Saleha Mohsin

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., left, listens to Janet Yellen give her opening statement via videoconference during a Senate Finance Committee hearing Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington.

Treasury nominee Yellen says COVID-19 aid to jobless, small firms gets ‘biggest bang’ for buck

January 19, 2021 at 8:36 p.m.

Janet Yellen told lawmakers Tuesday that help for the unemployed and small businesses would provide the "biggest bang for the buck" as she made the case for President-elect Joe Biden's...

US Treasury considers extending April 15 tax deadline over virus disruption

March 11, 2020 at 4:58 p.m.

The U.S. Treasury Department is considering extending the 2019 tax-filing deadline beyond April 15 to provide relief from economic disruption caused by the coronavirus outbreak, according to two people familiar...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump flanked by members of his family speaks to supporters during election night at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York on November 9, 2016. Trump won the U.S. presidency.

Trump magnifies glass-half-empty economy to sway castoff workers

June 9, 2018 at 8:54 a.m.

Donald Trump's dark views of a crumbling U.S. economy resonated with an overlooked part of the electorate. Making it great again may prove easier to promise than deliver. Tapping into...

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