The White House announced Friday that senior U.S. envoys will head to Islamabad on Saturday for a fresh round of direct talks with Iran. That comes as the Treasury Department sanctions a major China-based oil refinery and roughly 40 shipping companies and tankers involved in transporting Iranian oil. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also announced sanctions on crypto wallets tied to Iran’s attempts to move money outside the country.
The Department of Justice has ended its criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The top federal prosecutor in the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, said Friday she has directed her office to close the investigation….