Government Bodies

The Justice Department charged a former employee of an NFT marketplace with fraud and money laundering in what prosecutors said was the first case to involve insider…

WASHINGTON—A U.S. central bank digital currency could one day provide consumers with a level of safety amid a proliferation of privately-issued digital assets such as stablecoins, Federal…

Twitter Inc. on Wednesday agreed to new oversight and a $150 million penalty to settle a federal privacy suit, the first major deal…

WASHINGTON—A U.S. central bank digital currency could one day coexist with and even complement so-called stablecoins, Federal Reserve Vice Chairwoman Lael Brainard…

Glencore GLNCY 1.94% PLC said Tuesday it would pay at least $1.2 billion and two business units would plead guilty to bribery in the U.K.…

SÃO PAULO—Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, flew to Brazil on Friday to announce a plan to connect thousands of schools in the Amazon to the internet and help…

WASHINGTON—Top U.S. officials who oversee the Internal Revenue Service are expressing growing dismay with a year-old D.C. mystery: how confidential information about the nation’s wealthiest…

A nationwide baby-formula shortage has exposed the shortcomings of a multibillion-dollar government program aimed at providing formula at no cost to families, said lawmakers and recipients,…

WASHINGTON—President Biden’s pick to become the government’s most influential bank regulator is testifying Thursday before Senators in a key confirmation hurdle.…

New applications for unemployment benefits rose for the third week in a row, amid separate signs that the U.S. labor market remains unusually tight.…