Topic: Janet Yellen

The Treasury Department on Tuesday issued a new round of sanctions against Hamas-affiliated individuals and entities in connection with its current war with Israel, including the Palestine Islamic Jihad.

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is calling on the Biden administration to ban TikTok over increased anti-Israel, pro-Hamas content on the platform.

A new meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping appears to have moved closer after Biden met face-to-face with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday.

The U.S. Treasury Department Wednesday sanctioned ten key Hamas members, operatives and financial facilitators in Gaza, Sudan, Turkey, Algeria and Qatar. The United States has designated Hamas a terrorist organization.

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said new restrictions on the export of artificial intelligence chips to China along with manufacturing equipment.

In the wake of recent Hamas attacks on Israel, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., introduced a new bill Wednesday to immediately freeze $6 billion in Iranian funds.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will be traveling to Morocco and Luxembourg later this month to represent the United States in key global financial meetings, her office said on Friday.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Vice President Han Zheng of China met on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley on Tuesday introduced a bill to cap credit card annual percentage rates at 18% and prevent credit card companies from imposing new fees to evade the cap.

U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to arrive in India on Friday for the first leg of a three-day trip that includes a major speech before the G20 summit and a diplomatic visit to Vietnam for strategic meetings with the