Sources: Reuters
Unemployment in the United States could reach 20 percent if sufficient action is not taken in responding to the coronavirus pandemic, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warns. 2020-03-18
The U.S. military takes two militants of the Beatles ISIL cell previously held by Kurdish forces to face trial in the United States. 2019-10-9
Three U.S. troops are killed and three others are wounded in an IED blast near Ghazni, Afghanistan. 2018-11-27
U.S. President Donald Trump vows to revoke the right to automatic citizenship given to children born on United States land to illegal immigrants. According to most authorities, birthright citizenship in the United States is protected in the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 2018-10-30
Financial analysts interpret remarks by United States Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin as an indication that the United States may change the strong dollar policy that it has held since the 1990s. This is evidenced by the fact that he did not deliver the usual message that a strong dollar is good for America. 2018-01-25
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lifts the 32-year-old, lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men. Men can donate if they haven't had sex with another man in the previous year. The FDA stance is in line with other countries, such as Australia, Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.K., and is consistent with rules on recent blood transfusion or accidental exposure to another individual's blood. 2015-12-21
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announces that the Treasury will supplement Alexander Hamilton's depiction on the U.S. ten-dollar bill with that of a woman, the identity of which is to be chosen after public debate. 2015-06-17
The United States Senate confirms Jack Lew as the Secretary of the Treasury. 2013-02-27
U.S. President Barack Obama nominates White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew to be the next Secretary of the Treasury. 2013-01-10
2 Yemenis are released from custody in Amsterdam, having been arrested after being suspected by the United States of plotting a terrorist act. No evidence was found against the men. 2010-09-1