Russian billionaire and metals magnate Oleg Deripaska sued the Treasury Department on Friday, claiming U.S. sanctions are crippling his businesses and were only enforced as a result of politically motivated reports about his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Read moreTreasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin suggested Thursday he will protect President Donald Trump’s privacy if he receives a request from House Democrats for Trump’s tax returns.
Read moreCalling Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro an illegitimate former president, the U.S. Treasury Department announced new sanctions Friday against six military leaders who played a role in blocking humanitarian aid to the embattled South American nation.
Read moreIn an uptick attributed to President Donald Trump’s $1.5 trillion tax cut and increased domestic as well as military spending, the national debt topped $22 trillion for the first time Tuesday.
Read morePresident Donald Trump on Wednesday nominated Treasury Undersecretary David Malpass to lead the World Bank, calling him “a strong advocate for accountability” at the global lending institution that Malpass has frequently criticized.
Read moreNew charges and arrests are possible in the prosecution of a U.S. Treasury Department employee accused of giving a journalist confidential banking reports related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
Read moreSidestepping opposition from Congress, U.S. Treasury officials lifted sanctions Sunday against aluminum giant United Company Rusal and two other businesses tied to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
Read moreA bid by the Trump administration to lift sanctions imposed on companies tied to a Russian oligarch faced swift but likely impotent opposition Thursday from the House of Representatives.
Read moreThe Senate on Wednesday narrowly upheld a Treasury Department decision to lift sanctions from three companies connected to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
Read moreAs the American stock market struggled through what was termed the “worst Christmas ever,” economically speaking, President Trump said he is still confident in his treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin.
Read moreA Russian-born businessman is challenging in federal court his inclusion on a Treasury Department list of oligarchs, saying the agency “effectively republished” the list from an issue of Forbes Magazine.
Read moreThe Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to rehear an action by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders after a divided three-judge panel concluded that the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) was unconstitutional.
Read moreA federal magistrate set a $100,000 bond Friday that freed a former Treasury official charged with providing BuzzFeed with thousands of files tied to the Russia investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller.
Read moreThe Eighth Circuit ruled Thursday that the federal government’s diversion of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac profits to the U.S. Treasury Department after the 2008 housing collapse did not illegally shortchange shareholders.
Read moreThe Treasury Department imposed a fresh round of sanctions Tuesday against Russian actors it believes are trying to evade U.S. pushback against Kremlin-ordered cyberattacks.
Read moreThe U.S. Treasury Department slapped new sanctions on five Russian companies and three Russian individuals Monday for “malign and destabilizing cyberactivities.”
Read moreThe Eighth Circuit heard arguments Tuesday over whether the diversion of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s profits to the U.S. Treasury Department after the 2008 financial crisis illegally stiffed shareholders.
Read moreIn a ruling Thursday, the Seventh Circuit upheld the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s authority to divert Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s future profits to the U.S. Treasury Department as a condition of their $188 billion bailout during the 2008 financial crisis.
Read moreThe Treasury Department announced Monday that the government borrowed a record $488 billion in the January-March quarter, but officials expect borrowing needs will decline sharply for the current April-June quarter.
Read moreThe lawyer representing adult film star Stormy Daniels asked the U.S Treasury Department Tuesday to share its suspicious activity report regarding an “illicit and shadowy” payment made to Daniels as part of a nondisclosure agreement over her alleged affair with President Donald Trump.
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