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AP Week in Pictures: North America

2024-05-10 07:13 Last Updated At:07:22

May 3 - 9, 2024

People walk between rows of tulips in Canada, celebrities attend the Met Gala in New York City and new citizens take the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony in Miami.

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Utility workers survey storm damage along Cothran Road, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Columbia, Tenn. The weather comes on the heels of a stormy April in which the U.S. had 300 confirmed tornadoes, the second-most on record for the month and the most since 2011. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

May 3 - 9, 2024

Stormy Daniels, center, exits the courthouse at Manhattan criminal court in New York, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The porn actor, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, took the stand mid-morning Tuesday and testified about her alleged sexual encounter with former President Donald Trump in 2006. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Stormy Daniels, center, exits the courthouse at Manhattan criminal court in New York, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The porn actor, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, took the stand mid-morning Tuesday and testified about her alleged sexual encounter with former President Donald Trump in 2006. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Police escort a pro-Palestinian ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrator after detaining him near the Metropolitan Museum of Art where the Met Gala is being held, Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Police escort a pro-Palestinian ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrator after detaining him near the Metropolitan Museum of Art where the Met Gala is being held, Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Pro-Palestinian protesters chant at University of Chicago police while being kept from the university's quad as the student encampment is dismantled Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Pro-Palestinian protesters chant at University of Chicago police while being kept from the university's quad as the student encampment is dismantled Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Brandon Figueroa lands a left to Jessie Magdaleno in a featherweight title fight Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Brandon Figueroa lands a left to Jessie Magdaleno in a featherweight title fight Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado falls after stoping a base hit by Arizona Diamondbacks' Lourdes Gurriel Jr. during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado falls after stoping a base hit by Arizona Diamondbacks' Lourdes Gurriel Jr. during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

A spectator wearing a hat walks through the grounds of Churchill Downs before the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

A spectator wearing a hat walks through the grounds of Churchill Downs before the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Fans react after a Toronto Maple Leafs goal while watching the Maple Leafs play the Boston Bruins in Game 6 of first-round NHL hockey playoff series on a videoscreen outside Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press via AP)

Fans react after a Toronto Maple Leafs goal while watching the Maple Leafs play the Boston Bruins in Game 6 of first-round NHL hockey playoff series on a videoscreen outside Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press via AP)

Mick Jagger, right, and Keith Richards, center background, of the Rolling Stones, perform during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

Mick Jagger, right, and Keith Richards, center background, of the Rolling Stones, perform during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

Fans unable to make it into the Fair Grounds listen to the Rolling Stones from behind a fence during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

Fans unable to make it into the Fair Grounds listen to the Rolling Stones from behind a fence during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

Students raise their hands in Lindsey Wuest's Science As Art class at A.D. Henderson School in Boca Raton, Fla., Tuesday, April 16, 2024. When teachers at the K-8 public school, one of the top-performing schools in Florida, are asked how they succeed, one answer is universal: They have autonomy. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Students raise their hands in Lindsey Wuest's Science As Art class at A.D. Henderson School in Boca Raton, Fla., Tuesday, April 16, 2024. When teachers at the K-8 public school, one of the top-performing schools in Florida, are asked how they succeed, one answer is universal: They have autonomy. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

People raise their right hand as they take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America during a naturalization ceremony aboard the USS Bataan during Fleet Week Miami at PortMiami, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

People raise their right hand as they take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America during a naturalization ceremony aboard the USS Bataan during Fleet Week Miami at PortMiami, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Officers of the Metropolitan Police Department use pepper spray on demonstrators at George Washington University in Washington, early Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the university and arrested demonstrators early Wednesday, hours after dozens marched to the home of the school's president. (Sage Russell/GW Hatchet via AP)

Officers of the Metropolitan Police Department use pepper spray on demonstrators at George Washington University in Washington, early Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the university and arrested demonstrators early Wednesday, hours after dozens marched to the home of the school's president. (Sage Russell/GW Hatchet via AP)

Pro-Israel supporters march outside the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Pro-Israel supporters march outside the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Cynthia Erivo, left, and Ariana Grande attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" exhibition on Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Cynthia Erivo, left, and Ariana Grande attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" exhibition on Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

In this photo taken using a drone, people walk between rows of tulips at the Harrison Tulip Festival, in Agassiz, British Columbia, on Thursday, May 2, 2024. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

In this photo taken using a drone, people walk between rows of tulips at the Harrison Tulip Festival, in Agassiz, British Columbia, on Thursday, May 2, 2024. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images in North America published in the past week by The Associated Press.

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Utility workers survey storm damage along Cothran Road, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Columbia, Tenn. The weather comes on the heels of a stormy April in which the U.S. had 300 confirmed tornadoes, the second-most on record for the month and the most since 2011. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Utility workers survey storm damage along Cothran Road, Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Columbia, Tenn. The weather comes on the heels of a stormy April in which the U.S. had 300 confirmed tornadoes, the second-most on record for the month and the most since 2011. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Stormy Daniels, center, exits the courthouse at Manhattan criminal court in New York, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The porn actor, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, took the stand mid-morning Tuesday and testified about her alleged sexual encounter with former President Donald Trump in 2006. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Stormy Daniels, center, exits the courthouse at Manhattan criminal court in New York, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The porn actor, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, took the stand mid-morning Tuesday and testified about her alleged sexual encounter with former President Donald Trump in 2006. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Police escort a pro-Palestinian ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrator after detaining him near the Metropolitan Museum of Art where the Met Gala is being held, Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Police escort a pro-Palestinian ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrator after detaining him near the Metropolitan Museum of Art where the Met Gala is being held, Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

Pro-Palestinian protesters chant at University of Chicago police while being kept from the university's quad as the student encampment is dismantled Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Pro-Palestinian protesters chant at University of Chicago police while being kept from the university's quad as the student encampment is dismantled Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Brandon Figueroa lands a left to Jessie Magdaleno in a featherweight title fight Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Brandon Figueroa lands a left to Jessie Magdaleno in a featherweight title fight Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado falls after stoping a base hit by Arizona Diamondbacks' Lourdes Gurriel Jr. during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

San Diego Padres' Manny Machado falls after stoping a base hit by Arizona Diamondbacks' Lourdes Gurriel Jr. during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

A spectator wearing a hat walks through the grounds of Churchill Downs before the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

A spectator wearing a hat walks through the grounds of Churchill Downs before the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Fans react after a Toronto Maple Leafs goal while watching the Maple Leafs play the Boston Bruins in Game 6 of first-round NHL hockey playoff series on a videoscreen outside Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press via AP)

Fans react after a Toronto Maple Leafs goal while watching the Maple Leafs play the Boston Bruins in Game 6 of first-round NHL hockey playoff series on a videoscreen outside Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press via AP)

Mick Jagger, right, and Keith Richards, center background, of the Rolling Stones, perform during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

Mick Jagger, right, and Keith Richards, center background, of the Rolling Stones, perform during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

Fans unable to make it into the Fair Grounds listen to the Rolling Stones from behind a fence during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

Fans unable to make it into the Fair Grounds listen to the Rolling Stones from behind a fence during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

Students raise their hands in Lindsey Wuest's Science As Art class at A.D. Henderson School in Boca Raton, Fla., Tuesday, April 16, 2024. When teachers at the K-8 public school, one of the top-performing schools in Florida, are asked how they succeed, one answer is universal: They have autonomy. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Students raise their hands in Lindsey Wuest's Science As Art class at A.D. Henderson School in Boca Raton, Fla., Tuesday, April 16, 2024. When teachers at the K-8 public school, one of the top-performing schools in Florida, are asked how they succeed, one answer is universal: They have autonomy. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

People raise their right hand as they take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America during a naturalization ceremony aboard the USS Bataan during Fleet Week Miami at PortMiami, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

People raise their right hand as they take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America during a naturalization ceremony aboard the USS Bataan during Fleet Week Miami at PortMiami, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Officers of the Metropolitan Police Department use pepper spray on demonstrators at George Washington University in Washington, early Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the university and arrested demonstrators early Wednesday, hours after dozens marched to the home of the school's president. (Sage Russell/GW Hatchet via AP)

Officers of the Metropolitan Police Department use pepper spray on demonstrators at George Washington University in Washington, early Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the university and arrested demonstrators early Wednesday, hours after dozens marched to the home of the school's president. (Sage Russell/GW Hatchet via AP)

Pro-Israel supporters march outside the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Pro-Israel supporters march outside the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Cynthia Erivo, left, and Ariana Grande attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" exhibition on Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Cynthia Erivo, left, and Ariana Grande attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" exhibition on Monday, May 6, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

In this photo taken using a drone, people walk between rows of tulips at the Harrison Tulip Festival, in Agassiz, British Columbia, on Thursday, May 2, 2024. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

In this photo taken using a drone, people walk between rows of tulips at the Harrison Tulip Festival, in Agassiz, British Columbia, on Thursday, May 2, 2024. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

NEW YORK (AP) — The most powerful Democrat in Congress on banking and financial issues called for President Joe Biden to replace the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Monday, saying the agency is broken and there must be “fundamental changes at the FDIC.”

This follows a damning report about the agency’s toxic workplace culture was released earlier this month and the inability of FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg to convince Congress in testimony last week that he is able to turn the agency around despite the report saying Greunberg himself was often the source of the problems.

“After chairing last week’s hearing, reviewing the independent report, and receiving further outreach from FDIC employees to the Banking and Housing Committee, I am left with one conclusion: there must be fundamental changes at the FDIC,” said Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.

Up until Monday, no Democrats had called for Gruenberg's replacement, although several came very close to doing so in their own statements. Brown's statement will likely lead to other Democrats to now call for Gruenberg's removal.

In his statement, Brown did not call for Gruenberg to be fired. He is in the middle of his six-year term as chairman of the FDIC and if Gruenberg were to step down, Vice Chair Travis Hill, a Republican, would lead the agency. Brown instead called on President Biden to nominate a new chair for the FDIC “without delay,” which the Senate would then confirm.

Republicans have been calling for Gruenberg to step down for some time. At Thursday’s hearing, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. and the top Republican on the committee, detailed several stories of female FDIC workers who outlined extreme harassment and stalking by their coworkers, complaints that were dismissed by supervisors, according to the report.

“Marty — you’ve heard me say this to you directly — you should resign,” Scott said. “Your employees do not have confidence in you. And this is not a single incident. This spans over a decade-plus of your leadership at the FDIC.”

Scott, who called for Gruenberg to step down in December when the initial allegations were made public, is now calling for the Banking Committee to hold a separate hearing on the FDIC's workplace issues.

Gruenberg has been been involved in various levels of leadership at the FDIC for nearly 20 years, and this is his second full term as FDIC chair. His long tenure at the agency at the highest levels of power has made him largely responsible for the agency's toxic work environment, according to the independent report outlining the problems at the agency.

The report released Tuesday by law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton cites incidents of stalking, harassment, homophobia and other violations of employment regulations, based on more than 500 complaints from employees.

Complaints included a woman who said she was stalked by a coworker and continually harassed even after complaining about his behavior; a field office supervisor referring to gay men as “little girls;” and a female field examiner who described receiving a picture of an FDIC senior examiner’s private parts.

The FDIC is one of several banking system regulators. The Great Depression-era agency is best known for running the nation’s deposit insurance program, which insures Americans’ deposits up to $250,000 in case their bank fails.

Sheila Bair, who was chair of the FDIC through the 2008 financial crisis and was one of the most prominent voices from government at that time, posted on Twitter on Monday that it would be best for the agency if Gruenberg would step down.

“This controversy is hurting him and his agency. For his own sake and everyone at the FDIC, he should announce his intention to resign effective with the appointment,” she said.

AP Treasury Department Reporter Fatima Hussein contributed to this report from Washington.

FILE - Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on improving rail safety in response to the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 22, 2023. The most powerful Democrat in Congress on banking and financial issues called for President Joe Biden to replace the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Monday, May 20, 2024, saying the agency is broken and there must be “fundamental changes at the FDIC.” (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

FILE - Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on improving rail safety in response to the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 22, 2023. The most powerful Democrat in Congress on banking and financial issues called for President Joe Biden to replace the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Monday, May 20, 2024, saying the agency is broken and there must be “fundamental changes at the FDIC.” (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

FILE - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Board of Directors Chairman Martin Gruenberg, testifies during the House Committee on Financial Services hearing on oversight of prudential regulators, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The most powerful Democrat in Congress on banking and financial issues called for President Joe Biden to replace the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Monday, May 20, 2024, saying the agency is broken and there must be “fundamental changes at the FDIC.” (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

FILE - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Board of Directors Chairman Martin Gruenberg, testifies during the House Committee on Financial Services hearing on oversight of prudential regulators, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The most powerful Democrat in Congress on banking and financial issues called for President Joe Biden to replace the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Monday, May 20, 2024, saying the agency is broken and there must be “fundamental changes at the FDIC.” (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

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