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Former U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis testified Wednesday in the trial of fallen tech star Elizabeth Holmes, saying the entrepreneur misled him into believing she was on the verge of rolling out a blood-testing breakthrough that he hoped would help save lives of troops in battle.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said on Wednesday the U.S. central bank's current rules dictating what its officials are allowed to invest in and trade are "not adequate" and need to be updated after recent disclosures showed that two Fed officials actively traded markets in 2020.

According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the formal handover of the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet will take place during a ceremony on Thursday at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.

Activision Blizzard is working with regulators to address and resolve workplace complaints as a slew of lawsuits have piled up against the video game giant.

Both parties acknowledge the serious risks of their debt ceiling standoff, but neither is inclined to budge amid the high-stakes political posturing.

A post-secondary degree can leave borrowers with a six-figure student loan balance, but it's important to remember that federal student aid isn't “free money.” Keep reading to learn more about the average student loan debt and how you can pay it off faster.

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Former treasury secretaries urged congressional leaders to resolve an impasse over the nation's $28 trillion debt ceiling before October, warning there could be "detrimental" economic consequences if lawmakers fail to raise the nation's borrowing limit.

A dark money group funded by a Swiss billionaire foreign national is spending heavily to lobby moderate Democrats to support voting rights legislation that would strengthen a landmark civil rights-era voting law, filings show.

President Biden is slated to hold a series of meetings on Wednesday with Democratic lawmakers, including party leaders, as he attempts to head off an intraparty war between moderates and progressives that could derail his $4 trillion economic agenda.

Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder of Theranos currently on trial for charges of criminal fraud, has been accused of prioritizing a business partnership with Walgreens over the well-being of the healthcare technology company's patients.

Tesla owners in Texas may be able to buy auto insurance from Elon Musk's electric car company as soon as next month.

An Arizona medical assistant testified Tuesday at the criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes that she received two Theranos Inc. blood tests indicating she was miscarrying when she was in fact pregnant—results that her medical provider testified were unlike any she has ever seen in eight years of practice in women’s health.

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler said Tuesday that he doesn’t see much long-term viability for cryptocurrencies, underscoring the importance of protecting investors in the market and bringing it under regulatory oversight.