Tag: Treasury Department

Demetria Browns' scheme was to obtain people's personal information, like Social Security Numbers and dates of birth, to file fraudulent federal and state tax returns. (AP Photo)

Watchdog: IRS workers steal taxpayer data to plunder the Treasury

Pete Kasperowicz · April 22, 2016 8:54 pm

Under the proposed rule, bank executives would face stricter compensation rules the larger their bank, with banks with more than $250 billion in assets subjected to the highest standards. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Regulators announce new rules on bankers’ pay

Joseph Lawler · April 21, 2016 3:30 pm

Civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. will be depicted on the back of the updated $5 bill. (AP Photo)

Martin Luther King to go on $5 bill

Joseph Lawler · April 20, 2016 8:00 pm

Treasury chief says the design of the new bill, which will feature a woman, will be announced "pretty soon." (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Hamilton to stay on $10, Tubman on $20

Joseph Lawler · April 20, 2016 4:22 pm

The Financial Stability Oversight Council, led by Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, announced Monday evening that it was creating a new working group to examine hedge funds and determine whether they are a threat to the financial system. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Regulators to probe risks posed by large hedge funds

Joseph Lawler · April 19, 2016 12:00 am

POLICY ROUNDUP

Washington Examiner, Joana Suleiman · April 18, 2016 4:01 am

—œDespite issuing two final rules that allocated a portion of the reinsurance payments to the U.S. Treasury, CMS changed its position to prioritize payments to insurers,—? Rep. Tim Murphy said. (AP Photo)

GOP: Feds propping up Obamacare with taxpayer funds

Robert King · April 15, 2016 3:08 pm

Antonio Weiss, left, counselor to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, testifies on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Treasury official dismisses bank fears about liquidity crisis

Joseph Lawler · April 14, 2016 3:48 pm

Szubin said the U.S. would be "very careful" to make good on promises made to Iran during nuke negotiations. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Treasury official: No ‘U-turn’ financial deals for Iran

Susan Crabtree · April 13, 2016 6:30 pm

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said, "We have a tax system that is amongst the best in the world and is a standard that others aspire to in terms of its independence and its reach." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Jack Lew: U.S. tax code among ‘the best in the world’

Joseph Lawler · April 11, 2016 2:14 pm

Obama: I fixed the economy and made it fairer

Obama: I fixed the economy and made it fairer

Curt Mills · April 9, 2016 1:16 pm

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew says ruling in MetLife case leaves insurer "subject to even less oversight than before the financial crisis." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Lew says feds will prevail in MetLife case

Joseph Lawler · April 7, 2016 6:09 pm