10:15 am || Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing 11:00 am || Meets with Treasury Secretary Lew 12:10 pm || Hosts Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens; South Lawn All times Eastern Live stream of Carney Briefing at 1:00 pm -
President Obama is humming with energy, canning the acting head of the IRS and demanding Treasury Secretary Jack Lew find out just how this IRS thing could have happened. He’s so on fire, you’d think he just birdied the 18th hole. Obama strutted into the East Room... -
White House press secretary Jay Carney declined to say whether IRS staffers would be fired. Read more...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will not run out of room to borrow until at least early September, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Friday, citing accounting maneuvers that can be employed once a suspension of the nation's debt limit expire...
9:30 am || Recieves the Presidential Daily Briefing 2:25 pm || Meets with electric utility CEOs and their trade associations; Department of Energy 4:00 pm || Meets with Treasury Secretary Lew 5:30 pm || Meets with a group of Asian American... -
(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Tuesday that he does not know of anyone in Congress who wants to have a "showdown" over the nation's debt limit.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dysfunction in Washington is one of the biggest drags on the U.S. economy, undermining confidence and crimping growth, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will meet with Wall Street and business executives in New York on Thursday evening to discuss issues, including how to strengthen the U.S. economic recovery and further reduce the deficit, an official...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Wednesday urged Congress to permanently boost U.S. funding for the International Monetary Fund, saying it is in Washington's interest to maintain its influence in the global lender.
10:00 am || Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing 10:45 am || Meets with senior advisors Noon || Meets with Treasury Secretary Lew 4:05 pm || Welcomes the Wounded Warrior Project’s Soldier Ride to the White House in celebration of the... -
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Republican lawmakers concurred on Thursday that overhauls of the corporate and individual tax codes should be tackled together, but their agreement ended there.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Jack Lew reiterated the government's opposition to a tax on financial transactions, which would make banks pay for help in the financial crisis and is gaining steam in Europe.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Tuesday urged countries with a budget surplus to introduce policies to help domestic consumption, in what appeared to be a prod at Germany.
BERLIN (Reuters) - The United States needs Europe to be economically strong to ensure its own long-term growth, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Tuesday after talks with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's economic weakness and financial turmoil affect the U.S. economy, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew told EU leaders on Monday, stressing the need to boost demand and move ahead with a euro zone banking un...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici has canceled a meeting in Paris with U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew that had been scheduled for Tuesday, a Treasury official said.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will discuss ways that Europe can rebalance its demand to help grow the economy during a trip to the continent next week, a senior official said on Friday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will travel to Europe in early April, his second international trip since taking office a month ago, to discuss recent deterioration in the euro zone and prospects for boosting global economic gro...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will press China to take "serious steps" to stop cyber attacks directed at the United States and urge the administration of new Chinese President Xi Jinping to accelerate economic reforms, a U.S. offic...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will visit Beijing on March 19 and 20 to meet with China's new leadership, in his first international trip after being confirmed by the Senate at the end of last month.