House Chairman Asks IRS for 6 Years of Trump’s Tax Returns
Apr 3, 2019 It's the first such demand for a sitting president's tax information in 45 years. House Ways and Means panel chief sets April 10 deadline.
Trump Overrules GOP With Deal on Spending, Debt, Harvey Aid
Sep 6, 2017 The president cuts a deal with Democrats to fund the government and raise the federal borrowing limit for three months, all part of an agreement to speed money to Harvey relief.
Mnuchin Backpedals on Tax Loophole That Helps Billionaires
Aug 22, 2017 Here we have another object lesson about the folly of believing promises made by campaigning politicians.
Elizabeth Warren Challenges Steven Mnuchin Over Glass-Steagall Remarks (Video)
May 19, 2017 The Massachusetts senator slammed the treasury secretary for his confusing statements during a Senate Banking Committee hearing Thursday.
‘Foreclosure King’ Steven Mnuchin Is Put on Defensive at Senate Hearing
Jan 20, 2017 "Mnuchin didn't mention the name of a single victim in his remarks," journalist David Dayen reports. "He gave dubious statistics that fall apart upon scrutiny."
Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary Pick Is a Lucky Man. Very Lucky.
Dec 4, 2016 Steven Mnuchin has a long history of coming out ahead, even in questionable deals.Robert Scheer Questions Lawrence Summers and Michael Blumenthal on the 2008 Financial Crash (Video)
Jul 27, 2016 On Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention, Truthdig's editor in chief confronted the two former Treasury secretaries about the role financial deregulation played in the Wall Street crash. On Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention, Truthdig's editor in chief confronted the two former Treasury secretaries about the role financial deregulation played in the Wall Street crash.
Bill Clinton’s Legacy of Denial
Jun 6, 2016 Endorsing the Republican agenda of financial industry deregulation, reversing New Deal safeguards, President Clinton caused more damage to the American economy in the long run than any president since Herbert Hoover.That has always been the man’s special gift—to rise above, and indeed benefit from, the messes he created.
Would This Man Be Hillary Clinton’s Treasury Secretary?
Mar 3, 2016 BlackRock Inc. is the world’s largest manager of financial assets—five times larger than Goldman Sachs. And its CEO, Larry Fink, and his team are poised to take over a Clinton Treasury Department.
Shortchanged Workers Fuel the Missing Recovery
Mar 6, 2013 "Today the stock market is high not from profits from expanding sales revenues, but from labor cost savings," former Reagan Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts writes in CounterPunch.
