Islanders in the 2009-10 season, the Enforcer was still a player category on almost every team. That means Martin has fought twice in those five fights. And a year later, […]
Hawaii liquor commissioner Lisa Martin resigns after allegedly using badge to get into club, threatened to close it down in drunken confrontation
Trouble in paradise. A Hawaii state liquor commissioner was forced to resign after he allegedly entered a nightclub flaunting his badge, then got into a drunken altercation with an employee and threatened to close the establishment. Lisa Martin resigned from her position as vice chair of the Honolulu Liquor Commission on Monday following allegations of […]
GOP’s Nella Domenici raises $1.25M in race against New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich
Republican Nella Domenici raised $1.25 million between January and March in her campaign to unseat Sen. Martin Heinrich (DN.M.), her campaign announced Friday. Domenici, the daughter of the late Sen. Pete Domenici (R.N.M.) and a former executive at Bridgewater Associates, has received contributions from more than 1,100 donors and received donations in the first quarter, […]
Commuter brandishes knife to ward off rowdy pro-Palestinian protesters blocking him from entering Lockheed Martin facility
A man on his way to work pulled out a knife to defend himself from a group of rowdy pro-Palestinian protesters who blocked his access to a Lockheed Martin facility in California. The chaotic incident outside the military contractor’s Sunnyvale facility can be seen in a dramatic 56-second video that shows a man driving towards […]