Former German President Horst Köhler dies at 81
Horst Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before stunning the ...
Ethics Pledges by Trump Cabinet Draw Questions and Skepticism
Publicly released agreements show the vast wealth of President Trump’s cabinet picks and the uncharacteristically large list of potential conflicts of interest with which they enter office.
As Trump’s tariff pledge comes due, he vows to follow through on key campaign promise
On Friday afternoon, around the same time a delegation of senior Canadian officials was preparing to meet with President ...
Senior U.S. official exits after rift with Musk allies over payment system
A top Treasury career staffer, David A. Lebryk, announced his retirement. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems.
Woman who wanted to kill GOP leaders said she was inspired by CEO’s slaying, prosecutors say
Prosecutors say a Massachusetts woman accused of planning to kill Republican leaders at the U.S. Capitol told police she was influenced by Luigi Mangione, the man charged with fatally shooting the CEO ...
Long-term sick may need to find jobs in Liz Kendall's welfare shake-up
The long-term sick could be forced to find jobs or have their benefits slashed in sweeping welfare reforms, according to ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Pays $12.5 Million for D.C. Mansion
Days after his Senate confirmation, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has paid $12.5 million for a historic mansion in Washington, D.C., according to people familiar with the deal.
Top Treasury official retires over DOGE request for access to payment systems
David Lebryk, a top Treasury Department nonpolitical career official, retired Friday after clashing with Elon Musk allies over government payment systems, a source familiar with the matter told ...
How an arcane Treasury Department office became ground zero in the war over federal spending
A few weeks before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, members of his transition team went to the Treasury Department to ...
Your complete guide to tariffs: How much you’ll pay, and when
President Donald Trump says he will impose his tariffs over the weekend, gambling that taxing American companies for imported ...
Starmer 'set to exempt Chinese spies from toughest national security law’
Shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel said: “This is an extraordinary and reckless decision by this Labour government to exempt China from the toughest security restrictions which exist to protect our ...