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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, right, greets Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, in San Francisco. Yellen and Lifeng are meeting in San Francisco on Thursday to start two days of talks aimed at making progress on a slew of economic issues when competition has markedly intensified between their countries. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Yellen stresses economic cooperation with China as she begins talks with her Chinese counterpart
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the United States has no desire to break economic ties with China. She spoke Thursday as she began two days of talks with her Chinese counterpart in San Francisco.
 
FILE - The Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, May 4, 2021. President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, giving the U.S. Treasury Department the authority to target financial institutions that facilitate Russia's ongoing efforts to bolster its defense industry. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
The US sanctions Mexican Sinaloa cartel members and firms over fentanyl trafficking
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.
 
FILE - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks at the Atlantic Council Global Citizen Awards, Sept. 20, 2023, in New York. Taxpayers will be able to digitally submit all sorts of tax documents and other communications to the IRS months earlier than originally planned under a new timetable being announced Tuesday, Nov. 7. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
Treasury’s Yellen calls Republican effort to cut IRS funding for Israel ‘damaging and irresponsible’
The IRS commissioner says for the agency to keep building on its customer service and enforcement priorities it needs a reliable funding stream.
 
Anti-war activists rally during a pro-Palestinian demonstration asking to cease fire in Gaza, at Freedom Plaza in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Protest marches from US to Berlin call for immediate halt to Israeli bombing of Gaza
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.
 
FILE - A man passes by a screen showing the prices of bitcoin at a virtual currency exchange office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. When cryptocurrencies collapsed and companies failed last year, Congress considered multiple approaches for how to regulate cryptocurrencies in the future. However, most of those efforts have gone nowhere, especially in this chaotic year that has been dominated by geopolitical tensions, inflation and the upcoming 2024 election. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
Bankman-Fried’s trial exposed crypto fraud but Congress has not been eager to regulate the industry
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.
 
President Joe Biden meets with Dominican Republic's President Luis Abinader in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden pledges at Americas summit an alternative to Chinese-led infrastructure and development loans
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.
 
President Joe Biden speaks at Just-In-Time Recreation Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, in Lewiston, Maine, about the mass shooting last week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden tells residents of Maine city reeling from mass shooting: ‘You’re not alone’
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. Biden said Friday that too many communities are being affected by gun violence.
 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters ahead of the debate and vote on supplemental aid to Israel, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
House GOP targets IRS in bill to provide emergency aid to Israel
House Republicans went after the IRS when they decided that emergency aid for Israel should be coupled with cuts elsewhere in the budget. The aid bill that passed the House on Thursday is unlikely to be approved by the Democratic-controlled Senate.
 
FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan visit an exhibition of the United Arab Emirates on the sideline of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 16, 2023. The United States on Thursday imposed a new round of sanctions on roughly 130 firms and people from Turkey to China to the United Arab Emirates in an effort to choke off Moscow's access to tools and equipment that support its invasion of Ukraine. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
The US sanctions more foreign firms in a bid to choke off Russia’s supplies for its war in Ukraine
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. has imposed a new round of sanctions targeting Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions target 130 firms and people from Turkey, China and the United Arab Emirates.
 
President Joe Biden meets with Dominican Republic's President Luis Abinader in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The Biden administration pushes for more US-Latin America trade, seeking to lessen Chinese influence
President Joe Biden is trying to increase trade with Latin America. The Democrat is meeting on Thursday with the heads of the Dominican Republic and Chile as part of a broader effort to disrupt China’s dominance in global manufacturing.
 
FILE - The World Bank building in Washington, Monday, April 5, 2021. The World Bank says oil prices could be pushed into “uncharted waters” if the violence between Israel and Hamas were to escalate. The organization's Commodity Markets Outlook finds that the effects on oil prices should be limited if the conflict doesn’t widen. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Oil prices could reach ‘uncharted waters’ if the Israel-Hamas war escalates, the World Bank says
The World Bank says oil prices could be pushed into “uncharted waters” if the violence between Israel and Hamas widens.
 
FILE - Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second from left, participates in global infrastructure and investment forum with Amos Hochstein, left, senior advisor to the president on energy and and investment, Janet Yellen, second from right, United States Secretary of Treasury, and Ajay Banga, right, World Bank president, in New York, Sept. 21, 2023. Economic crises are rippling through the countries bordering Israel. That raises the possibility of a chain reaction from the war against Hamas that further worsens the financial health and political stability of Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon and creates problems well beyond.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)
The Israel-Hamas war could threaten already fragile economies in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan
Economic crises are rippling through the countries bordering Israel. That raises the possibility of a chain reaction from the war against Hamas that further worsens the financial health and political stability of Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon and creates problems well beyond.
 
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a meeting with Saint Lucia's Prime Minister Philip Joseph Pierre at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
US eases oil, gas and gold sanctions on Venezuela after electoral roadmap signed
The United States has agreed to temporarily suspend some sanctions on Venezuela’s oil, gas and gold sectors.
 
FILE - In this photo released by the Iranian Defense Ministry on May 25, 2023, Khorramshahr-4 missile is launched at an undisclosed location, Iran. The U.S. on Oct. 18, 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 penalties come as the United Nations' restrictions on Iran missile-related activities under a Security Council Resolution are set to expire, as well as the E.U. restrictions on Iran's ability to obtain nuclear and conventional arms.(Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)
US imposes more Iran drone sanctions as UN rules set to expire
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.
 
FILE - The Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, May 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
The US sanctions 10 Hamas members and its financial network over the surprise Israel attack
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says new U.S. sanctions are “directed at Hamas terrorists and their support network,” not at Palestinians.
 
FILE - A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen, May 4, 2021, in Washington. 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. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
IRS plans limited rollout of free e-file tax return system with invitations to select taxpayers
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.
 
FILE - A Social Security card is displayed on Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore. About 71 million people including retirees, disabled people and children receive Social Security benefits. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Social Security benefits will increase by 3.2% in 2024 as inflation moderates
The acting Social Security commissioner says a 3.2% increase in benefits next year “will help millions of people keep up with expenses.”
 
Karla Abbott, 61, stands on the Augustana University campus, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, in Sioux Falls, S.D. After working 38 years as a nurse and looking ahead to retirement next spring, Abbott finds comfort in the cost-of-living increase that millions of Social Security recipients get each year. (AP Photo/Jay Pickthorn)
The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment is coming -- but it won’t be as big as this year’s
Social Security’s cost-of-living increase for 2024 will be announced Thursday. But retirees won’t see anything close to the 8.7% increase that they got this year.
 
FILE - A vial containing 2mg of fentanyl, is displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Testing and Research Laboratory in Sterling, Va., Aug. 9, 2016. The US is announcing a series of indictments and sanctions against 14 people and 14 firms across China and Canada related to the import of fentanyl into the United States. It's one of the biggest actions the Biden administration has taken against the trafficking of the deadly drug. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
US announces sweeping action against Chinese fentanyl supply chain producers
The Biden administration is taking aim at the fentanyl trafficking threat, announcing a series of indictments and sanctions against Chinese companies and executives blamed for importing the chemicals used to make the deadly drug.
 
TSA employee John Hubert of Miami poses for a portrait on Capitol Hill, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, in Washington. Hubert, an airport security officer in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., recalls helping fellow Transportation Security Administration workers get essentials from food banks when they worked without pay during the last government shutdown. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Not again. Federal workers who’ve weathered past government shutdowns brace for yet another ordeal
Across the country, federal workers still stung by memories of past government shutdowns are bracing for the possibility of another extended closure.
 
FILE - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, left, shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, July 8, 2023. The U.S. Treasury Department and China's Ministry of Finance launched a pair of economic working groups on Friday in an effort to ease tensions and deepen ties between the nations. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool, File)
United States and China launch economic and financial working groups with aim of easing tensions
The U.S. Treasury Department and China’s Ministry of Finance have launched a pair of economic working groups in an effort to ease tensions and deepen ties between the nations.
 
William, Prince of Wales, greets fans as he visits a FDNY Firehouse on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, in New York City. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Pool Photo via AP)
Prince William, billionaires Gates and Bloomberg say innovation provides climate hope
Britain’s Prince William and wealthy entrepreneurs Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg promise hope to a warming world.
 
FILE - Iran's domestically built drones and weapons are displayed in an exhibition in a military compound belonging to the Defense Ministry, in Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23, 2023. The U.S. has imposed sanctions on seven people and four companies in China, Russia and Turkey who officials allege are connected with the development of Iran’s drone program. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
US issues more sanctions over Iran drone program after nation’s president denies supplying Russia
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on seven people and four companies in China, Russia and Turkey who officials allege are connected with the development of Iran’s drone program.
 
President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's economic agenda at Prince George's Community College, Center for the Performing Arts, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, in Largo, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Biden announces more Iran sanctions on the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death
President Joe Biden has announced new U.S. sanctions on “some of Iran’s most egregious human rights abusers” as he marks the anniversary of the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. She died while being held by the country’s morality police.
 
FILE - United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen watches a presentation during her visit to a School of Excellence facility in Gandhinagar, India, Sunday, July 16, 2023. The Biden administration plans to increase scrutiny of investment plans of foreign-owned companies operating in the United States, with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen saying Thursday, Sept. 14, that national security is a “foremost priority.” (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)
Yellen details tighter scrutiny of investment plans of foreign-owned companies operating in the US
The Biden administration plans to increase scrutiny of the investment plans of foreign-owned companies operating in the United States.
 
FILE - Daniel Werfel testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing to be the Internal Revenue Service Commissioner, Feb. 15, 2023, in Washington. The IRS announced Friday, Sept. 8, that it is launching a new effort to aggressively pursue 1,600 millionaires and 75 large business partnerships that owe hundreds of millions of dollars in past due taxes. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
The IRS plans to crack down on 1,600 millionaires to collect millions of dollars in back taxes
The IRS is launching an effort to crack down on 1,600 millionaires and 75 large business partnerships that owe hundreds of millions of dollars in past due taxes.
 
FILE - People stand near the entrance to the World Bank building in Washington, on April 5, 2021. Online gig work is growing globally, particularly in the developing world, creating an important source of employment for women and young people in poorer countries where jobs are scarce, according to a new World Bank report released Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Online gig work is growing rapidly, but workers lack job protections, a World Bank report says
A World Bank report says online gig work is growing globally and is creating an important source of employment for women and young people in poorer countries where jobs are scarce.
 
FILE - U. S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen leaves after attending G20's third Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBGs) meeting in Gandhinagar, India, July 17, 2023. Yellen is facing some deep skepticism from among the wealthy nations of the Group of 20 as almost two years of sanctions against Russia have deepened divisions within the group. As world leaders and finance ministers meet this week in India, fractures that have opened between some G20 nations may be more palpable.(AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)
War sanctions against Russia highlight growing divisions among the Group of 20 countries
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is facing growing skepticism from some leading rich and developing nations as the residual impact of sanctions against Russia is deepening divisions among the Group of 20 countries.
 
President Joe Biden speaks during a Labor Day event at the Sheet Metal Workers Local 19, in Philadelphia, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Biden celebrates unions and job creation during a Philadelphia Labor Day appearance
President Joe Biden says he doesn’t think an auto workers union strike is going to happen and tells a crowd gathered in Philadelphia for a Labor Day parade he’s celebrating union jobs.
 
A TV screen shows a report of North Korea's rocket launch with file image during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. North Korea said Thursday that its second attempt to launch a spy satellite failed but vowed to make a third attempt in October. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
US hits North Korean and Russian accused of supporting North Korea’s ballistics missile program
In response to North Korea’s failed launch of a spy satellite last week, the U.S. has imposed sanctions on two men and a Moscow-registered firm accused of supporting North Korea’s ballistic missile program.
 
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