A day after US President Joe Biden joked that Indian-Americans were taking over the US, he appointed two of them as special assistants for advising him on domestic policies....
Indian-American Naureen Hassan, a 25-year veteran of the financial services industry, has been named as the First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Federal Reserve Bank of New York....
The US and the UK have announced a four-month tariff suspension in an attempt to reach a negotiated solution to the longstanding trade conflict over aircraft subsidies....
House Democrats have reintroduced the American Dream and Promise Act, which will enable US-raised immigrant youth known as "Dreamers" to earn lawful permanent residence and citizenship, according to an official statement. The announcement of reintroducing the bill, co-authored by Democrat Representatives...
Initial jobless claims in the US increased to 745,000 last week, indicating stalled recovery in the labour market, the Labour Department reported. In the week ending February 27, the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits increased by 9,000 from the previous week's upwardly revised level of ...
More US states have announced plans to drop mask mandates amid continued high levels of new Covid-19 cases nationwide and increasing variant infections, drawing criticism from health experts....
The total number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 115.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.56 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University....
The US Department of Commerce added Myanmar's Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Home Affairs, and two commercial entities to its trade blacklist. ...
White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy has said that the US can can achieve energy security together with climate ambitions ...
The US Senate has voted to begin a debate on the $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package amid Republican opposition, as Democrats hope to send the bill to President Joe Biden's desk before unemployment benefits expire this month. ...
