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The Federal Reserve has released the minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting held on July 29–30, 2025.

Boston Fed President Susan M. Collins visited several communities along the Maine coast last week, meeting with residents and leaders to discuss local challenges related to child care, health care, housing, and economic development.

The Federal Reserve Board has announced an enforcement action involving a former employee of Regions Bank in Birmingham, Alabama.

The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) announced it will hold a Strategic Plan Town Hall on Tuesday, September 9 at 2 p.m. Eastern.

Stephanie Syjuco, a professor in the Department of Art Practice at the University of California, Berkeley, has unveiled her largest project to date at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA).

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have published a study in Science that explores how the activity of a key microbial enzyme influences the isotopic composition of methane, complicating efforts to trace environmental sources of...

Stephen Menendian, assistant director and director of research at the Othering and Belonging Institute at the University of California, Berkeley, has focused his career on understanding structural racism.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported that neither the Federal Reserve nor the U.S. Treasury intervened in foreign exchange markets during the second quarter of 2025.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has re-designated Garantex Europe OU, a cryptocurrency exchange, for its role in facilitating transactions linked to ransomware and other cybercriminal activities.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced new sanctions against two Mexican cartels, Carteles Unidos (also known as United Cartels) and Los Viagras, along with seven individuals associated with...

On a recent summer morning in Sacramento, Janet Mendoza-Partida walked from her office at the California Department of Education to the state Capitol.

After suffering a brainstem stroke in 2005, Ann Johnson lost her ability to speak and move, developing locked-in syndrome.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on four individuals and 13 companies in Mexico, all linked to timeshare fraud operations led by the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG).

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced new sanctions on entities connected to armed group violence and illegal mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

A recent study from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that oxytocin, often called the "love hormone," plays a key role in forming friendships in addition to its established links with attachment and trust.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has released its latest list of state nonmember banks evaluated for compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated 18 entities and individuals for their involvement in efforts by the Iranian government to generate revenue and evade U.S. sanctions.

Tim Tangherlini, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley’s Department of Scandinavian and the Information School, is working to explain the emerging field of computational folklore.

Carlyle AlpInvest has closed its second Collateralized Fund Obligation (CFO) offering, raising $1.25 billion.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on three senior members and one associate of the Cartel del Noreste (CDN), a Mexico-based organization previously known as Los Zetas.