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WASHINGTON - The Biden government admonished Republican governors of Texas and Florida on Friday for preventing local school districts from requiring masks or other measures to protect students from the coronavirus this coming school…

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during the daily press conference on May 7, 2021 in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC.Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet with the…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a press conference after attending the G7 Treasury Ministers meeting at Winfield House in London, Britain, Dec.Justin Tallis | RütersUS Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said President Joe…

The flags of China, the United States, and the Chinese Communist Party are displayed in a flag booth in the Yiwu Wholesale Market in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, China on May 10, 2019.Aly song | ReutersBEIJING - China's Vice Prime Minister Liu…

The White House infrastructure plan will make the US more on par with China as it strengthens the US semiconductor industry, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Wednesday."This is about outperforming China," Raimondo said in a Mad…

The Hong Kong Minister of Health is confident that Covid vaccines will be offered to all residents by the end of 2021.The city has signed agreements to get more than enough doses for its population, Hong Kong Minister for Food and Health…

Hong Kong's plan to increase stamp duty on stock trading will not affect the competitiveness of the city's financial markets, Finance Secretary Paul Chan told CNBC on Friday.Chan said in his budget speech on Wednesday that the government…

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Janet L. Yellen, President-elect Joe Biden, who was elected Treasury Secretary, speaks to the Queen in Wilmington, DE on December 1, 2020.Demetrius Freeman | The Washington Post | Getty ImagesTreasury…

President Biden and his press department have tried to change the tone of correspondents who endured years of hostility while covering the previous administration.That effort was undercut last month when a White House deputy press secretary…

Pete Buttigieg speaks at the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation nomination hearings to review his awaited nomination for Secretary of Transportation in Washington.Ken Cedeno | ReutersThe U.S. Senate confirmed Pete Buttigieg as…