How an arcane Treasury Department office became ground zero in the war over federal spending
A few weeks before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, members of his transition team went to the Treasury Department to ...
US tariffs on Canada, Mexico paused; China hits back with tariffs of its own | The Excerpt
Plus: What's the future of foreign aid after President Donald Trump moves to shut down the U.S. Agency for International ...
US Treasury Secretary affirms US-EU economic relationship in call with ECB's Lagarde
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent affirmed the importance of the U.S.-EU economic relationship and transatlantic ...
US Senator Warns of Tax Records 'Compromised' by Elon Musk
Musk, who heads the Department of Government Efficiency, has said he wants to cut $2 trillion from federal government ...
Federal employee unions are suing the Treasury and alleging Elon Musk's DOGE gained illegal and 'unprecedented' access to data
"In his first week as Treasury Secretary, defendant Bessent violated these restrictions."The lawsuit said Musk and DOGE ...
US Democrats fight back against Musk access to sensitive records
Democratic U.S. congressional leaders will push legislation this week to "prevent unlawful meddling" by the newly created ...
Trump appoints the Treasury secretary, a former hedge fund executive, as acting head of consumer protection agency
In what appears to be yet another move to consolidate parts of the federal government, President Donald Trump has appointed ...