President Trump is exercising direct authority over the economy in ways that few recent presidents have, flexing his muscle over institutions, agencies and commercial sectors…
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Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci described President Trump’s massive tax and spending bill as a “potential cataclysm” for the bond market. “The bond…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that talks with China over trade are somewhat in limbo amid U.S. trade tensions with the country. “I would…
House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) said Sunday that he does not believe “we’ll have a debt limit suspension” a few days after Treasury Secretary…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday he doesn’t know whether President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have recently discussed tariffs or have begun…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Thursday announced new sanctions on an international network of individuals and companies accused of facilitating Iranian oil shipments…
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday called the debt ceiling a “constraint” on the nation’s ability to pay its bills. “We take the debt ceiling…
Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo on Sunday dismissed the idea of President Biden using the 14th Amendment to avert a default on the national debt.…
President Biden on Thursday nominated Danny Werfel, a former acting IRS commissioner who served during the Obama administration to head the agency. Biden announced the…