Appearing before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday, May 21, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin reported his department’s progress with an on-going U.S. currency redesign—clarified that the priority was to address the issue of counterfeiting ...
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is becoming a lightning rod for Democrats on the 2020 campaign trail. Several candidates have taken jabs at DeVos at recent campaign events as they try to energize voters and curry favor ...
WASHINGTON—Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wants to crack down on outside groups that do political spending, though one is allied with his presidential campaign. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has vowed no untraceable “dark money” will help her White ...
More than two-thirds of Democrats believe Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s claim that “the world is going to end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change” despite the congresswoman saying that “you’d ...
The Pentagon on Thursday will present plans to the White House to send up to 10,000 more troops to the Middle East, in a move to beef up defenses against potential Iranian threats, U.S. officials ...
Nearly two dozen progressive groups are launching a new push to persuade Democratic presidential candidates to support dramatic spending cuts at the Pentagon. The liberal groups are writing Thursday to all candidates in the crowded 2020 ...
President Trump went to Twitter on Wednesday night to deny House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) characterization of his exit earlier in the day from a meeting with Democratic leaders. “In a letter to her House colleagues, ...
While Democrats eager to investigate President Trump’s financial records have struggled to win cooperation from the White House, their battle has shifted to the courts. A U.S. District judge in New York is refusing to block ...
Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign has released information on dozens of court cases in which the former law professor-turned-Democratic senator served as counsel, expert witness or mediator or otherwise assisted parties in reaching bankruptcy settlements. The Warren ...
Frustrated Democrats are ramping up their rhetoric as they pressure the Senate's Republican leader to allow a vote on a bill that helps victims of domestic and sexual violence. At a news conference on Wednesday, Rep. ...
A U.S. Senate committee approved a bipartisan bill Wednesday that seeks to accelerate planning at international financial institutions for Venezuela's reconstruction. The measure adopt also would authorize $400 million in new humanitarian assistance and formally recognize ...
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