25 h. ago Judge orders participants in Signal chat group blunder to preserve all messages

Restraining order was issued to ensure that records of Yemen attack group conversation are retainedA federal judge on Thursday ordered that the Trump administration preserve all Signal messages exchanged in the now-infamous Signal group chat in which officials conducted a high-level military operation on the unclassified commercial app and inadvertently included a journalist.The temporary restraining order from James Boasberg, the chief US district judge in Washington, compelled defense secretary Pete Hegseth, secretary of state Marco Rubio, treasury secretary Scott Bessent, CIA director John Ratcliffe and the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, to save their texts from 11 to 15 March. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Labour minister under fire after he compares welfare squeeze to 'cutting my child's pocket money by £10 per week'... as Government admits 800,000 disabled Brits will be £4,500 per year worse off

Darren Jones, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, offered the 'offensive' and 'patronising' example as he was quizzed about the impact of Labour's benefits cuts.

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8 d. ago Government not ‘blindly cutting spending’ or heading for austerity – minister

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones also said cuts to spending at next week’s spring statement would not be an admission of economic failure.

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1 week ago MPs ‘jumping to conclusions’ over welfare reforms, suggests minister

Emma Reynolds, the economic secretary to the treasury, urged MPs to be ‘patient’.

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1 week ago Trump's billionaire treasury chief makes stunning statement about stock market crash that has wiped trillions off economy

Scott Bessent dismissed concerns about a looming recession - and revealed his plans to ease the current economic tensions and halt what appears to be an inevitable financial crash.

Economics

2 w. ago Not having time to scrutinise PPE contracts ‘source of frustration’ – Barclay

The former chief secretary to the Treasury was giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

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2 w. ago Trump has ripped his predecessors over the stock market. He has watched it fall 5% since he returned to the White House

51 days into Trump’s presidency, economists and major banks have increased the chances of a U.S. recession after a manic 24 hours on Wall Street

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2 w. ago Recession chances are ‘close to 50/50,’ Clinton’s treasury secretary says

The warnings from economists come amidst chaos and uncertainty created by President Donald Trump’s trade war on Mexico, Canada, China and other nations

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2 w. ago Trump Treasury secretary says economy slowdown just ‘detox’ as government spending switches to private sector

Donald Trump’s new Treasury secretary blew off the apparent slowdown in the nation’s economy as nothing more than “detox” as government spending switches to the private sector.

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3 w. ago Trump ‘confident’ China will not invade Taiwan during his presidency, Bessent says

Treasury secretary’s remarks come as Taipei has become nervous about shifting US stance on Ukraine

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3 w. ago ‘Druckonomics’: Wall St veteran poised to shape the new US economic order

Stanley Druckenmiller has spent years quietly running his family office. Now one protégé is Treasury secretary and another is vying for Fed chair

Economics

3 w. ago Trump’s Treasury Secretary claims cheap goods are ‘not the essence of the American Dream’

‘The American Dream is rooted in the concept that any citizen can achieve prosperity,’ Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said

Politics

3 w. ago Labour Government rejects English bid to change single malt whisky definition

Labour chief secretary to the treasury Darren Jones confirmed the UK Government "will not be watering down the definition of malt whisky."

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