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President Obama said at no time in his presidency was an anti-terror strategy not used just "because we didn't use the label 'radical Islam.'" (Associated Press)

Obama utters forbidden phrase ‘radical Islam’ — while attacking ‘dangerous’ Donald Trump

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama smiles during his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Obama misled Congress on debt limit: House report

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)

Rand Paul sues Obama over foreign banking law

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

David Cohen, the Treasury undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, talks about actions the Treasury Department is taking to combat financing for the Islamic State group during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington on Oct. 23, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama tabs David Cohen as CIA deputy director

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with members of the Night Wolves biker group in the Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine, July 12, 2012. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Vladimir Putin pals, ‘Night Wolves’ biker gang, sanctioned by U.S.

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Rep. Jeff Miller, Florida Republican. (Associated Press)

VA gives no bid deal to company in contract steering probe

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

The U.S Treasury Building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)

Treasury Department probes hiring of VA official under investigation for misconduct

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

The U.S Treasury Building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)

Treasury procurement executive steered contracts to friends while at VA

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

President Obama inspects the new Chevrolet Volt during his tour of the General Motors Auto Plant in Hamtramck, Mich., in July 2010. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama administration approves overpayments to GM, Ally Financial execs: audit

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. The agency has been under fire for what critics say are politically motivated attacks against conservative organizations. (Associated Press)

Treasury, IRS crack down on ‘inversion’ tax breaks for businesses leaving U.S.

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Billionaire Democratic fundraiser Tom Steyer (Associated Press) **FILE**

Patriots Foundation seeks details on Treasury meeting with Steyer

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about the economy, Iraq, and Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, before convening a meeting with his national security team on the militant threat in Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Russian fund with US advisers eludes sanctions

By JEFF HORWITZ and STEPHEN BRAUN - Associated Press

Two Russian banks, including Bank Rossiya, the lender that was put on the U.S. Treasury's sanctions list, said Visa and MasterCard have stopped providing services to them. Bank Rossiya is a private bank owned by Yuri Kovalchuk, considered to be Russian President Vladimir Putin's longtime friend and banker. With about $10 billion in assets, Rossiya ranks as the 17th-largest bank in Russia and maintains numerous ties to banks in the United States, Europe and elsewhere. (Associated Press)

U.S. corporate giants fear blowback from sanctions on Russia over Ukraine

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Gov’t report says US lost $11.2B on GM bailout

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A Chinese clerk counts U.S. dollars in exchange for Chinese renminbi at a Hefei, China, bank. (Associated Press)

U.S. Treasury warns China on currency

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

US sanctions suspected Honduran drug trafficker

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Treasury says Lew’s outpatient surgery went well

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

US Treasury Secretary Lew to undergo surgery

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

Feds defy warnings over porn surfing; more get caught years after scandal

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

In this file photo, just-cut stacks of $100 bills make their way down the production line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

‘Compromised’ keys cost Treasury Department big bucks

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times