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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

President Obama wanted the Iran nuclear accord so badly that he offered to give Iran access to American banks, an investigation found. (Associated Press)

Obama hid efforts to aid Iran’s windfall

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a Kremlin awards ceremony in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 25, 2018. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Dem senators demand banks disclose ties with Russian ‘oligarchs’

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks about the opioid crisis during an appearance in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, April 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) **FILE**

Feds expose network that smuggled illegal immigrants from Syria to U.S.

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - This July 3, 2009, file photo shows Adult-movie star Stormy Daniels at Rooster's Country Bar in Delhi, La. In court filings Monday, April 2, 2018, President Donald Trump and his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, sought to have Stormy Daniels' case heard by an arbitrator instead of a jury. (Arely D. Castillo/The News-Star via AP, File)

Stormy Daniels’ lawyer wants details from Treasury on payout

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In this May 14, 2013, file photo, the Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is photographed early in the morning. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File) **FILE**

Justice Department charges nine hackers with ties to Iranian government

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Ron Wyden: Trump tax audit may be tainted by pro-Trump IRS chief

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 9, 2017, file photo, the North Korean flag is seen behind razor wire on top of a wall at the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Eight months after the audacious assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s estranged half brother, a Malaysian court is trying to unweave a complicated web of deception, political intrigue and cold-blooded brutality - a scheme allegedly cooked up by a network of North Koreans who have never, and almost certainly never will, set foot in the courthouse. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)

Trump slaps North Korea with new sanctions over human-rights abuses

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Treasury Dept. report slams consumer bureau’s rule to expand class-action lawsuits against banks

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Saturday, July 8, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. After a cordial meeting between Trump and Xi in April 2017, tensions are simmering again between the world’s two biggest economies. As U.S. and Chinese economic officials prepare to meet Wednesday, July 19, in Washington, the U.S. is weighing whether to slap tariffs on steel imports and risk setting off a trade war, a dicey option to deal with a problem caused largely by China’s massive overproduction of steel. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Donald Trump persuades China to cut North Korea financial transactions

By Dave Boyer and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In this June 10, 2005 an ore ship passes through the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Vessels large and small pass through the structures known as the Soo Locks more than 7,000 times a year. Officials from the Great Lakes states are making renewed push to win approval of a long-stalled proposal for adding a new lock to the Soo Locks complex, a critical chokepoint that connects Lake Superior to the lower Great Lakes. Only one of the two working locks there handles large iron ore boats. (AP Photo/John Flesher)

Great Lakes states renew push for new lock at critical point

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press