The United States government has now officially responded to the uproar over Jay-Z and Beyoncé‘s trip to Cuba last week. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sent out a letter today addressed to Republican members of Congress saying that the trip was, in fact, legal, and said that the two celebrities vacationing in… Read more »
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Obama to return 5 percent of salary to Treasury
The White House says President Obama will return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in light of automatic spending cuts that have led to furloughs for thousands of federal workers. A White House official says Obama decided to return part of his salary each month for the rest of the year to share… Read more »
ABC’s Stephanopoulos Hypes ‘Net Benefit For the Treasury From Gay Marriage’
On Thursday, George Stephanopoulos touted how legalizing same-sex "marriage" would supposedly bring in additional revenue into the federal government's coffers. The former Clinton administration official claimed that "the Treasury would actually take in more money if gays and lesbians were allowed to get married and get federal benefits." Stephanopoulos cited an eight-plus year old study… Read more »
Treasury Secretary Lew presses China on cyberattacks, North Korea nuclear concerns
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew pressed Chinese leaders over computer hacking and for help with North Korea during two days of talks that ended Wednesday. Source: FOXNews.com