Trump's Consumer Watchdog Freezes CFPB Activity on First Day of Job
(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who took over on Monday as President Donald Trump's new acting consumer ...
Treasury secretary to temporarily oversee Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
President Donald Trump on Monday designated Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with additional duties as acting director of the ...
Treasury Dept. gives Elon Musk's team access to federal payment system: Sources
If Elon Musk or his DOGE team were to attempt to block federal payments, it would likely face legal challenges given the ...
Elon Musk’s commission gains access to sensitive Treasury payment systems, AP sources say
The Department of Government Efficiency, run by Trump advisor and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has gained access to sensitive ...
California Secession Has 'No Credibility'—But the Anger Is Real
The prospect of a peaceful "Californian independence" is not currently real. The key reason being there's no provision for state secession in the U.S. Constitution, only for new state admission (Art.
How an arcane Treasury Department office became ground zero in the war over federal spending
A few weeks before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, members of his transition team went to the Treasury Department to ...
Justice Dept. Fires Jan. 6 Prosecutors Amid Campaign of Retribution by Trump
The Trump administration plans to scrutinize scores of F.B.I. agents involved in Trump-related investigations, setting the ...
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Does California give more than it gets on federal disaster aid? Fact-checking Sen. Adam Schiff
"California is the largest contributor of tax revenue to the federal treasury by far," Padilla wrote Jan. 27 on X. "In 2022 alone, California paid $83 billion more to the federal government than it ...
Fed Entering Tough Period for Measuring Money Market Liquidity
That's because even as the Fed is expected in coming months to get financial sector liquidity down to levels that will allow ...
New Administration Highlights: Freeze on Federal Funds Rescinded, and Trump Signs Law to Ease Path to Deportations
Still, the chaotic 48 hours suggested that some in the Trump administration had overestimated their ability to impose ...
Morning Bid: AI Panic Subsides With Megacap Earnings on Deck
Wall Street steadied after Monday's freak out over AI-linked mega cap valuations, with Nvidia recouping some of its historic ...
List: The executive orders, actions, and proclamations Trump has made as president
Donald Trump issued a number of orders reversing Joe Biden's policies, kickstarting his second-term agenda after the ...