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        <title><![CDATA[Daniel Flatley - US Treasury Reporter]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[How the US Is Using Swap Lines to Project Financial Power]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 15:12:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bessent Calls on China, Allies to Join US Operation in Hormuz]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 13:54:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bessent Says Powell Staying On Is ‘Violation’ of All Fed Norms]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:06:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Tariff Changes Could Raise Deficit by $1.1 Trillion, CBO Chief Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:14:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bessent Casts Potential New Swap Lines as Boost to Dollar’s Role]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Flatley]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:48:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hassett Backs Powell Interpretation on Staying On ‘Pro Tempore’]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:07:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bessent Says Gulf, Asian Allies Requested Currency Swap Lines]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:00:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Finance Chiefs Get Short Shrift From Bessent’s Other Priorities]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:04:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bessent Says Chinese Banks Warned About Iran Sanctions Risk]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:27:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bessent ‘Optimistic’ Gas Will Drop to $3 Per Gallon Over Summer]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:03:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Eases Venezuela Central Bank Sanctions to Aid Oil Revival]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Flatley]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:37:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bessent Says Bank Citizenship Proof Order Is ‘In Process’]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Flatley]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:59:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Taps Pimco’s Erin Browne for Treasury International Affairs Job]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Flatley]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:09:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran War Threatens to Wreck Trump Dream of Lower Interest Rates]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Flatley]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bessent Says US to ‘Retake’ Hormuz Strait Control, Eyes Escorts]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Flatley]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:58:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump’s Signature to Appear on US Currency, Breaking Precedent]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Flatley]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:32:21 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>US President Donald Trump’s signature on an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Photographer: Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Treasury Says Cuba Can’t Get Russian Oil as Ship Heads to Island]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Flatley]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:32:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Banks, Treasury Staff Push Back on Citizen-Verification Proposal]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paige Smith]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:50:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump-Xi Agenda to Be Shaped as Negotiators Meet in Paris]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 03:33:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea in Oct. 2025.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Treasury Allows More Russian Oil Sales to Help Tame Prices]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek Wallbank]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:01:30 GMT</pubDate>
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