Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday that the capacity of the U.S. government to respond to and prop up failing financial markets was “decimated” by cutbacks enacted during the Trump administration. Her remarks come in the wake of state interventions to save depositors at failed banks Signature and Silicon Valley ...
The Pentagon has said several US troops suffered injuries during last week’s attacks in Syria, part of which they are occupying against international law, violating the Arab country’s sovereignty. Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Patrick Ryder said on Thursday four service members suffered traumatic brain injuries near the Syrian city of ...