Sources: BBC
American multinational financial services company Wells Fargo is fined $250 million for "unsafe or unsound practices" related to its home-lending practices by the United States Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. 2021-09-9
The United States formally no longer recognizes Alexander Lukashenko as President of Belarus, according to a U.S. Department of State statement. A State Department spokesperson calls for a new "free and fair election" in Belarus under independent observation. 2020-09-23
The United States has its deadliest COVID-19 day to date, with 223 related deaths. 2020-03-25
In a reciprocal action of retaliation, the Turkish mission in the United States suspends all non-immigration visa services in the country, via a reversed-role copy of the U.S. statement. 2017-10-8
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds a meeting with leaders of FARC in a sign of encouragement in ending Colombia's half-century old conflict. 2016-03-22
United States President Barack Obama praises U.S. troops and reflects on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan during his annual Christmas message from Hawaii. 2014-12-25
SAC Capital Advisors pleads guilty to insider trading and wire fraud and agrees to pay $1.8 billion in penalties to the United States. 2013-11-5
American veteran journalist Helen Thomas, who covered the White House for nearly five decades, dies at 92. 2013-07-20
Two ex-Blackwater consultants are found guilty in the United States of the involuntary manslaughter of a civilian in the Afghan capital Kabul. [https:--www.npr.org-2011-03-11-134470077-ex-blackwater-workers-found-guilty-in-afghan-death?ft=1&f=1001&sc=tw (AP via NPR)]date=August 2019 2011-03-11
An investigation is launched into how a Wal-Mart shop in New Jersey, United States announced "Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now". 2010-03-17