Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says U.S. is working to provide $20 billion in additional financing for Argentina to help Trump ally Javier Milei before Oct. 26 midterms, bringing total aid to $40 billion.
Trump hosts dinner at the White House for wealthy donors funding his $200 million ballroom and refuses to release attendee list.
Judge blocks Miami Dade College land transfer for Trump library, ruling college violated Florida Sunshine law with insufficient notice about 2.6-acre downtown property.
Investment fund with Trump Jr. as partner sold sponsorships for conference marketed as official Treasury AI summit where Bessent would unveil policy, before Treasury approved materials.
Jersey City’s Heights University Hospital seeks $25 million in emergency state aid amid $60 million shortfall less than two years after CarePoint Health bankruptcy.
Sen. Cantwell warns Big Ten presidents that proposed $2 billion private equity partnership could jeopardize schools’ tax-exempt status and conflict with academic goals as nonprofit institutions.
New York Attorney General Letitia James indicted for bank fraud by Trump-installed prosecutor despite career prosecutor determining no probable cause for charges.
Seattle paid Civic Hotel owners $2.7 million for empty shelter rooms after rejecting cheaper alternative, with Chief Deputy Mayor saying she wanted nonprofit leader “out of the homelessness business” despite superior placement rates.
Treasury defends $1 coin featuring Trump on both sides despite 1866 law banning living people on currency to avoid monarchy appearance, removes explanatory webpage.
Bessent names Social Security head Frank Bisignano as IRS’s seventh commissioner this year and first CEO, bypassing Senate confirmation as both agencies lose up to 25% of workforce from DOGE cuts.
