Fatima Hussein

Centre County Commissioner Mark Higgins stands in downtown Bellefonte, Pa., Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Influx of college graduates could push bellwether central Pennsylvania county toward Harris

BYChris Megerian, Fatima Hussein, and others

Cortney Bouse, right, explains registering to vote with University of Pittsburgh students on campus in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Young women lean Democratic. Harris’s election chances this year may depend on her ability to run up the score

BYFatima Hussein, Chris Megerian, and others

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference.

Yellen says world was ‘worse off’ under Trump-era isolationism

BYFatima Hussein and The Associated Press

Donald Trump closeup

Data shows migrants aren’t taking jobs from Black or Hispanic people, despite what Trump says

BYFatima Hussein and The Associated Press

A Social Security card is illuminated on a table

Personal Finance

Retirees will get $50 more from Social Security every month starting next year—but that’s a drop in the bucket compared to years past

BYFatima Hussein and The Associated Press

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump

Donald Trump introduced new cryptocurrency venture without offering any details—but did discuss apparent assassination attempt

BYFatima Hussein, Adriana Gomez Licon, and others

FILE – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Treasury Secretary Yellen says ending Biden IRA tax incentives would be ‘historic mistake’ for states like North Carolina

BYFatima Hussein and The Associated Press

FILE – Domestic policy adviser Neera Tanden speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Aug. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

U.S. government plans to make it easier to unsubscribe from unwanted memberships and recurring payment services

BYFatima Hussein and The Associated Press

A soldier in the back of a pickup truck witnesses a smoke plume in Jalisco, Mexico

U.S. slaps Mexican accountants with sanctions for timeshare scams funneling money to one of the world’s most notorious drug cartels

BYFatima Hussein and The Associated Press

Worried woman using laptop at home

Personal Finance

How hackers managed to steal $19,000 out of my bank account by taking over my phone number

BYFatima Hussein

FILE – The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, on March 22, 2013. While taxpayer services have vastly improved, the IRS is still too slow to resolve identity theft cases, according to a new report released Wednesday, June 26, by an independent watchdog within the agency.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

IRS takes so long to resolve identity theft cases even after massive funding boost it’s ‘unconscionable’, in-agency watchdog says

BYFatima Hussein and The Associated Press

FILE – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, June 4, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Biden administration is announcing new federal initiatives to increase access to affordable housing as high interest rates and still-high prices on groceries and other necessities have dramatically pushed up the cost of living in the post-pandemic years. Yellen is traveling to Minneapolis on Monday, June 24, 2024, to promote the new investments. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announces $100 million fund for affordable housing financing as high home prices squeeze Americans

BYFatima Hussein and The Associated Press

IRS Commissioner Dan Werfel seen testifying at the House of Representatives

The IRS is cracking down on the billionaire tactic of shifting assets to avoid taxes: It’s ‘really just a shell game’

BYThe Associated Press, Josh Boak, and others

A man is sitting at a table with a laptop and sheets of paper, plugging in numbers into a calculator.

IRS takes a jab at TurboTax by making free tax filing permanent—’taxpayers haven’t gotten the support they deserve’

BYThe Associated Press and Fatima Hussein

A person waves a Cuban flag during a gathering marking International Workers’ Day at Jose Marti<br />
Anti-Imperialist Square in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Ley)

U.S. is letting independent Cuban entrepreneurs open and access American bank accounts to boost private enterprise on island

BYFatima Hussein, Andrea Rodriguez, and others