Break Up Wells Fargo During a hearing in the House of Representatives with Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen, Rep. Brad Sherman echoed Sanders when he asked if it was time to break up Wells Fargo, The New York Times reported. In response, Yellen emphasized that regulators will hold financial institutions to “exceptionally high standards of risk management, internal controls, consumer protection.” “We believe it is possible, even though it’s extremely challenging, for organizations to comply,” she added.

World

Aleppo The bombings at night are the worst. There is no electricity in the rebel-held portion of eastern Aleppo, and the warplanes flying overhead target any light piercing the blackness beneath. So families huddle together in the dark, gathered in one room so that they don’t die alone, listening to the roar of the jets and waiting for the bombs to fall, The Washington Post reported.

National

Congress Overrides Veto Congress on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to override President Obama’s veto of legislation that would allow 9/11 victims’ families to sue the Saudi Arabian government over its alleged support for the terrorists who carried out the attacks. It is the first override of Obama’s presidency, The Washington Post reported.

Vermont 

Refugees The U.S. Department of State confirmed on Wednesday it had approved a plan to bring up to 100 refugees from war-torn Syria and Iraq to the city of Rutland, The Burlington Free Press reported. The director of the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program, Amila Merdzanovic, wrote an email to Rutland’s mayor and state officials “to share the news that the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants proposal to resettle refugees in Rutland, Vermont, has been accepted.”