Tag: Janet Yellen
Treasury Department launches strike force to counter illicit fentanyl
By Brett Rowland | The Center Square
The Treasury Department announced Monday that it is launching a Counter-Fentanyl Strike Force ahead...
Debt ceiling talks grind on, but Republicans say there’s a ‘lack...
Debt ceiling negotiators for President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy traded more budget-cutting ideas at the Capitol Tuesday, but Republicans warned of...
Debt ceiling: Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy to meet Monday as negotiators...
The White House and House Republicans wrapped up another round of debt ceiling talks Sunday as Washington races to strike a budget...
No progress on debt ceiling as deadline approaches
President Joe Biden met with legislative leaders on Tuesday, but neither side gave any indication of progress on the debt ceiling ahead...
U.S. could hit the debt ceiling as early as June 1,...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen notified Congress on Monday that the U.S. could default on its debt as early as June 1, if...
New IRS leader Danny Werfel promises faster, easier tax filing process
New IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel delivered a tax-season pledge Tuesday that the agency will use an $80 billion infusion of cash to...
Marilynn Malerba sworn in as 1st Native American in U.S. Treasurer...
Mohegan Chief Marilynn “Lynn” Malerba was sworn in Monday as the Treasurer of the United States, the first Native American to hold...
Joe Biden signs massive climate and health care legislation
President Joe Biden signed Democrats’ landmark climate change and health care bill into law on Tuesday, delivering what he has called the “final piece”...
Doug Ducey appeals ruling against Arizona’s limiting COVID relief to open...
Gov. Doug Ducey is appealing a federal judge's decision blocking his decision to withhold federal COVID-19 relief to unopened schools.
Former U.S. Treasury secretary says unemployment rate needs to rise to...
The unemployment rate needs to rise in order to ease the effects of inflation, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers says.
