WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of protesters flocked to the U.S. Capitol Monday for a demonstration against the role of money in politics, prompting arrests of more than 400 by the Capitol police force.
The demonstration was part of a series of "Democracy Spring" protests planned in Washington this week by a coalition of groups.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Goldman Sachs agreed to pay about $5 billion to settle U.S. claims the Wall Street bank misled investors in sales of mortgage-backed securities that helped create the 2007-2009 financial crisis, the Justice Department announced Monday.
The $5.06 billion deal resolves state and federal probes into the sale of shoddy mortgages in the run-up to the housing bubble and subsequent economic meltdown.
