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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will kick off a year of visits by top U.S. officials to Africa on Friday aiming to firm up U.S.-Africa ties after decades in which China has dominated investment across the continent.

Yellen to visit Beijing in further sign of US-China thaw

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is set to sit down with her Chinese counterpart in Switzerland on Wednesday

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called on Democrats to engage in talks with Republicans over a fiscal plan including an increase in the federal debt limit, while the White House reiterated its rejection of such negotiations, highlighting the risk of a market-rattling battle over the ceiling later this year.

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called on Democrats to engage in talks with Republicans over a fiscal plan including an increase in the federal debt limit, while the White House reiterated its rejection of such negotiations, highlighting the risk of a market-rattling battle over the ceiling later this year.

The federal government is on the brink of hitting its legal borrowing limit on Thursday

Washington Post's Catherine Rampell exposes a provision tucked into Republicans' House Rules package

Asian shares are mostly lower after China reported its economy expanded at a 3% pace last year, less than half 2021's rate

WASHINGTON — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will hold her first face-to-face meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on Wednesday in Zurich, making a detour on her way to talks in Africa.