Topic: Treasury
FinCEN’s CTA Rollback: A Claim-by-Claim Fact-Check of the August 2026 Beneficial Ownership Exemption
FinCEN permanently exempts U.S. entities from BOI reporting and deletes collected data, going further than courts required in a move that serves both small businesses and anonymity-seekers.
DOGE’s Federal Data Dragnet: Access Was Real, Broad, and Poorly Controlled
DOGE accessed at least 12 agencies’ sensitive databases over 18 months. Multiple IG investigations confirmed mishandling. One D.C. case is now in discovery.
The $39 Trillion Paradox: How America Is Both the Richest Nation and Deeply in Debt
The US holds well over $160 trillion in household wealth and owes $39 trillion in federal debt. Both numbers are real; whether it is a crisis turns on the dollar privilege and the interest bill.