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Martin Gruenberg, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), during a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation told lawmakers that his agency had launched an investigation into reports of misogynistic culture among bank examiners that prompted women to quit the agency. Photographer: Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg

FDIC Chief Gruenberg Won’t Oversee Misconduct Probe

Two other agency directors also won’t participate in an independent review of harassment and discrimination complaints.

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Rebecca Ballhaus

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CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA - OCTOBER 07: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives for a rally on October 07, 2023 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The rally is the second of two the former president hosted in Iowa today. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trump’s Big Advantages as the Election Year Unfolds

From the rules on winning GOP delegates to the weighting of the Electoral College, the Republican front-runner benefits—even as he claims the cards are stacked against him

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Gerald F. Seib

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*** ONE-TIME USE *** Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis are currently competing to be the alternative to Donald Trump, but both are still polling far behind him in most national and early state polls.

The Way Nevada Will Pick the GOP Presidential Nominee Is a Mess

A dueling caucus and primary have left Republican voters frustrated and confused in the battleground state.

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FILE - The Department of Justice seal is seen in Washington, Nov. 28, 2018. The Justice Department says a contractor for the U.S. government who is originally from Ethiopia has been arrested on espionage charges, accused of providing a foreign country classified information that he downloaded and printed from his work computer system. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

DOJ Settles With Two U.K. Reinsurance Brokers Over Ecuador Bribes

Tysers Insurance Brokers and H.W. Wood will enter into deferred prosecution agreements over a scheme partly set in Florida to pay off Ecuadorean officials.

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November 20, 2023

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Santana De'LaBay holding her daughter, Jolee, as they swing together in the park.

Support for Abortion Access Is Near Record, Poll Finds

Some 55% of respondents say it should be possible for a pregnant woman to obtain a legal abortion if she wants it for any reason.

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November 20, 2023

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Cut-outs of the "Dark Brandon" internet meme are displayed across from the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, the venue for the third Republican presidential primary debate in Miami, Florida, on November 8, 2023. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden Likes to Talk About the Old Days. Young Voters Don’t Like It.

The president, who turns 81 on Monday, is losing support from millennials and Gen Z.

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin Gruenberg testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the response to the recent bank failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 29, 2023. Vehicles pass in front of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) building in Washington on Monday|||, March 13|||, 2023. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, March 13, 2023. US authorities took extraordinary measures to shore up confidence in the financial system after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, introducing a new backstop for banks that Federal Reserve officials said was big enough to protect the entire nation's deposits.

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Husband and wife Florian and Louise Smoczynski sit together on their couch in their Madison, Wisconsin home on August 21, 2023. Louise Smoczynski is a retired county employee and shares a birthday with President Joe Biden. Jamie Kelter Davis for The Wall Street Journal

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(FILES) Rep. George Santos (R-NY) looks on as the House of Representatives holds a vote on a new Speaker of the House at the US Capitol on October 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. George Santos, the scandal-plagued US congressman and admitted fabricator who has been indicted on federal charges of stealing from donors, was expected to face a vote November 1, 2023 on expelling him from the House of Representatives. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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