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The day after Christmas is known in the UK as Boxing Day. For millions of Americans, it could literally be the day they start packing, as enhanced unemployment benefits expire on Dec. 26 and a federal moratorium on evictions ends on Dec. 31. The negotiations over a new round of stimulus are now batting around the idea…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday that the Senate will vote Wednesday on a new relief package that provides economic stimulus, including extended unemployment benefits. “I just announced the Senate will vote next week on hundreds of billions more dollars for relief programs that Democrats do not…

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has tweeted he’s pulling out of the Future Investment Initiative summit in Saudi Arabia. This comes in the wake of the disappearance of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi as evidence piles up that the journalist was tortured at the direction of Saudi prince Mohammad bin Salman…

Louise “Let Them Eat Cake” Linton, wife of Treasury Secretary and Hollywood producer Steve Mnuchin, has made headlines and trended worldwide on Twitter yet again – this time telling Elle magazine she's “super duper” scared at the thought of doing a reality TV series, which she claims many people have floated to her in…

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin committed “no violation of law” when he used private jets for seven official trips, the Treasury Departments Office Of Inspector General says, but needs to make a better case going forward for costing taxpayers this kind of coin. Going forward, IG put Mnuchin on notice, it expects a…

The dismissal of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin from a Relativity-related fraud suit is being appealed by RKA Film Financing, a bank consortium that’s seeking $110 million in damages from investments with the studio that failed to pan out. In a pre-argument filing with the Supreme Court of New York last month, but…

“I apologize for my post on social media yesterday as well as my response. It was inappropriate and highly insensitive," Louise Linton, the wife of Treasury Secretary and Hollywood producer Steve Mnuchin, said this afternoon in a statement. She was apologizing for her gone-viral “Let Them Eat Cake” Instagram moment…

EXCLUSIVE: Now that he's Secretary of the Treasury and fifth in line to succeed President Donald Trump, Steve Mnuchin is divesting himself of his entertainment holdings. However, he is still very much involved in Hollywood, and his influence looms large. We’re told he will no longer be an executive producer on The Fiel…

UPDATED, 1:53 PM: Dune Entertainment does, indeed, have a new CEO in actress Louise Linton, it was confirmed by her reps. Linton is the fiance of U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who previously had the CEO title. When Mnuchin took the Treasury post, he had to divest himself of any direct interest in his…

Steve Mnuchin didn’t mean to promote The Lego Batman Movie — which he executive produced —  when he told an interviewer last week that "you should send all your kids to Lego Batman," the Treasury Secretary told the Office of Government Ethics today in a mea culpa letter. The answer created a minor stir. Government…

The executive producer of The Lego Batman Movie, which made $55.6 million at the U.S. box offices this weekend, is about to become the nation’s Treasury Secretary. The U.S. Senate just voted 53-to-47 along party lines to turn the Treasury Department over to Steve Mnuchin, a former Hollywood financier, Relativity Media…

UPDATE with more details: Steve Mnuchin today covered an array of topics during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee for the job of Secretary of Treasury. The former finance director for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, a former partner in Goldman Sachs, co-owner of OneWest Bank and who…