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February 20, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Treasury Secretary Gives Up Game on Tariff Revenue
Scott Bessent had a bonkers response to the Supreme Court overturning the tariffs ruling.
January 21, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Second Pension Fund Dumps U.S. Treasury Holdings as Trump Spirals
Donald Trump’s unpredictability has sent at least two countries running.
December 10, 2025
Rachel Kahn
Trump Threatens to Fire His Treasury Secretary Over … Immigration?
Donald Trump warned Scott Bessent in the middle of a wildly racist rant.
December 7, 2025
Robert McCoy
Treasury Sec Blames Liberal Media for Affordability Crisis
Scott Bessent has an exciting new theory about why Americans are unhappy with the economy.
November 24, 2025
Edith Olmsted
“How Much Does Your Arm Weigh?“: WTF Is Scott Bessent Talking About?
And how does this relate to Donald Trump’s tariffs?
November 19, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Treasury Sec Flails When Asked If Trump’s Foreign Investments Are Real
Donald Trump keeps bragging about bringing in billions of dollars in foreign investments.
September 24, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Treasury Sec Lets Slip They’re Trying to Swing Foreign Election
Scott Bessent just casually said the quiet part out loud.
July 3, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Treasury Secretary Reveals Administration’s Unhinged Budget Math
Scott Bessent had a wild explanation for why the budget bill won’t increase the national debt.
April 4, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Top Trump Official So Freaked Out by Tariffs, He Wants to Quit
And so the revolving door of Donald Trump’s Cabinet members begins.
January 16, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump’s Treasury Pick Vows to Give Back to the Rich in Bleak Hearing
Scott Bessent used his confirmation hearing to make clear that he cares about the rich and the rich only.
January 16, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Treasury Pick Leaves Glaring Gap in Answer on Cutting Medicaid
Donald Trump and his allies have increasingly looked at cutting Medicaid.
December 1, 2016
Alex Shephard
The confirmation hearings for Steven Mnuchin are going to be something.
October 29, 2009
Noam Scheiber
Rahm Taking Direct Interest in Reg Reform
September 28, 2009
Noam Scheiber
Tim Geithner as Leading Economic Indicator
September 22, 2009
Noam Scheiber
Do I Dare Defend Paulson Again?
September 16, 2009
Julia Ioffe
Call of the Wolf
August 5, 2009
Simon Johnson, Ben Eisler
TNRtv: Should Geithner Have Told Regulators To F*ck Off?
July 28, 2009
Simon Johnson
Who's Afraid Of Consumer Financial Protection?
July 27, 2009
Nina Hachigian
The SE&Ds of Change
July 27, 2009
Simon Johnson
Secretary Geithner's China Strategy: A Viewer's Guide

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