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The Treasury Department said Monday it is sanctioning 12 persons or entities for their roles in helping Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sell and ship oil to China.

The District Department of Transportation launched the MicroFreight DC Pilot Program on May 6 in partnership with Amazon, aiming to test quieter, lower-emission package deliveries to D.C. neighborhoods using electric cargo e-quads, according to DDOT.

President Trump said Monday he would like to suspend the federal gas tax to alleviate costs during the war with Iran.

Oil prices are rising Monday as the war with Iran threatens to drag on for longer, but the U.S. stock market is nevertheless inching toward more records.

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes were essentially flat in April, another lackluster showing for the housing market during what's traditionally its busiest time of the year.

Some 215,000 U.S. government workers were delinquent on their federal taxes in 2024, the IRS' inspector general reported Monday, and said things are steadily getting worse.

For years, younger Americans have been more optimistic about the job market than older Americans, even through the depths of the Great Recession. But in an abrupt shift, a new poll released Monday finds young people's confidence has plummeted over ...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday he cannot predict when gas prices will go down or whether they may increase further, as negotiations to end the conflict in Iran drag on.

The Treasury Department is on course to borrow more than $2 trillion by the end of the fiscal year -- up from $1.7 trillion last year.

American Express shareholders overwhelmingly defeated a shareholder resolution to examine the company's coverage for sex-reassignment drugs and surgeries for underage patients, with 99.57% voting against the proposal.