Facebook’s new currency plan under scrutiny in Congress

WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) — Facebook’s ambitious plan to create a financial eco-system based on a digital currency faces questions from lawmakers, as it’s shadowed by negative comments from President Donald Trump, his treasury secretary and the head of the Federal Reserve. Congress begins two days of hearings Tuesday on the currency planned by Facebook, to…

The Latest: Sen. Tim Scott says Trump tweets ‘unacceptable’

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s racist tweets about four lawmakers of color (all times local): 2:25 p.m. The only black Republican in the U.S. Senate is criticizing President Donald Trump for tweets directed at four Democratic congresswomen of color. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina said Monday that Trump had “interjected with unacceptable…