WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday approved President Joe Biden’s nomination of Janet Yellen to be the nation’s 78th treasury secretary, making her the first woman to hold the job in the ...

Janet Yellen was confirmed by the US Senate in a bipartisan vote to lead the Treasury Department. Yellen was confirmed by an 84-15 margin on Monday. The confirmation marks the third member of ...

President-elect Joe Biden officially nominated former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen for Treasury secretary Tuesday during the introduction of his economic team. If confirmed by the Senate, Yellen ...

The Treasury secretary defended the Biden administration’s $6 trillion budget proposal for fiscal 2022 in testimony to the Senate Finance Committee. Top U.S. financial officials pressed banks to stop ...