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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

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, asks a question during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on police use of force and community relations on on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Washington. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Pool via AP)

China gets free pass on taxes on U.S. debt dividends

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Mauricio Claver-Carone, deputy assistant to President Donald Trump and senior director for Western Hemisphere affairs, speaks to the press after meeting with Bolivia's Foreign Minister Karen Longaric in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Testing tradition, Trump taps US official to lead Latin bank

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Travelers pick up luggage where signs remind them, with classic Pacific Northwest icons showing the size of two Chinook salmon, to stay six feet apart at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Monday, May 18, 2020, in SeaTac, Wash. Monday was the first day that travelers at the airport were required to wear face coverings in the public areas there. The Port of Seattle has encouraged its employees to wear face coverings, and all federal agencies that operate at the airport require their employees to wear them. All airlines operating at SeaTac require employees and passengers to wear face coverings. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Treasury Dept. slow to dole out coronavirus rescue money for airlines: Report

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Democrats unveil $3 trillion-plus coronavirus spending package

By Gabriella Muñoz and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump listens as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Airlines wait as Treasury applies strings to payroll aid

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

In this March 17, 2020, file photo Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, right, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing with the coronavirus task force, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Mnuchin properly followed rules when he refused to release Trump’s tax returns to Congress: IG

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 29, 2020 file photo, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pauses during a news conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) ** FILE **

Jerome Powell: Eventual economic rebound can be ‘robust’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, March 25, 2020, file photo, American Airlines jets sit idly at their gates as a jet arrives at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

US could get stake in airlines in exchange for virus grants

By DAVID KOENIG and MARCY GORDON - Associated Press

President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, before boarding Marine One helicopter for the short trip to nearby Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Watchdog: Treasury’s actions on Trump taxes being probed

By MARCY GORDON - Associated Press

Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, Marshall Billingslea, left, meets with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. Billingslea met Monday with the prime minister, parliament speaker and the central bank governor. The central bank governor said Billingslea is here to explain the motives behind recent U.S. sanctions targeting Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah group. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

US official meets in Lebanon over anti-Hezbollah sanctions

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US Treasury sanctions 3 North Korean hacking groups

By TAMI ABDOLLAH - Associated Press

US imposes sanctions on Iraq-based affiliate of Iran’s Guard

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Treasury limits state and local tax cap workarounds

By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL - Associated Press

Protesters wearing masks of U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stand near the map of Korean Peninsula during a rally demanding the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and peace treaty near the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 21, 2019. The Korean Peninsula remains in a technical state of war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty. More than 20 protesters participated at a rally and also demanding the end the Korean War and to stop the sanction on North Korea. The letters read &quot;Peace and Unification.&quot; (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Trump intervenes, reverses planned NK sanctions with tweet

By DEB RIECHMANN and JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

FILE - This Dec. 21, 2016 file photo shows the Trump International Hotel at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, in Washington. The attorneys general of the District of Columbia and Maryland plan to file subpoenas seeking records from the Trump Organization, the IRS and other entities in their lawsuit accusing Donald Trump of profiting off the presidency. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

2 attorneys general to subpoena Trump Organization, Treasury

By TAMI ABDOLLAH - Associated Press

This image provided by the Alexandria Sheriff’s Department shows a mug shot of Natalie Mayflower Edwards. Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards, a Treasury Department employee, has been accused of leaking confidential banking reports of suspects charged in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. (Alexandria Sheriff’s Department via AP)

Treasury employee charged in leak linked to Mueller’s probe

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

President Donald Trump participates in a "Celebration of America" event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. Trump quickly scheduled the event with military bands after canceling a visit with the Philadelphia Eagles as he stoked fresh controversy over players who protest racial injustice by taking a knee during the national anthem. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Donald Trump sees federal deficit soar in first full year

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this photo March 22, 2013, file photo, the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Conservatives cheer IRS announcement on shielding donors to certain nonprofits, including NRA

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang. Trump’s persistence in pursuing a bromance with Putin has highlighted a growing disconnect within his administration over Russia policy. While Trump speaks fondly of Putin and a desire for better relations with Moscow, the rest of the executive branch remains highly critical and deeply suspicious of the Russian president and Kremlin intentions (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, file)

Trump wish for warm Putin ties highlights policy disconnect

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press