Tag: Treasury Department

"Effectively, it was a portable office so I could be available" in case of a national security emergency, Mnuchin said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Steven Mnuchin: Government plane for honeymoon was considered for national security

Joseph Lawler · September 14, 2017 9:06 pm

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin asked to use a government jet for his honeymoon with his wife to travel to Scotland, France, and Italy the beginning of the summer, prompting some interest from the Treasury Department's Office of the Inspector General. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Steve Mnuchin requested military aircraft for honeymoon: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · September 13, 2017 11:41 pm

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin would not dismiss ending trade with China should President Trump decide to penalize any country that insists on doing trade with North Korea while it continues to develop its nuclear and missiles program. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Steve Mnuchin won’t dismiss cutting off trade with China over North Korea

Daniel Chaitin · September 13, 2017 11:20 pm

Multinational corporations with profits held overseas would face a mandatory one-time tax as part of the planned Republican tax legislation, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Multinationals would face mandatory tax on offshore profits, Steven Mnuchin says

Joseph Lawler · September 13, 2017 10:55 pm

Trump is just an unpopular person, and he was even when he was elected. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

National Security

Trump blocks China-backed fund from acquiring US semiconductor business

Diana Stancy Correll · September 13, 2017 9:31 pm

Ivanka Trump, sat down with Yellen at the Fed's headquarters on July 17, about a week before President Trump said he was weighing the possibility of keeping Yellen at the central bank. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Ivanka Trump ate breakfast with Janet Yellen days before dad suggested renomination

Joseph Lawler · September 11, 2017 9:04 pm

The debt ceiling had been frozen at about $19.84 trillion since mid-March. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National debt hits $20 trillion for first time in history

Pete Kasperowicz · September 11, 2017 8:21 pm

Congress voted Friday to again suspend the debt ceiling until Dec. 9. At that point, it will be reinstated at whatever the current level of debt is. Yet, the Treasury secretary will again have the ability to shuffle government accounts around to free up space under the limit, as he has been doing for the past few months. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

March looms as estimated deadline for next debt ceiling vote

Joseph Lawler · September 8, 2017 6:20 pm

According to one Republican, who requested anonymity, Mnuchin told the GOP, "I'm running the government like a piggy bank." (AP)

Conservatives irritated with Steven Mnuchin after tense meeting on the debt ceiling

Susan Ferrechio · September 8, 2017 3:27 pm

Louise Linton is remorseful for her infamous Instagram post in which she bragged about her wealth. (Photo by Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP)

Louise Linton on her ‘condescending’ Instagram post: ‘I was the one who was truly out of touch’

Caitlin Yilek · September 5, 2017 1:27 pm

"We need to put politics aside and we're going to be urging Congress to get both of those things done as quickly as they can." (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Steven Mnuchin to urge Congress to tie Hurricane Harvey disaster relief funding to debt ceiling bill

Naomi Lim · September 3, 2017 2:37 pm

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin promised to consider a sanctions package that may cut off "all trade and all other business" with North Korea's trading partners. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Steven Mnuchin proposes cutting off ‘all trade’ with countries that do business with North Korea

Naomi Lim · September 3, 2017 1:38 pm