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Top Senator demands details of Mnuchin aide’s trip
A leading senator wants more details about a trip taken by a Trump administration official who flew to Florida earlier this year on the private plane of hedge-fund billionaire Nelson Peltz, according to a letter reviewed by CNN on Wednesday. The letter by Senator Ron Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, calls on the Treasury Department to outline the purpose and dates of a trip taken by Eli Miller, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's chief of staff.
Investigator in Trump tax return case is taken into custody
In this April 21, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump listens as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks at the Treasury Department in Washington. A Louisiana private investigator accused of trying to illegally obtain Donald Trump's tax returns before last year's U.S. presidential election has been arrested again.
Samae San chief leads 100 in protest of navy land seizure
The mayor of Sattahip's Samae San Sub-district took the unusual step of defying the government's protest ban by leading 100 local residents to demonstrate outside Pattaya Provincial Court over the military's repossession of land they've occupied for a century. Prasert Pitakorn and the residents have sued the Royal Thai Navy and Treasury Department to give up their claim on a 1,900-rai parcel of land they claim belongs to the Royal Household Bureau within 30 days.
Treasury Department levies sanctions on eight people involved in Venezuelaa s a Constituent Assemblya
The U.S. Treasury Department announced a new series of sanctions against several members of Venezuela's Constituent Assembly on Wednesday, including the brother of former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The Treasury Department designated seven current or former officials of the Venezuelan government and one person who "participated in actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions in Venezuela."
TREASURIES-Yields rise as investors focus on Fed meeting, data
U.S. Treasury yields rose on Monday as investors awaited Wednesday's statement from the Federal Reserve's July meeting for new indications about when the U.S. central bank will begin paring its bond holdings and next raise interest rates. Many analysts and investors expect the Fed to announce that it will begin reducing its bond portfolio at its September meeting, but will be watching for any new hints of the timing at this week's meeting.
Trump campaign inner circle called before Senate committees
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, center, arrives for the opening of the U.S.-China Comprehensive Economic Dialogue, Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at the Treasury Department in Washington. White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, center, arrives for the opening of the U.S.-China Comprehensive Economic Dialogue, Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at the Treasury Department in Washington.
US budget deficit rose in June to $90.2 billion
This April 4, 2017, file photo, shows the Capitol at dawn in Washington. On Thursday, July 13, 2017, the Treasury Department releases federal budget data for June.
Jovita Carranza sworn in as 44th US Treasurer
Jovita Carranza's daughter ... . Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, right, shakes hands with Jovita Carranza, the 44th Treasurer of the U.S., left, after administering the oath of office to her, Monday, June 19, 2017, at the Treasury Department in Washington... .
Mnuchin to Congress: Raise the debt ceiling before you go home
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is warning Congress not to leave Washington for its summer recess before raising the country's debt ceiling. Mnuchin urged lawmakers to act "sooner rather than later" to increase the nation's borrowing limit before the Treasury Department runs out of emergency measures to avoid heading into default.
Trump’s casino was a money laundering concern shortly after it opened
The Trump Taj Mahal casino broke anti-money laundering rules 106 times in its first year and a half of operation in the early 1990s, according to the IRS in a 1998 settlement agreement. It's a bit of forgotten history that's buried in federal records held by an investigative unit of the Treasury Department, records that congressional committees investigating Trump's ties to Russia have obtained access to, CNN has learned.
Trump limits IRS action over church political activity
Declaring he was giving churches their "voices back," U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at easing an IRS rule limiting political activity for religious organizations -- a move that fell short of a more sweeping order some supporters had expected. As he marked the National Day of Prayer at the White House on Thursday, Trump signed the order on religious freedom, which directs the Treasury Department to not take "adverse action" over churches or religious organizations for political speech.
Is he for or against regulation? Trump swings in 1 day
In this Friday, April 21, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks at the Treasury Department in Washington, where he signed an executive order to review tax regulations set last year by his predecessor, as well as two memos to potentially reconsider major elements of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reforms passed in the wake of the Great Recession. While Republicans in Congress craft a bill to unwind the tighter financial rules that took effect after the 2008 crisis, President Donald Trump is looking in another, seemingly opposite direction: He's entertaining the idea of restoring the Depression-era firewall between commercial banking and its riskier investment side.
Trump’s ‘big announcement’ may be anything but
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters following a signing ceremony with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin at the Treasury Department in Washington, President Donald Trump's promised "big announcement" next week on overhauling the U.S. tax code, a top campaign pledge, will consist of "broad principles and priorities," an administration official said on Saturday. The president unexpectedly said on Friday at a Treasury Department event that there would be "a big announcement on Wednesday having to do with tax reform."
Trump says to visit wounded U.S. veterans at Washington-area hospital
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin at the Treasury Department in Washington, U.S., April 21, 2017. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he would visit wounded U.S. veterans at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the armed forces hospital located in Bethesda, Maryland, outside Washington.
White House plans ‘big announcement’ on tax reform
The White House will release the "broad principles and priorities" of their plans to overhaul federal taxes on Wednesday, a White House official said Friday night, downplaying expectations that the Trump administration would reveal key details underpinning the plan. President Donald Trump said earlier Wednesday that he would release new information about his plan to overhaul the tax code on Wednesday, a sign that he is trying to accelerate one of his most ambitious campaign promises even though key specifics.
Treasury Department report backs away from Trump pledge to declare China a currency manipulator
US President Donald Trump's administration declined to name any major trading partner as a currency manipulator in a highly-anticipated report on Friday, confirming a decision to back away from a key Trump campaign promise to slap such a label on China. The semi-annual US Treasury currency report did, however, keep China on a currency "monitoring list" despite a lower global current account surplus, citing China's unusually large, bilateral trade surplus with the United States.
BRIEF-Ashford Prime prices public offering of convertible preferred stock
WASHINGTON, March 2 The Financial Stability Oversight Council, made up of all major U.S. financial regulators, met late on Thursday afternoon and reviewed its designation of a nonbank firm as "too big to fail," according to a statement from the Treasury Department. SYDNEY, March 3 Australian new vehicle sales turned lower in February even as sales of sport utility vehicles outpaced those of passenger cars for the first time ever.
BRIEF-Goldgroup Mining announces increased gold production in 2016
SYDNEY, March 3 Australian new vehicle sales turned lower in February even as sales of sport utility vehicles outpaced those of passenger cars for the first time ever. March 3 The following are the top stories in the Financial Times.
Jen Psaki: Without free press, democracy dies
Is it typical to target specific media outlets and exclude them from attending a White House briefing? The short answer is no. I spent almost eight years working for the Obama administration, in the White House as the deputy press secretary, deputy communications director, communications director, and as the spokesperson at the State Department.