US Treasury Department: News
10 Feb 2025
Donald TrumpWhy Trump has ordered US Treasury to stop minting pennies
President Donald Trump has ordered the US Treasury Department to cease minting pennies, a move he announced on his Truth Social account.
31 Dec 2024
BeijingHow Chinese hackers infiltrated US Treasury systems and stole documents
In a major security breach, the US Treasury Department's computer systems were compromised by Chinese state-sponsored hackers earlier this month.
28 Sep 2024
Donald TrumpUS Justice Department charges Iranian hackers over Trump campaign cyberattack
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged three Iranian nationals, for their supposed role in a cyberattack on Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
21 Sep 2024
IsraelWho was Ibrahim Aqil, Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli airstrike
Ibrahim Aqil, the commander of Hezbollah's elite unit, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Friday.
18 Aug 2024
IndiaIndia's US securities holdings touch record $241.9B in June
India's holdings of US government securities have reached a record high of $241.9 billion in June.
30 Jul 2024
Federal ReserveUS national debt surpasses $35 trillion for the first time
The United States's gross national debt has surpassed $35 trillion for the first time in history, according to data released by the US Treasury Department.
29 May 2019
South KoreaUS removes India from its currency monitoring list: Details here
The US has taken India off its currency watchlist of major trading partners on Wednesday after the country took certain steps to prevent foreign exchange irregularities.
07 Feb 2019
Donald TrumpDonald Trump nominates David Malpass for World Bank President
US President Donald Trump has nominated David Malpass, a vocal critic of the World Bank, to head the international financial institution, sparking concerns that he may seek to reduce the role of the global lender.
09 Oct 2018
Pakistan NewsPakistan: FATF team to examine steps taken against terror financing
A second team of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is in Pakistan to hold meetings with top officials to discuss the measures taken by the country to counter terror financing after it was added in the 'grey list' for providing monetary assistance to terrorists.
15 Apr 2018
IndiaIndia, China, four other countries in US' currency watchlist
The US has added India to a list of countries with potentially questionable foreign exchange policies, along with China and four other countries.
24 Feb 2018
North KoreaUS imposes its largest package of sanctions on North Korea
Speaking at a conference with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, US President Donald Trump said that the US is imposing its largest package of sanctions on North Korea to pressurize the country into abandoning its nuclear missile programme.
20 Jan 2018
US GovernmentUS govt. shutdown: How services will get affected
Almost half of the two million civil federal government workers in the US have been placed on "furlough" and will be barred from doing their jobs from Monday owing to the US government shutdown.
13 Apr 2017
Donald TrumpTrump backtracks on campaign rhetoric, says NATO "no longer obsolete"
US President Donald Trump said during a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that NATO is "no longer obsolete."
