The acting Social Security commissioner says a 3_2% increase in benefits next year “will help millions of people keep up with expenses."
The IRS plans to invite a select group of taxpayers across 13 states to try out the agency’s pilot electronic free file tax return system, beginning this January
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says new U.S. sanctions are “directed at Hamas terrorists and their support network," not at Palestinians
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on a group of people and firms based in Iran, China, Hong Kong and Venezuela, tied to the development of Iran’s ballistic missile and drone programs
The United States has agreed to temporarily suspend some sanctions on Venezuela’s oil, gas and gold sectors
The White House has turned down the pizazz for Wednesday’s state dinner
Economic crises are rippling through the countries bordering Israel
The World Bank says oil prices could be pushed into “uncharted waters” if the violence between Israel and Hamas widens
President Joe Biden is trying to increase trade with Latin America
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. has imposed a new round of sanctions targeting Russia over its invasion of Ukraine
House Republicans went after the IRS when they decided that emergency aid for Israel should be coupled with cuts elsewhere in the budget
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden came to Lewiston Maine, to show their support for the community following a mass shooting where 18 people were killed
President Joe Biden on Friday welcomed leaders from countries across the Americas to an economic summit by pledging to increase U.S. investment in the region in part to counter China’s influence
The conviction of former cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried for stealing at least $10 billion from customers and investors is the latest black mark for the crypto industry
Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators calling for a halt to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza have marched in Washington, Paris, Berlin and other European cities
The IRS commissioner says for the agency to keep building on its customer service and enforcement priorities it needs a reliable funding stream
The Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on 13 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel and four Mexico-based firms accused of trafficking fentanyl into the United States
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the United States has no desire to break economic ties with China
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says she and her Chinese counterpart have agreed to work toward a “healthy economic relationship,” during two days of talks that she said helped lay the groundwork for a productive meeting next week between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping
The United States says it has imposed a third round of sanctions on a group of Hamas officials, members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad who work to transfer money from Iran to Gaza, and a Lebanese money exchange service that facilitates the transfers
The U.S. Treasury has levied a new round of sanctions on firms and ships that used U.S. service providers to carry Russian crude oil in violation of the multinational price cap — and imposed another set of sanctions on a group of Balkan people and firms tied to Kremlin influence in the region
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on six people affiliated with the Iranian-backed Iraqi militia Kataeb Hezbollah, which is accused of being behind a spate of recent attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria following the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas against Israel
The U.S. government has dealt a massive blow to Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange
Users of Venmo, Cash App and other payment apps will get a bit of a tax reprieve this year
While the scandals in the cryptocurrency industry seem to never end, Washington policymakers appear to have little interest in pushing through legislation to codify the structure of the industry
Trump has begun another trade war. Here's a timeline of how we got here
Canada's leader laments lost friendship with US in town that sheltered stranded Americans after 9/11
Chinese EV giant BYD's fourth-quarter profit leaps 73%
You're an American in another land? Prepare to talk about the why and how of Trump 2.0
Chalk talk: Star power, top teams and No. 5 seeds headline the women's March Madness Sweet 16
Purdue returns to Sweet 16 with 76-62 win over McNeese in March Madness
