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Images of the exterior of Silicon Valley Bank’s office in California. US stocks ended Friday's session decisively lower as banking shares wobbled on contagion fears, after the failure of regional lender Silicon Valley Bank. The SVB debacle dominated investors' focus all day, with the Nasdaq suspending trade on the stock before the market opened, overshadowing a solid US jobs report. IMAGES
Freshman GOP Rep. Peter Meijer voted to impeach Pres. Donald Trump last week. On Sunday, he talked about the fallout of that decision. Meijer said he might have ended his political future by voting to impeach President Trump. During an appearance on ABC's "This Week," he asked Meijer if voting for Trump potentially damaged his career beyond repair. "I may very well have," Meijer said. Meijer said voting to impeach Trump was necessary for the good of the country.
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