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  • FILE – Elon Musk speaks at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)Politics

    Elon Musk’s DOGE gains access to sensitive Treasury data, including Social Security and Medicare payment systems

    By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
  • Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Secretary of the Treasury, poses for a photo with Cabinet picks, other nominees and appointments, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025.Finance

    Billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent confirmed as Treasury secretary

    By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
  • President-elect Donald Trump dances with The Village People at a rally ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Politics

    Trump pledges ‘best first day’ of Day 1 executive actions to end ‘4 long years of American decline’

    By Will Weissert, Fatima Hussein, and others
  • Biden speaks at a US Steelworkers rally in PittsburghPolitics

    The two steel giants Biden blocked from merging are now suing the federal government after it killed their $15 billion deal

    By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
  • Steelworkers union president David McCall and Joe Biden peek out from behind a black curtainPolitics

    Steelworkers president praises Biden for blocking $15 billion proposal to surrender U.S. Steel to a Japanese company: ‘Nippon has proven itself to be a serial trade cheater’

    By Fatima Hussein, Josh Boak, and others
  • Charles KushnerPolitics

    Trump names Charles Kushner, pardoned real estate mogul and father of his son-in-law, as US ambassador to France

    By Fatima Hussein, Eric Tucker, and others
  • FILE – President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the House GOP conference, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (Allison Robbert/Pool via AP, File)Finance

    Trump threatens 100% tariff on the BRIC nations if they act to undermine US dollar

    By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
  • U.S. Sen. Chris MurphyPolitics

    Connecticut Democratic lawmakers say they received Thanksgiving bomb threats against their homes

    By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
  • Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum PardoPolitics

    Trump claims Mexico’s president agreed to ‘stop migration’—but she suggests Mexico was already doing its part

    By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
  • FILE – White House senior adviser Kevin Hassett speaks as President Donald Trump and others listen during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, June 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)Politics

    Trump taps 2 veterans of his first administration for trade representative and Economic Council head

    By Fatima Hussein, Josh Boak, and others
  • FILE – The Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, May 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)Finance

    As US debt hits $36 trillion, about 1 in 5 dollars the government spends repays investors for borrowed money

    By Josh Boak, Fatima Hussein, and others
  • FILE - Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., accompanied by Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., left, and House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., right, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 25, 2023.Politics

    Trump chooses Bessent to be treasury secretary, Vought as budget chief, Chavez-DeRemer for Labor

    By Fatima Hussein, Chris Rugaber, and others
  • Dr. Mehmet Oz at the 40/40 Club popup inside Fanatics Fest NYC held at Jacob Javits Convention Center on August 16, 2024 in New York City.Health

    Trump taps Dr. Oz, a heart surgeon famous for appearing on Oprah’s show who was later criticized for pushing fad diets, to lead Medicare and Medicaid Services

    By Fatima Hussein and The Associated Press
  • Centre County Commissioner Mark Higgins stands in downtown Bellefonte, Pa., Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)Politics

    Influx of college graduates could push bellwether central Pennsylvania county toward Harris

    By Chris Megerian, Fatima Hussein, and others
  • Cortney Bouse, right, explains registering to vote with University of Pittsburgh students on campus in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)Politics

    Young women lean Democratic. Harris’s election chances this year may depend on her ability to run up the score

    By Fatima Hussein, Chris Megerian, and others