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Trump directs Treasury to stop making pennies
President Trump on Sunday announced that he asked the Treasury Department to stop producing pennies, calling the one cent coin wasteful. He said in a Truth Social post that he told Treasury ...
Trump appoints treasury secretary, a former hedge fund executive, as acting head of consumer protection agency
In what appears to be yet another move to consolidate parts of the federal government, President Donald Trump has appointed ...
Jennings and other attorneys general secure order blocking DOGE from Treasury data
Kathy Jennings and other attorneys general sued to stop the Department of Government Efficiency's access to sensitive data in ...
Warren presses Treasury secretary over Musk access to payments system
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday demanding to know what access ...
DOGE deputy to oversee powerful Treasury system as Musk demands cuts
Tom Krause, a Silicon Valley executive with ties to DOGE, will become the fiscal assistant secretary of the Treasury ...
Democratic AGs from 19 states sue Trump admin over DOGE access to sensitive, personal data at Treasury
A federal lawsuit filed by 19 Democratic state attorneys general claims Elon Musk's DOGE violated the law by accessing ...
White House calls blocked DOGE access at Treasury ‘absurd and judicial overreach’
The White House is hitting back at a federal judge who issued an order blocking access to the Treasury Department’s payment ...