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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An eagle tops the U.S. Federal Reserve building’s facade in Washington, July 31, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/ By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Friday said he would nominate former Treasury official Michael Barr to be the U.S. Federal Reserve’s top regulatory official, replacing Sarah Bloom Raskin, who withdrew in…

© Reuters. Trucks wait in a queue to cross into the United States as Mexican truck drivers block the Jeronimo-Santa Teresa International Bridge connecting the city of Ciudad Juarez to Santa Teresa, Nuevo Mexico, to protest truck inspections imposed by Texas Governor By Ted Hesson and Lizbeth Diaz (Reuters) -A federal-state dispute over U.S. immigration…

© Reuters. A man walks past a part of a missile from a previous Russian military attack, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 11, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukraine’s finance ministry on Monday welcomed the creation of a special new account set up by the International Monetary Fund to…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A state court judge has concluded that Democrat Abby Finkenauer cannot appear on the June 7 primary ballot for U.S. Senate, knocking off the candidate considered by many to be the party’s best chance to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley.Judge Scott Beattie, a 2018 appointee of Republican Gov. Kim…

3/3 © Reuters. Protestors shouts slogans against Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa near the Presidential Secretariat, amid the country’s economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 9, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte 2/3 By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka will need about $3 billion in external assistance over the next six months to…

3/3 © Reuters. Protestors shouts slogans against Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa near the Presidential Secretariat, amid the country’s economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 9, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte 2/3 By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka will need about $3 billion in external assistance over the next six months to…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Mike Gibbons, a leading Republican Senate candidate from Ohio, said at a media event last fall that middle-class Americans don’t pay “any kind of a fair share” of income taxes.“The top 20% of earners in the United States pay 82% of federal income tax — and, if you do the math,…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A bird flies by the United States Capitol building in Washington, U.S., March 17, 2022.  REUTERS/Emily Elconin/File Photo By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress voted to impose further economic pain on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, passing one measure to remove its “most favored nation” trade status…

© Reuters. U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks with the media following the weekly Senate Republican policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 29, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that Democrats will need to agree to a vote on an amendment to…

The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to hold a key vote determining Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s future in the Supreme Court. If they vote in favor of the judge, she will move one step closer to being the first African American woman to serve on the high court. Congressional correspondent Nikole Killion joins CBS New’…