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FILE - The Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, May 4, 2021. The Treasury Department has announced sanctions against a weapons trafficking network affiliated with the Islamic State group in Somalia and the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group, which are accused of carrying out terrorist acts on civilians. The move to freeze and block transactions with U.S. entities comes after two car bombings at a busy junction in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, killed more than 120 people last week. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Treasury sanctions IS-Somalia weapons traffickers, al-Shabab

By Fatima Hussein & Cara Anna - Associated Press

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference at the Pinellas County Emergency Operations Center, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, in Largo, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) ** FILE **

Treasury Department investigating Ron DeSantis’ migrant flights

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

The Treasury Building is viewed in Washington, May 4, 2021. The U.S. monthly budget deficit fell in October as the government collected more taxes from individuals and corporations thanks to a much-improved economy emerging from the coronavirus pandemic. The Treasury Department reported Wednesday, Nov. 10, that the federal government posted a deficit of $165 billion last month, 42% lower than the same month last year when it rang up a record October deficit of $284.1 billion. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Feds missed nearly $500 million in debts because of ‘software error’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden sits in the Oval Office of the White House, on March 4, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Biden signs order on cryptocurrency as its use explodes

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

In this Friday, Oct. 1, 2021 photo, from left, Zihare Wellons, 7, Shahif Wellons, 12, and Janiyah Acie, 3 walk through new Rec2Tech space at Jefferson Recreation Center, which will provide access to technology and innovative programming for community members including STEM, computer science and coding education, combined with the arts in Pittsburgh. The city plans to use some of the money from the American Rescue Plan, passed by Congress last spring, to continue expanding these programs. Initial programming will be for young people, with plans to grow the programming into the broader community. (AP Photo/Rebecca Droke)

States and cities slow to spend federal pandemic money: AP

By David A. Lieb - Associated Press

In this July 11, 2021, file photo, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a press conference at a G-20 Economy, Finance ministers and Central bank governors' meeting in Venice, Italy. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

Biden administration sanctions cryptocurrency market to fight ransomware

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Abolfazl Nahidian, of the Manassas Mosque in Manassas, Va., poses after after a press conference, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, in which he and other Muslim leaders asked the Biden administration to release a set of religious tiles that have been confiscated because the shipment was considered a violation of sanctions on Iran. (AP PhotoMatt Barakat)

Iranian-made tiles spark dispute between Manassas Mosque, Feds

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

In this Saturday, July 24, 2021, photo, former President Donald Trump speaks on a variety of topics to supporters at a Turning Point Action gathering in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) ** FILE **

Justice says IRS must give Trump tax returns to Congress

By Mark Sherman - Associated Press

In this file image from video, Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, speaks on the floor of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 27, 2020. (House Television via AP) **FILE**

Republicans slam DOJ ruling on Trump’s taxes as politically motivated

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The entrance gate of the Embassy of the Russian Federation is seen in Washington, Thursday, April 15, 2021. The Biden administration has rolled out a sweeping set of sanctions on Russia over its election interference, hacking efforts and other malign activity. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

U.S. says Russia was given Trump campaign polling data in 2016

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks during an event on the American Jobs Plan in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Joe Biden caves on huge corporate tax increase in infrastructure plan

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this April 23, 2020, photo, President Donald Trump's name is seen on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, in San Antonio. There were just a few hundred coronavirus cases when Congress first started focusing on emergency spending in early March. By the end of that month, as Congress passed the massive $2.2 trillion Cares Act, cases skyrocketed above 100,000 and deaths climbed past 2,000. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

Paper checks of $600 stimulus payments to be mailed out starting Wednesday

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

This June 6, 2013, file photo, shows the sign outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Senator: Treasury Dept. email accounts compromised in hack

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump's White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, the daughter of President Trump, walk on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020, after stepping off Marine One upon returning from Camp David. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Watchdog raises possible Kushner link to $700M rescue loan

By MARCY GORDON - Associated Press

The Senate report did not identify the type of government documents on Hunter Biden that the senators had requested from the Treasury Department, but such files are known as Suspicious Activity Reports. (Associated Press)

Source: U.S. has many files on Hunter Biden’s money trail

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Australia's Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is photographed outside The Treasury in Canberra, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020. The Australian government will reveal a big spending financial blueprint for the next few years that will drive business investment and job creation while repairing pandemic damage to the economy. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Australia plans massive pandemic budget, record deficit

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

In this Jan. 30, 2010, photo, Vice President Joe Biden, left, with his son Hunter, right, at the Duke Georgetown NCAA college basketball game in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ** FILE **

Hunter Biden’s network of wealthy, corrupt foreigners stretched from Moscow to Beijing

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Idaho county sues state over coronavirus rescue money

By KEITH RIDLER - Associated Press

Amazon agrees to pay $134K to settle allegations retail giant violated U.S. sanctions: Treasury

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 21, 2020, file photo, state Sen. Jim Oberweis, R-Sugar Grove, wears a full face shield while on the floor of the Illinois Senate during session at the State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Oberweis is the GOP nominee for a Chicago-area congressional seat and the chairman of Oberweis Dairy. The dairy received a Paycheck Protection Program loan of between $5 million and $10 million, according to data released by the Treasury Department. Oberweis, who also owns an investment firm, has loaned his congressional campaign against Democrat Rep. Lauren Underwood more than $1.1 million since last year. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP, Pool, File)

GOP congressional hopeful’s dairy got virus relief loan

By SARA BURNETT - Associated Press