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Elon Musk鈥檚 DOGE commission gains access to sensitive Treasury payment systems: AP sources

February 1, 2025 at 7:50 p.m.

DOGE was originally headed by Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who jointly vowed to cut billions from the federal budget and usher in 鈥渕ass headcount reductions across...

Higher Social Security payments coming for millions of people from bill that Biden signed

January 5, 2025 at 4:35 p.m.

President Joe Biden on Sunday plans to sign into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees, affecting nearly 3 million people who receive...

FILE – The Federal Communications Commission building is pictured, June 19, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

The U.S. government wants to make it easier for you to click the “unsubscribe” button

August 12, 2024 at 10:32 a.m.

In the name of consumer protection, a slew of U.S. federal agencies are working to make it easier for Americans to click the unsubscribe button for unwanted memberships and recurring...

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina ...

IMF warns of higher recession risk and darker global outlook

October 6, 2022 at 9:30 a.m.

The International Monetary Fund is once again lowering its projections for global economic growth in 2023, projecting world economic growth lower by $4 trillion through 2026.

FILE – President Joe Biden leaves after speaking about Intel’s announcement to invest in an Ohio chip making facility, at the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, Jan. 21, 2022. Biden is having trouble fulfilling his promises to the rest of the world because of political challenges at home. Although he’s made pledges or reached deals on climate change, taxes and pandemic relief, legislation for all of those issues has stalled on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Biden鈥檚 global promises held back by politics at home

July 24, 2022 at 9:25 a.m.

Soon after taking office, President Joe Biden went to State Department headquarters to tell the rest of the world that the United States could be counted on again after four...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, right, ...

U.S., allies aim to cap Russian oil prices to hinder invasion

July 13, 2022 at 9:17 a.m.

With thousands of sanctions already imposed on Russia to flatten its economy, the U.S. and its allies are working on new measures to starve the Russian war machine while also...

$30B from Russian oligarchs frozen under REPO seizure effort

June 30, 2022 at 10:44 a.m.

A multinational task force designed to seize Russian oligarchs' wealth has blocked and frozen $30 billion in sanctioned individuals' property and funds in its first 100 days in operation, the...

EXPLAINER: How a G-7 ban on Russian gold would work

June 28, 2022 at 5:35 a.m.

Russia appears to have defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, and the U.S. and its allies are taking aim at the former...

Indiana state Sen. Erin Houchin, R-Salem, ...

Crypto comes to Washington. Will the millions buy influence?

May 12, 2022 at 11:16 a.m.

Erin Houchin braced for the worst when a mysterious, well-financed group started buying television ads last month in her highly competitive southern Indiana congressional race.

Biden showcases deficit progress in bid to counter critics

May 4, 2022 at 12:04 p.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday highlighted new figures showing the government's red ink will grow less than expected this year and the national debt will shrink this...

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