ANDREW TAYLOR and JONATHAN LEMIRE / The Associated PressApr 10, 2019
As the deadline set by a key House panel chairman passes, the treasury secretary says more time is needed to "carefully" review the request. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
MARCY GORDON / The Associated PressApr 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. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Erica Werner / APSep 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. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Emily Wells / TruthdigAug 22, 2017
Here we have another object lesson about the folly of believing promises made by campaigning politicians. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 19, 2017
The Massachusetts senator slammed the treasury secretary for his confusing statements during a Senate Banking Committee hearing Thursday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Deirdre Fulton / Common DreamsJan 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." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Jesse Eisinger / ProPublicaDec 4, 2016
Steven Mnuchin has a long history of coming out ahead, even in questionable deals. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigJun 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. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 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. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 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. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigFeb 28, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including California voters make an about-face on marijuana legalization and an Illinois lawmaker offers an interesting comparison on gun control. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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