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Maggie Lena Walker was the first woman to own a bank in the United States.

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One month ago, President Donald Trump made two statements about territories adjoining Israel: The first was that the United States would take ... annexation of the West Bank.

The United States was a leading force in the establishment of the World Bank in 1944 and remains the largest shareholder of the World Bank today. As the only World Bank shareholder that retains veto ...