Economy Apr 24 About 1 in 4 U.S. adults over 50 say they expect to never retire, an AARP study finds The latest annual report from the program's trustees says the financial safety nets for millions of older Americans will run short of money to pay full benefits within the next decade.
Politics Apr 19 U.S. sanctions fundraisers for extremist West Bank settlers who attacked Palestinians The announcement from the U.S. Treasury Department comes as the West Bank has seen some of its worst violence perpetrated by extremist settlers against Palestinians since the war in nearby Gaza began.
Politics Apr 18 U.S. and UK issue new sanctions on Iran in response to weekend attack on Israel amid escalating tensions In the actions Thursday, Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted 16 people and two entities in Iran that produce engines that power the drones used in the April 13 attack on Israel.
Economy Apr 16 Yellen warns of more sanctions in response to Iran’s increasing activity “Treasury will not hesitate to work with our allies to use our sanctions authority to continue disrupting the Iranian regime’s malign and destabilizing activity,” she said. “I fully expect we will take additional sanctions actions against Iran in the coming…
Economy Apr 07 U.S.-China relationship on ‘more stable footing,’ Yellen says, but more improvement expected U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent a message of mutual cooperation at a meeting Sunday with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, highlighting the improvement in relations since her visit to China last year while recognizing that major differences remain.
Economy Apr 06 China agrees to ‘intensive’ talks with U.S. on balancing economic growth, Yellen says U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Saturday that upcoming U.S.-China talks will tackle a top Biden administration complaint that Beijing's economic model and trade practices put American companies and workers at an unfair competitive disadvantage.
Politics Apr 04 Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrives in China to talk trade, green technology tensions The world’s two largest economies still appear to be hashing out the rules on how to compete against each other.
Politics Apr 02 Biden and Xi hold first conversation in months in effort to establish regular talks Biden views sustained interactions as key to keeping competition between the two massive economies and nuclear-armed powers from escalating to direct conflict.
Politics Mar 25 WATCH: State Dept. holds briefing after U.S. sanctions Russian entities accused of enabling digital currency sanctions evasion State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Monday's action “reaffirms the G7 commitment to curtail Russia’s use of the international financial system to further its war against Ukraine.
World Mar 14 U.S. sanctions 3 Israeli West Bank settlers and their outposts for violence against Palestinians The announcement comes at a time of increasing friction between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose far-right government has reacted angrily to previous sanctions.