Treasury Department
Portman Skeptical Of Obama In IRS Targeting
Ohio’s Republican U.S. senator on Thursday questioned the suggestion by President Barack Obama that he didn’t know until recently that the IRS had been targeting conservative groups.
Treasury: Jay-Z, Beyonce Cuba Trip Licensed As Educational Exchange
U.S. Treasury officials say the trip by Beyonce and Jay-Z to Cuba was licensed as an educational exchange.
Watchdog: Bailout Banks Used $2.1B From Fund To Repay TARP Aid
A government watchdog says that 137 community banks used $2.1 billion from a special fund aimed at boosting lending to small businesses to repay their bailouts from the financial crisis.
Federal Benefits Recipients Must ‘Go Direct’ By March
Social Security and other federal benefits recipients who currently receive paper checks have just over one month to register for Direct Deposit.
Pipe Bomb Explodes In Treasury Official’s Mailbox
Officials are investigating an apparent pipe bomb that destroyed a mailbox at the Virginia home of the Treasury Department’s inspector general, but a department official says there’s no reason to suspect it was linked to the inspector general’s work.
Opinion: Auto And Bank Bailouts Prove Effective
On Monday, the Treasury Department sold 553,846,153 shares in AIG on Monday, turning an $18 billion profit on the $32.50 a share price.
Opinion: We Are Better Off Than We Were Four Years Ago
Tonight, when Vice President Biden and President Obama address the country the question before them is an obvious one: are we better off than we were four years ago? The answer is equally obvious: YES!
Bailout Watchdogs Condemn AIG Tax Break
Former members of a congressional panel that oversaw bailouts during the financial crisis blasted the Treasury Department on Monday for quietly granting a tax break worth billions to insurance giant American International Group.
