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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler, testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee during an oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 15, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters WASHINGTON — As investors focused this week on earnings and regional banks, the Securities and Exchange Commission quietly adopted new

Former U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks his plane “Trump Force One” at Aberdeen Airport on May 1, 2023 in Aberdeen, Scotland.  Jeff J Mitchell | Getty Images The transcript of the deposition of former President Donald Trump by a lawyer for E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accuses him in a civil lawsuit of raping

Deputy Labor Secretary Julie Su testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee during her confirmation hearing to be the next secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., April 20, 2023. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images More than 250 business leaders are urging the Senate to confirm

In this article GOOGL MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris conduct an event on the South Lawn of the White House to commemorate the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which will help curb gun violence, on Monday, July 11, 2022. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. |

A shopper carries a bag of Nike merchandise along the Magnificent Mile shopping district on December 21, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois.  Scott Olson | Getty Images WASHINGTON — A House committee examining the U.S. government’s economic relationship with China is asking some of the world’s largest clothing companies for information about the use of forced

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and China’s President Xi Jinping prepare to leave at the concluding session of the BRICS summit at Taj Exotica hotel in Goa on October 16, 2016. (PRAKASH SINGH/AFP via Getty Images) Prakash Singh | Afp | Getty Images India’s relationship with Russia remains steadfast as both

US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to the press as US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) (L) listens, after meeting with US President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 24, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Democrats responded to the news that the U.S.

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell holds a news conference after the Fed raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, March 22, 2023. Leah Millis | Reuters WASHINGTON — A group led by several prominent Democratic

Two people hold two Shein bags after entering SHEIN’s first physical store in Madrid, Spain, June 2, 2022. Cezaro De Luca | Europa Press | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Bipartisan lawmakers are urging the nation’s top markets regulator to require Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein to disclose potential forced labor practices ahead of the company’s possible

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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice holds up his dog Babydog as he comes to the end of his State of the State speech in the House chambers, at the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Chris Dorst | Charleston Gazette | AP West Virginia Republican governor Jim Justice announced his

Activists for transgender rights gather in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on April 1, 2023. Andrew Caballero-reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The Department of Justice is suing Tennessee for allegedly discriminating against transgender youth with a new state law banning the use of puberty blockers, hormones, and other medical procedures

US journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges, stands inside a defendants’ cage before a hearing to consider an appeal on his arrest at the Moscow City Court in Moscow on April 18, 2023.  Natalia Kolesnikova | Afp | Getty Images WASHINGTON —  The Biden administration on Thursday announced a first round of sanctions targeting Russia

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Leah Millis | Reuters Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., urged a top U.S. judge in Texas to reform his district’s case-assignment rules that he says have allowed plaintiffs to effectively “hand-pick” their preferred judges. Schumer’s demand to Chief Judge David Godbey of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., holds a news conference on energy permitting reform in the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Democrats grew their Senate majority in 2022. They’ll be lucky to keep those gains in 2024. Republicans, who took over the House following

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell holds a news conference after the Fed raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on interest rate policy in Washington, March 22, 2023. Leah Millis | Reuters WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell spoke