Tag: Finance

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies before the Senate Budget Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, on President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2019 budget proposal.

Mick Mulvaney to Congress: I have to be here, but I don’t have to answer your questions

Joseph Lawler · April 12, 2018 3:22 pm

Regulators move to ease a key rule for big banks

Joseph Lawler · April 11, 2018 9:56 pm

Pedestrians, one wearing a mask, walk by a poster of Chinese President Xi Jinping on a street in Beijing.

China’s trade war weapon is made in America: $1.2 trillion in federal debt

Joseph Lawler · April 11, 2018 4:01 am

FILE- This March 27, 2009, file photo, shows the Federal Reserve Building on Constitution Avenue in Washington. With an eye on the âfiscal cliff,â the Federal Reserve is expected to announce a new bond-buying plan to support the U.S. economy on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012.

Federal Reserve moves to rework stress tests for big banks

Joseph Lawler · April 10, 2018 7:45 pm

Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said the president is working to drain the swamp.

Mick Mulvaney hasn’t penalized any financial firms since taking over CFPB

Joseph Lawler · April 10, 2018 11:38 am

Would the Senate banking bill boost economic growth?

Joseph Lawler · April 10, 2018 4:00 am

Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, center, asks a question of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell during Powell's testimony on the semiannual monetary policy report to the House Financial Services Committee, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, in Washington.

Bankers tell House GOP to pass Senate banking bill

Joseph Lawler · April 9, 2018 9:58 pm

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Trump bashes Joe Manchin over banking bill, but Manchin voted with him on it

Joseph Lawler · April 5, 2018 8:07 pm

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon arrives at Capitol Hill in June 2012. The head of the largest U.S. bank, Dimon says addressing America's problems require across-the-aisle cooperation.

Jamie Dimon: America’s problems don’t have a political party

James Langford · April 5, 2018 3:50 pm

In this 2015 file photo, Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., speaks at an event.

House to vote next week on exempting community banks from key post-crisis rule

Joseph Lawler · April 4, 2018 7:54 pm

U.S. financial markets sank Wednesday as China and the U.S. targeted each other with tariff announcements, escalating concerns that a trade war will harm growth.

Wall Street shows Trump that US can still lose in a trade war

James Langford · April 4, 2018 11:50 am

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. Rouhani declined to answer a question about a detained Washington Post journalist, Jason Rezaian. Rezaian and his wife Yeganeh Salehi, a correspondent for the Abu Dhabi-based daily newspaper The National, who have been held for more than a month. Iranian officials have not specifically said why Rezaian and his wife were detained. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

National Security

New investigation reveals how Iran skirted US sanctions

Tristan Justice · April 3, 2018 3:03 pm