Treasury-Department

Trump Administration Explores Consolidating Banking Regulators

| Importance: 8/10

Trump administration explores consolidating banking regulators by potentially merging FDIC and OCC under Treasury Department, reducing regulatory workforce and oversight. Proposed changes include combining regulatory functions, transferring employees, and potentially eliminating independent banking …

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Treasury Department Sanctions Intellexa Consortium and Tal Dilian

| Importance: 9/10

The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designates two individuals and five entities associated with the Intellexa Consortium for developing commercial spyware used to target Americans, including US government officials, journalists, and policy experts. Key …

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US Adds Intellexa and Cytrox to Entity List for Cyber Exploit Trafficking

| Importance: 9/10

The US Commerce Department adds surveillance technology vendors Intellexa and Cytrox to the Entity List for “trafficking in cyber exploits used to gain access to information systems, threatening the privacy and security of individuals and organizations worldwide.” Specific entities …

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Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Refuses Congressional Demand for Trump Tax Returns

| Importance: 8/10

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin defied a congressional request by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, refusing to provide six years of President Trump’s tax returns. Mnuchin claimed the request ’lacks a legitimate legislative purpose’, marking an unprecedented …

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