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Trump Says No Tax Breaks for Private Schools That Discriminate on Race

Posted by Matt Lamb on September 03, 2026 17 Comments

Private schools cannot discriminate on the basis of race, the Trump administration said. A proposed regulation would codify decades of Supreme Court cases....

Iran Threatens U.S. With ‘Seismic’ Attack as Trump Admin Launches ‘Operation Economic Outcast’

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on August 25, 2026 9 Comments

White House: This is the "single greatest financial offensive ever mounted against an adversary."...

Bessent Enlists Banks in Trump Immigration Crackdown

Posted by Ben Smith on August 09, 2026 32 Comments

"We do not ask bankers to assume the burdens of border enforcement. But we depend on banks to do what you do best: know your customers."...

U.S. Sea Drone Captures Video of Chinese Warship in Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 02, 2026 4 Comments

As China's maritime antics continue, Senators urge sanctions on China's fishing fleet....

President Trump Vows to Take Iran’s Kharg Island, Seize Oil Infrastructure as Regime Escalates

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on June 11, 2026 19 Comments

NBC News: The 14-week-old "ceasefire is effectively dead and has now been replaced by negotiations under fire."...

Trump Admin Temporarily Lifts Sanctions on Russian Oil ‘Stranded at Sea’

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 13, 2026 6 Comments

Cue the freakout!...

Bessent Mocks Newsom: ‘Patrick Bateman Meets Sparkle Beach Ken’ is Economically ‘Illiterate’

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 21, 2026 33 Comments

"He's here this week with his billionaire sugar daddy, Alex Soros, and Davos is a perfect place for a man who, when everyone else is on lockdown, when he was having people arrested for going to church."...

Treasury, State Designate Three Muslim Brotherhood Branches as Terrorist Organizations

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 13, 2026 8 Comments

"Although the Muslim Brotherhood, to which Hamas has pledged allegiance, claims to have renounced violence, the Muslim Brotherhood branches designated today continue to promote, incite, and glorify terrorism that directly threatens the interests of the United States and its allies."...

Scott Bessent Estimates How Much Taxpayer Money is Lost to Fraud Each Year

Posted by Elizabeth Stauffer on January 12, 2026 12 Comments

"Tim Walz is a coward. He would not guarantee that the Treasury Secretary ...

Bessent Unveils Moves to Combat Fraud in Minnesota

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 09, 2026 21 Comments

"Minnesota is going to be the genesis for a national rollout."...

Treasury Investigating if Minnesota Tax Dollars Funded al-Shabaab in Somalia

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 02, 2025 24 Comments

"Thanks to the leadership of @POTUS @realDonaldTrump, we are acting fast to ensure Americans’ taxes are not funding acts of global terror."...

Made in America Again: Treasury Sec. Bessent Unveils First U.S.-Made Rare Earth Magnet in 25 Years

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 23, 2025 8 Comments

Sec. Bessent: "We’re ending China’s chokehold on our supply chain."...

Trump Says Tariffs Will Pay for $2,000 Payouts to Americans

Posted by Ben Smith on November 09, 2025 21 Comments

"We are now the Richest, Most Respected Country In the World, With Almost No Inflation, and A Record Stock Market Price."...

Bessent to Warren and Klobuchar: Stop ‘Writing Incoherent Letters to Myself and Others’

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 31, 2025 13 Comments

Pass the popcorn!...

Trump Admin Sanctions Russia’s Two Largest Oil Companies

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 22, 2025 3 Comments

"Given President Putin’s refusal to end this senseless war, Treasury is sanctioning Russia’s two largest oil companies that fund the Kremlin’s war machine."...

Report: IRS Chief Ousted for Refusal to Provide Taxpayer Data on Suspected Illegal Aliens

Posted by Elizabeth Stauffer on August 10, 2025 41 Comments

“The Trump administration is working in lockstep to eliminate information silos and to prevent illegal aliens from taking advantage of benefits meant for hardworking American taxpayers."...

Scott Bessent: We Need to ‘Examine the Entire Federal Reserve’

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 21, 2025 46 Comments

"So, you know, I think this idea of them not being able to break out of a certain mindset, you know, all these PhDs over there, I don't know what they do. I don't know what they do. This is like universal basic income for...

Three Months Later, DOGE Finally Gets Access To Treasury Payment Systems

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 28, 2025 26 Comments

This is being reported in the media as some big Trump victory. It's not. The executive branch improperly was deprived of the right to run the Treasury Department the way it wanted for three months. That's three months it can never get back....

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