The federal housing agency says the bank’s efforts to encourage Black homeownership amount to discrimination.
Source: [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/business/trump-hud-wells-fargo.html)
This live blog is now closed. Sign up for the Breaking News US email Tonight, we’ll have another set of midterm debates. In Iowa, we’ll see the Republican nominee for US Senate, Ashley Hinson , face off against Democrat Josh Turek , a state representative and Paralympian at 8pm ET.
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The President returned to deep-red Texas to rally for Ken Paxton’s Senate bid, while revealing at times his own trepidation that one of the Republican Party’s longest winning streaks may be about to end on his watch.
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