A 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.
Read moreThe Treasury Department said Monday that the federal budget deficit ballooned to $215.2 billion in February, up significantly from a year ago.
Read moreThe U.S. Treasury Department issued sanctions Tuesday against two officials it describes as “key leaders of North Korea’s unlawful weapons programs.”
Read moreThe Trump administration is now estimating the Republican tax bill will generate about $1.8 trillion in new tax revenue over 10 years by boosting economic growth.
Read moreA former deputy for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joined an ever-growing list of Turkish officials accused of enabling sanctions violations on Friday during a money laundering trial in a New York federal courthouse.
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A federal judge in Delaware dismissed a shareholder action challenging the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s authority to divert Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s future profits to the U.S. Treasury as a condition of the mortgage giants’ $188 billion bailout during the 2008 financial crisis.
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A government watchdog filed suit Monday to expose public records on a taxpayer-funded trip Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin took with his wife took to see the historic eclipse.
Read moreThe U.S. Treasury Department announced new sanctions Tuesday aimed at Chinese and Russian entities that support the North Korean government.
Read moreU.S. citizens living abroad, joined by Sen. Rand Paul, lack standing to challenge the Treasury Department’s new taxes on their foreign bank accounts, the Sixth Circuit ruled Friday.
Read moreTrying to repair the damage of money-laundering claims, an attorney for an Andorran bank brought a federal complaint to review U.S. Treasury Department documents.
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