Washington Financial News

By Philip Blenkinsop

By David Shepardson

Investing.com — Oil prices edged lower Tuesday, handing back some of the previous session’s hefty gains as traders digest the possibility of a wider impact from the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

Investing.com -- Several Federal Reserve policymakers are due to deliver closely-watched speeches on Tuesday, with investors keen to receive any clues about how a recent spike in U.S. Treasury yields could impact the central bank's interest rate path.

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from former coal company executive Don Blankenship, who argued that major news outlets defamed him by calling him a “felon.”

More states are requiring personal finance education before students graduate from high school

The annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank kick off this week against a backdrop of escalating global conflict and debt distress.

PTI, he sought to downplay the concerns emanating from Washington about China's intentions to challenge the United States' superpower status. The "Thucydides Trap" refers to a concept where an emerging power poses a potential threat to replace the existing dominant power.

Joe Biden was interviewed as part of an investigation into his handling of classified documents by Special Counsel Robert Hur, the White House counsel's office said on Monday. The Democratic president's interview was voluntary and conducted over two days, concluding on Monday, said Ian Sams, a spokesperson for the White House counsel's office. US Attorney General Merrick Garland in January named Hur as special counsel to look into the improper storage of classified documents at Biden's Wilmington, Delaware, home and at a Washington think tank office set up for Biden after his 2009-2017 vice presidency. Such special counsels are appointed to handle sensitive cases — usually involving political figures or allegations of serious wrongdoing by the government — and have more independence than is usually afforded to federal investigators to decide whether to bring charges. Hur's interviews with Biden suggest the investigation, which has proceeded quietly, may have advanced to its final stages.

An infusion of federal pandemic relief to America's schools sparked a boom in the education technology sector, an industry where research and evidence are scarce

The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.55 billion after no one matched the game’s six numbers and won the giant prize

Two Federal Reserve officials have suggested that the central bank may leave interest rates unchanged at its next meeting in three weeks

By Vivian Sequera, Andrew Mills and Marianna Parraga

By Chris Prentice

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Army on Monday said it would need Congress to approve additional funding to ensure the Pentagon's munitions production and acquisition plans can potentially meet the needs of both Israel and Ukraine simultaneously.

By Pete Schroeder

By Katharine Jackson

Oppenheimer' a great film, veteran filmmaker Spike Lee said it would have been better if its director Christopher Nolan had showed the impact of the nuclear bombs on the Japanese people during World War II. Fronted by Cillian Murphy, 'Oppenheimer' is a 180-minute-long sprawling biographical drama on the titular American theoretical physicist, which was released in theatres on July 21. It has emerged as one of the biggest-grossing films of the year.

By Howard Schneider

By Natalie Grover

Investing.com — Oil prices climbed sharply Monday as the escalating violence in the Middle East raised concerns about the security of future crude supply.