Tag: Treasury Department

The treasury secretary added he "couldn't be happier" with the outcome of the meeting. (AP)

GOP huddles with Trump administration on tax reform

Joseph Lawler, Susan Ferrechio · April 25, 2017 10:55 pm

The attorney general said the $21 billion Mexico-U.S. wall will pay itself off. (Hayne Palmour IV/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)

National Security

Jeff Sessions: Border wall ‘will save us billions of dollars’

Anna Giaritelli · April 23, 2017 2:19 pm

GOP says the Obama rule to try to stop U.S. companies from leaving the country hurts American workers. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump inversion executive order pleases business

Joseph Lawler · April 21, 2017 9:35 pm

Trump called the 2010 Dodd-Frank law a set of "damaging ...regulations that failed to hold Wall Street firms accountable." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump once again hypes Dodd-Frank changes

Joseph Lawler · April 21, 2017 7:59 pm

"These regulations enshrine too big to fail and encourage risky behavior," Trump added. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump signs orders aimed at simplifying tax rules, reviewing Dodd-Frank

Sarah Bedford · April 21, 2017 7:17 pm

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Friday that the Trump administration would not be issuing waivers to Exxon Mobil, other companies looking to do business with Russia. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

National Security

Steve Mnuchin: No Russia sanctions waiver for Exxon, other companies

Joel Gehrke · April 21, 2017 5:51 pm

President Trump will sign an executive order requiring the agency to review tax rules that impose burdens on taxpayers. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama anti-inversion rules at stake in new Trump executive order

Joseph Lawler · April 21, 2017 4:30 pm

A White House spokesman said Trump will sign at least one order, but provided no further information. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump to sign tax burden-easing executive order at Treasury Friday

Joseph Lawler · April 20, 2017 11:16 pm

Trump administration assumes that lowering tax rates and simplifying the code will accelerate economic growth. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Steven Mnuchin: Tax reform plan coming ‘very soon,’ will ‘pay for itself’

Joseph Lawler · April 20, 2017 6:12 pm

Mortgage bankers started a new effort to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, seeking to push Congress to pass legislation after a bipartisan group of senators failed in 2013. (AP Photo/File)

Mortgage bankers launch new plan for reforming Fannie and Freddie

Joseph Lawler · April 20, 2017 3:49 pm

The agency officially says that China and other trading partners will not be labeled currency manipulators. (Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP)

Treasury: No currency manipulation by trading partners

Sean Higgins · April 14, 2017 9:17 pm

President said China hasn't manipulated the yuan for months and he doesn't want to hurt talks on North Korea. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump: China not a currency manipulator

Joseph Lawler · April 12, 2017 8:05 pm