The yen came under pressure on Friday heading into Sunday's upper house election in which Japan's ruling party looks vulnerable, while, more broadly, the U.S. dollar was set for a second weekly gain against major peers,

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio instructed U.S. diplomats worldwide not to comment on the fairness or integrity of elections conducted by foreign countries, according to an internal note seen by Reuters on Thursday,

Foreign adversaries did not use cyberattacks on election infrastructure to alter the US Presidential election outcome”

EXCLUSIVE: The Obama administration “manufactured and politicized intelligence" to create the narrative that Russia was attempting to influence the 2016 presidential election, despite information from the intelligence community stating otherwise,

The State Department will scale back its assessments of elections in foreign countries, only chiming in publicly when there is a “clear and compelling” foreign policy interest, according to a new

The State Department is pulling back from commenting on or criticizing elections overseas unless there's a clear and compelling U.S. foreign policy interest in doing so.

The directive claims that U.S. consulates and embassies can still congratulate the winner of a foreign election, but should not criticize an election without approval from a senior official.

About two-thirds of U.S. adults expect the new tax law will help the rich, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Most — about 6 in 10 — think it will do more to hurt than help low-income people. About half say it will do more harm than good for middle-class people and people like them.