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Fed’s Powell, Brainard to get Senate hearings next week; Biden promises diversity
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will make his first public appearance of 2022 next week as lawmakers consider him for a second four-year term, while President Joe Biden weig...
Jan 04, 2022
U.S. panel probing Jan 6 Capitol attack seeks information from Sean Hannity
(Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives panel probing the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol in January 2021 is seeking information from Fox News host Sean Hannity in relation to its investigatio...
Jan 04, 2022
U.S. Senate panel to weigh Powell nomination next Tuesday
(Reuters) - The Senate Banking Committee will consider the renomination of Jerome Powell for Federal Reserve chair on Jan. 11 at 10 a.m. Eastern (1500 GMT), the panel said on its website. The panel wi...
Jan 04, 2022
Biden administration finalizing purchase of COVID tests, to be distributed for free
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is finalizing contracts for 500 million rapid COVID-19 tests that it plans to distribute for free to Americans who request them, spokeswoman Jen Psaki s...
Jan 04, 2022
White House welcomes OPEC+ decision to stick to planned output increase
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday welcomed a decision by top oil producers to stick with their plans to raise crude production and touted "close" coordination with ...
Jan 04, 2022
Pentagon chief continues to work from home, showing mild COVID-19 symptoms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin continues to show mild symptoms of COVID-19 and is working from home, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. "He has attended two meetings virtually t...
Jan 04, 2022
U.S. jury’s mixed Theranos verdict complicates Holmes’ potential appeal -experts
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) - Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is likely to appeal her conviction for defrauding investors in the blood-testing company, but four legal experts say the fact that the jury ...
Jan 04, 2022
Biden urges vaccines, says not even the White House is immune to COVID-19
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that COVID-19 cases were rising even at the White House as he urged unvaccinated Americans to get vaccinated and others to get booster s...
Jan 04, 2022
SEC delays decision on NYDIG Bitcoin ETF
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday said it delayed its decision on a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposal from NYDIG, which would be based on the price ...
Jan 04, 2022
Dallas Fed to hold town hall to aid with presidential search
(Reuters) - The Dallas Fed will hold a town hall next week to solicit public input into its search for a successor to Robert Kaplan, who left his post as the bank's president last fall amid an outcry ...
Jan 04, 2022
