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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen believes the economy would fall into a recession if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling before a default on the U.S. debt.

Tensions are high in the region and Iran's recently-elected government has not held back in expressing its animosity toward the West.

Washington must enforce phase one trade deal with China, and will raise broader policy concerns with Beijing, USTR Katherine Tai is expected to say on Monday.

Tai confirmed a CNBC report last week saying that the Biden administration believed that Beijing has not complied with the phase one trade deal.

Democratic super PAC American Bridge is blasting AT&T for financing the campaigns of lawmakers who co-sponsored an anti-abortion bill in Texas.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday urged the SEC to investigate whether Fed Vice Chair Richard Clarida "may have violated insider trading rules."

The Supreme Court resumed in-person oral arguments for the first time since the Covid pandemic began, kicking off a politically fraught new term.

Biden slammed the GOP for adding trillions to the U.S. debt during the Trump administration and now refusing to raise the debt ceiling to pay for it.

Democrats are trying to craft a plan to invest in the social safety net after they delayed a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill.

President Biden's top trade official, Katherine Tai, will announce that China hasn't complied with the phase one trade deal, sources said.

Sharon Osbourne told CNBC that Carlos Watson lied about when he said she and Ozzy Osbourne invested in Ozy Media.

The House is delaying a vote on a bipartisan infrastructure bill as progressives push for a deal on President Joe Biden's larger spending plan.

A judge ruled that Alex Jones is legally responsible for damages caused by his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a "giant hoax."

Kavanaugh, 56, is showing no symptoms of the virus, the court said. He has been fully vaccinated against Covid since January.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi began the day Friday with an emboldened progressive caucus and lots of uncertainty about the infrastructure bill.

The court is poised to consider pivotal cases that broach some of the most contentious issues in American politics, including religion, guns and abortion.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said immigration officers can no longer detain and deport people solely because they're undocumented. 

The House passed a bill to prevent a government shutdown, sending it to President Joe Biden ahead of a midnight deadline.

Corey Lewandowski at one point managed the 2016 campaign of Donald Trump. He now has been booted as an unpaid advisor to South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem.

Four United Nations agencies have called on countries to refrain from expelling Haitian migrants without properly assessing whether they need protection.