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Steve Mnuchin

  1. the money game
    Steven Mnuchin,Louise Linton
    Is Steve Mnuchin the Guy to Stop the Commercial Real-Estate Crisis?Trump’s Treasury secretary put $1 billion into New York’s most troubled bank, but what can he do about the rent crisis?
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  2. celebrity real estate
    A $22.5M Apartment at 740 Park Goes From a Mnuchin to a TischLacey Tisch, the daughter of Loews magnate Andrew Tisch, is the buyer of Steve Mnuchin’s apartment. Oddly placed black toilet included.
    By Kim Velsey
  3. the national interest
    Even Steve Mnuchin Refuses to Admit Biden Won the ElectionWhat it tells us when the most respectable Trumpist won’t refute the big lie.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. movie review
    Louise Linton’s Sex-Cannibal Comedy Is Here, and It Is Not GoodMe You Madness is a nonstop deluge of overwritten rants and underbaked humor.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  5. the economy
    GOP Admits That Handing Out Free Money Creates Jobs“By sending out checks, we’re putting money into the economy for people,” Steve Mnuchin said Wednesday, “which will have the impact of creating jobs.”
    By Eric Levitz
  6. money
    Steve Mnuchin, American WinnerThe Treasury Secretary embodies the plutocratic principle that a crisis is a terrible thing to waste.
    By Eric Levitz
  7. conservatism
    Coronavirus Is Forcing the GOP to Admit Its Ideology Is DelusionalTrump’s DHS declares undocumented workers “essential,” while Steve Mnuchin scrambles to reconstruct the “administrative state.”
    By Eric Levitz
  8. bailouts
    The Small-Business Bailout Just Got a Lot BetterFirms with fewer than 500 employees can walk into any FDIC bank and collect enough money to cover eight weeks of payroll on Uncle Sam’s dime.
    By Eric Levitz
  9. donald trump
    Afraid of Trump Uproar, Steve Mnuchin Kicks Harriet Tubman $20 to 2028: ReportMnuchin blamed the wait on a security issue, but the New York Times reports that he may have delayed the Tubman bill to avoid a Trump tantrum.
    By Matt Stieb
  10. trump tax returns
    IRS Memo From 2018 Says Agency Must Release Trump Tax Returns: ReportThe 10-page memo states that the disclosure of tax returns to the Ways and Means Committee is “mandatory” unless Trump declares executive privilege.
    By Matt Stieb
  11. decorum
    Steve Mnunchin and Maxine Waters Butt Heads AgainIn an appearance regarding Trump’s tax returns, the Treasury secretary threw all his passive aggression at the California congresswoman.
    By Matt Stieb
  12. transition lenses
    Steven Mnuchin’s Rep Answers Every Question You Have About His Transition Lenses“He is a fan of the technology.”
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  13. the national interest
    Trump Wants to Give the Wealthy Another Tax Cut, With No Vote in CongressCongress can’t pass another tax cut for the rich, but Trump doesn’t care.
    By Jonathan Chait
  14. Trump Moves Ahead With Trade Sanctions Against ChinaIn what seems to be a negotiating tactic, the White House announced it was proceeding with tariffs and other trade restrictions until further notice.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. #hermesscarf
    Louise Linton’s Image Rehab Tour ContinuesShe says she was a “bozo” for that “silly” Instagram post.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  16. Mnuchin: Davos Is Not ‘a Hangout for Globalists’Coastal elites may sneer at the World Economic Forum — but real Americans love it when the global superrich fly to the Alps to hear TED Talks.
    By Eric Levitz
  17. presents
    Man Who Reportedly Left Package of Horse Manure for Steve Mnuchin Speaks Out“Is there a law that you can’t drop off a box of poo? Not really.”
    By Lisa Ryan
  18. merry christmas
    Gift-Wrapped Package Addressed to Steve Mnuchin Was Filled With Horse PoopWill the person who sent the manure please stand up?
    By Amanda Arnold
  19. evil villains
    Steve Mnuchin Is Flattered People Think He Looks Like a Bond Villain“I guess I should take that as a compliment that I look like a villain in a great, successful James Bond movie.”
    By Amanda Arnold
  20. icky
    This Is the Face of a Woman Who Has Never Seen Less Than a $100 BillShe wore gloves.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  21. the national interest
    Republicans: We’re Trying Not to Cut Taxes for the Rich, But It’s Too HardTheir goal was to stick it to their donors. But they can’t because of technical math issues. It’s complicated, you wouldn’t understand.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. the national interest
    Is Trump About to Trigger a Cabinet ‘Suicide Pact’?Implosion watch.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. If Price Is Fired, What About the Rest of Trump’s Private-Jet-Loving Cabinet?The president hinted that he might ax his embattled HHS secretary, but Mnuchin, Pruitt, and Zinke’s travel habits have come under scrutiny too.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  24. politics
    Steve Mnuchin Says He Wasn’t Interested in the Eclipse Because He’s a New YorkerThe Treasury Secretary was responding to claims that he used a government plane for prime eclipse viewing.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  25. high-fliers
    Steve Mnuchin Reportedly Requested a Government Jet for His HoneymoonSources say the Treasury secretary asked to use a plane that could cost $25,000 per hour to operate.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  26. palace intrigue
    Trump Official’s Kentucky Trip Under Investigation for Convenient Eclipse TimingMnuchin and Linton may have timed their trip to Kentucky a little too well.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  27. grand old party
    Republican Leaders Cheer Themselves Up by Going to a Vault to Touch GoldMitch McConnell and Steve Mnuchin visited the vaults at Fort Knox.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  28. U.S. Sanctions Chinese and Russian Individuals and Firms With North Korea TiesA total of 16 companies and people have been targeted in the U.S.’s latest move to squeeze Pyongyang.
    By Jen Kirby
  29. #hermesscarf
    Treasury Secretary’s Wife Bragged About Her #HermesScarf on InstagramLouise Linton then wrote a long, angry reply to a woman who criticized her post.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  30. McConnell: There’s ‘Zero Chance’ That Congress Fails to Raise Debt LimitStill, House conservatives are threatening to let America default on its debt, unless Democrats agree to massive spending cuts.
    By Eric Levitz
  31. We’re Grading Trump Like He’s a Montessori Kindergartener: Tax-Policy EditionThe Trump administration reportedly has “its act together on tax reform.” Also, its only idea for how to finance tax cuts is “blow out the deficit.”
    By Eric Levitz
  32. weddings
    Mike Pence Officiated Steve Mnuchin’s WeddingAll the Trumps also attended.
    By Sarah Spellings
  33. Treasury Secretary Sells Stake in Production Company That Made Entourage MovieFounded with an Australian billionaire and Brett Ratner, the company was also behind Wonder Woman and Suicide Squad.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  34. Remember Trump’s Promise Not to Touch Social Security? It’s Gone NowSteve Mnuchin quietly backs away from a famous Trump position.
    By Jonathan Chait
  35. Mnuchin: Our Tax Cuts for the Rich Are Not About Cutting Taxes for the RichTrump’s Treasury Secretary needs to get way better at lying about tax cuts.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. Trump Mulls Rollback of Obama’s Crackdown on Corporate Tax AvoidanceTrump’s new nationalist motto: “Buy American, Hire American, But Feel Free to Relocate Overseas for Tax Purposes.”
    By Eric Levitz
  37. White House Says Tax Reform Will Be Delayed Because of Trumpcare FailureTrump’s Treasury secretary says the president will not meet his August deadline for tax reform, “because of the healthcare.”
    By Eric Levitz
  38. Steven Mnuchin: I Wasn’t Endorsing Lego Batman When I Endorsed Lego BatmanAfter ethics complaints, the Treasury secretary is walking back his suggestion that people go see the movie he produced.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  39. Treasury Secretary Compliments Trump’s ‘Perfect Genes’Steve Mnuchin, in a possible ethics violation, also encouraged people to go see Lego Batman, which he produced.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  40. Yet Another Goldman Sachs Banker Is Headed for the Trump AdministrationWall Street sees Deputy Treasury Secretary nominee Jim Donovan as a check on Steve Bannon’s economic nationalism.
    By Eric Levitz
  41. Entourage Movie Producer Steve Mnuchin Confirmed As Treasury SecretaryThe Goldman Sachs and hedge-fund vet has been dubbed the “foreclosure king.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  42. Republicans Buck Boycott, Vote for Price and Mnuchin Without Democrats PresentAfter a Democratic boycott, Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee changed the rules so they could advance the cabinet nominees by themselves.
    By Eric Levitz
  43. Senate Democrats Boycott Votes on Two of Trump’s Key Cabinet NomineesAfter misleading statements from Trump’s picks — and mass protests in blue America — Democrats are in the mood for obstruction.
    By Eric Levitz
  44. government gazillionaires
    The Billionaires (and Mega-Millionaires) Trump Wants in His CabinetPopulism has seldom been so rich. A nominee dossier.
    By Nick Tabor and James D. Walsh
  45. Mnuchin’s Hearing Sparks Arguments About Tax Havens, Foreclosures, and ValiumKey moments from the confirmation hearing of Trump’s nominee for Treasury Secretary.
    By Eric Levitz
  46. Trump’s Treasury Pick Is Ripe for a Public Shaming From Elizabeth WarrenA bank run by Steve Mnuchin broke foreclosure laws, according to a leaked report. Expect hard questions at his confirmation hearing.
    By Eric Levitz
  47. Trump’s Treasury Pick Says His Tax Cut Won’t Benefit the ‘Upper Class’Last month, the Tax Policy Center found that Trump’s plan would give the top 0.1 percent an average tax break of 14 percent.
    By Eric Levitz
  48. politics
    Fiancée of Trump’s Cabinet Pick Wrote a Really Offensive Book About AfricaA critic called it “the defining work of the White-Savior-in-Africa genre for the digital age.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  49. Trump Taps Steve Mnuchin for Treasury SecretaryThe populist president names a former Goldman Sachs partner — who is also the son of a Goldman Sachs partner — to his cabinet.
    By Eric Levitz