Key Takeaways Moodys' downgrade of the U.S. sovereign credit rating has made investors slightly less confident in the government's debt, pushing up yields on 10-year treasuries.

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Venezuela’s autocratic president, Nicolás Maduro, released a U.S. Air Force veteran who had been imprisoned in Venezuela for about six months, his family confirmed in a statement on Tuesday.

Eight people from Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cuba, Mexico and South Sudan were on a flight reportedly intended for South Sudan this week.

The Department of Homeland Security had earlier said eight people on a flight out of the U.S. had been convicted of crimes in the United States and that they couldn't be brought back.

Pomona College’s Vice President Jonathan Williams told the New York Times that the tax hike will be shouldered by tuition hikes: “This will shift the cost of tuition squarely on to families.” ...

It's common for U.S. presidents to consider history as they take office — and to overturn their predecessors' actions, as Joe Biden did after Trump's first term.

U.S. stocks drifted lower and U.S. bonds fell more sharply after the latest reminder that the U.S. government seems to be hurtling toward an unsustainable mountain of debt.

U.S. Sen. David McCormick said Tuesday that an arrangement that will allow Japan-based Nippon Steel to invest in U.S. Steel will guarantee an American CEO, a majority of board members from the ...

McCormick described the U.S. government's veto as a “golden share” and suggested that the idea was Nippon Steel's proposal. Nippon Steel has yet to say anything about whether it is willing to ...

U.S. Steel’s board and shareholders had approved Nippon Steel’s bid, but it was opposed by the United Steelworkers union and was blocked by former President Joe Biden on his way out of office.