US blocks money transfers by 3 Mexico-based financial institutions accused of aiding cartels

The U.S. Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on three financial institutions in Mexico it says were used to launder millions of dollars for cartels, in a move officials say would block certain money transfers between them and American financial i…

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GOP plan to sell more than 3,200 square miles of federal lands is found to violate Senate rules

A plan to sell more than 3,200 square miles of federal lands has been ruled out of Republicans’ big tax and spending cut bill after the Senate parliamentarian determined the proposal by Senate Energy Chairman Mike Lee would violate the chamber’s rules

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