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Byline: Renae Merle Since signing an executive order a week ago, President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that his administration was 'stopping evictions' and 'protecting people from evictions.' The order [...]

Byline: Jeff Stein, Erica Werner and Renae Merle WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Saturday attempted to bypass Congress and make dramatic changes to tax and spending policy, signing executive [...]

Byline: Renae Merle As negotiations over another coronavirus relief package inches forward on Capitol Hill, President Donald Trump has repeatedly promised over the last week that he would step in [...]

Byline: Renae Merle and Jeanne Whalen Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate potential insider trading surrounding Eastman Kodak's recent announcement that it would [...]

Byline: Renae Merle and Taylor Telford Goldman Sachs said Friday that it had reached an $3.9 billion settlement with Malaysia to resolve criminal charges that the bank was involved in [...]

Byline: Renae Merle For millions of America's renters, there's a cliff approaching. Enhanced unemployment benefits that have kept many afloat will expire soon. The recession triggered by the pandemic is [...]

Byline: Renae Merle Face masks are now mandatory at WalMart, Target and a growing number of retailers. President Donald Trump, who long resisted being photographed in a mask, now encourages [...]

Byline: Renae Merle A federal moratorium that has protected millions of renters from eviction since late March expires Friday, leaving millions of people at risk even as the coronavirus continues [...]

Byline: Renae Merle The recession triggered by the coronavirus pandemic will be deeper and longer than initially expected, according to three big banks that reported significant decreases in quarterly profits [...]

Byline: Renae Merle Twenty-one people suffered minor injuries after a fire broke out Sunday aboard a Navy ship docked in San Diego, according to city officials. Seventeen sailors and four [...]

Byline: Renae Merle A third-degree fire broke out aboard a Navy ship docked in San Diego on Sunday, according to city officials. Seventeen sailors and four civilians with injuries that [...]

Byline: Renae Merle and Taylor Telford Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay $150 million to settle allegations that it maintained weak internal controls, including processing hundreds of transactions for Jeffrey [...]

Byline: Renae Merle A backlog of eviction cases is beginning to move through the court system as millions of Americans who had counted on federal aid and eviction moratoriums to [...]

Byline: Ann E. Marimow and Renae Merle WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday said the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau violates the Constitution, but allowed the watchdog [...]

Byline: Renae Merle and Rachel Siegel WASHINGTON - For the first time since the aftermath of the global financial crisis, the Federal Reserve is putting new restrictions on how the [...]

Byline: Renae Merle President Donald Trump's pick to be the next U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, is the current chairman of the Securities and [...]

Byline: Tracy Jan and Renae Merle A former Morgan Stanley executive who oversaw the bank's global diversity efforts filed a lawsuit against the firm Tuesday alleging racial bias for silencing [...]

Byline: Tracy Jan, Jena McGregor, Renae Merle and Nitasha Tiku Corporate America - including Wall Street and Silicon Valley giants - is now pledging to play a bigger role in [...]

Byline: Steven Mufson, Juliet Eilperin, Jeffrey Stein and Renae Merle WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is doing by fiat what it has struggled to accomplish through lengthy rulemaking: dismantle federal [...]

Byline: Renae Merle Amid record unemployment, millions of Americans are expected to struggle to pay their rent or mortgage in June. Already, more than 8 percent of U.S. homeowners, about [...]

Byline: Renae Merle A top banking regulator, Joseph Otting, announced Thursday that he will step down, a day after finalizing a sweeping overhaul of a 40-year anti-redlining law widely criticized [...]

Byline: Renae Merle With Utah's eviction moratorium set to expire on Friday, the state is scrambling to launch a $4 million program this week to help tenants cover their rent [...]

Byline: Renae Merle WASHINGTON - On its website, Payday Money Centers touts the small, short-term loans with a more than 400% interest rate it offers consumers through its nearly two [...]

Byline: Renae Merle For 13 years, Danny Catalanotto paid the more-than-$2,000 mortgage on his Bowie, Maryland, home on time every month. When work as a church organist dried up in [...]

Byline: Aaron Gregg, Renae Merle and Ben Golliver WASHINGTON - The federal government relaunched its small-business aid program Monday, infused with $310 billion in fresh funding, but faced an outcry [...]

Byline: Aaron Gregg and Renae Merle WASHINGTON - Thousands of small businesses are getting a second chance at a financial lifeline as another $310 billion in government loans rolls out [...]

Byline: Renae Merle By the time a $349 billion small-business stimulus program ran out of money last week, Caty Carlin had already grown anxious. Carlin shut down her women's clothing [...]

Byline: Jeanne Whalen and Renae Merle Ryan Wittmann was wrapping up his first full week of working from home when he noticed an instant message from his boss: 'I think [...]

Byline: Renae Merle About 70% of America's small business owners have already tried to apply for an emergency loan through a new $349 billion program, according to industry survey released [...]

Byline: Aaron Gregg and Renae Merle Big banks that received taxpayer bailouts during the global financial crisis a decade ago are now too slow in helping small businesses seeking assistance [...]

Byline: Erica Werner, Jeff Stein and Renae Merle WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday asked congressional leaders to swiftly commit another $250 billion to replenish the new $349 [...]

Byline: Renae Merle Days after the launch of a $349 billion emergency small-business lending program, some of the country's biggest banks say they have already allocated more than 10% of [...]

Byline: Aaron Gregg and Renae Merle The launch of a $349 billion loan program that is key to the government's hopes of helping the nation's small businesses survive the coronavirus [...]

Byline: Aaron Gregg and Renae Merle The day before the scheduled launch of the federal government's massive new small-business lending program, banks being tapped to dole out the money questioned [...]

Byline: Renae Merle, Heather Long and Patricia Sullivan After losing his job as a restaurant cook last month, Casey James began contacting his Atlanta neighbors with an idea: No one [...]

Byline: Renae Merle As renters and homeowners grapple with mass layoffs and business closures, housing advocates are growing increasingly concerned the country will soon face a housing crisis to rival [...]

Byline: Renae Merle Many of the country's largest mortgage lenders are warning they will be soon pushed to the brink of failure with millions of Americans laid off due to [...]

Byline: Renae Merle WASHINGTON - The Securities and Exchange Commission is warning of the risk of insider trading. The coronavirus has affected U.S. markets in 'unprecedented' ways, Stephanie Avakian and [...]

Byline: Heather Long and Renae Merle Since Nicole Kane lost her job as a Hoss's Steak and Seahouse waitress Monday because of the spread of the novel coronavirus, all she [...]

Byline: Renae Merle Federal officials announced a nationwide halt to foreclosures and evictions this week, protecting millions more than 30 million Americans from losing their home as the coronavirus outbreak [...]

Byline: Renae Merle and Tracy Jan The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Wednesday authorized the Federal Housing Administration to put an immediate moratorium on foreclosures and evictions [...]

Byline: Renae Merle Kyle Gregory plunged into the investing world last month, using his tax refund to open an account on Robinhood Financial's mobile app. After a quick tutorial from [...]

Byline: Renae Merle As U.S. markets took a historic plunge Wednesday, President Donald Trump met with a dozen banking industry leaders, several of whom said they are already taking steps [...]

Byline: Renae Merle As Wells Fargo struggles to recover from its admission three years ago that it had opened millions of accounts that customers didn't want, another big U.S. bank [...]

Byline: Renae Merle WASHINGTON - Wells Fargo has suffered from a broken culture and failed leadership but can turn itself around, its new CEO told lawmakers Tuesday, in the bank's [...]

Byline: Renae Merle WASHINGTON - The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday asked employees at its District of Columbia headquarters to stay away from the office because of a potential [...]

Byline: Renae Merle Wells Fargo announced Monday two of its board members, including its chairwoman, Elizabeth A. Duke, resigned following a scathing House report found the bank's leaders were slow [...]

Byline: Renae Merle WASHINGTON Çö Citing the results of a year-long investigation, Rep. Maxine Waters on Thursday called for two of Wells Fargo's board members to be fired, signaling that [...]

Byline: Renae Merle WASHINGTON Çö Last year, Wells Fargo's then-interim chief executive, Allen Parker, thought he had struck a deal. Regulators had fined the bank $1 billion for consumer abuses, [...]

Byline: Renae Merle WASHINGTON - Last year, Wells Fargo then-interim chief executive, Allan Parker, thought he had struck a deal. Regulators had fined the bank $1 billion for consumer abuses, [...]