A headteacher has defended her decision to ban books which contained stories about pigs from some classes in case it offended Muslims. The literature has been removed from classes for under-sevens ...

A top Treasury official left the agency after Elon Musk's allies allegedly demanded access to the Social Security payment system. Apu Gomes/Getty Images A top Treasury official has left the agency ...

Senior Treasury Department official David A. Lebryk is expected to step down from his position as fiscal assistant secretary after more than three decades at the agency. According to The ...

However Treasury has pointed out the now structural deficit in the government's books is currently set to be addressed by cuts to per-person spending virtually unprecedented in modern times. Looking ...

The 10-year Treasury note is a way to invest money in the U.S. government. You lend money to the government for a decade and earn interest. Seems strange, doesn’t it? You, having a hand in ...

Omar Chatriwala / Getty Images The Secretary of the Treasury runs the U.S. Department of the Treasury, a Cabinet-level agency of the federal government. The department is responsible for ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to serve as President Donald Trump ...

President Donald Trump's Treasury secretary pick, Scott Bessent, pushes for new tariffs and warns of a 'calamity' if tax cuts expire. Confirmed by the Senate, Bessent emphasizes reducing taxes, ...

Also on Monday, the Senate voted to confirm Scott Bessent, Trump’s nominee to lead the Treasury Department. And fallout continues from Trump’s Friday night firing of a slew of inspectors ...

The Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary on Monday, elevating the hedge fund manager to the new administration’s top financial job as President Donald Trump forges ahead on an ...