There is a new book out about the Obama presidency—Confidence Men, by Pulitzer-winning former Wall Street Journal writer Ron Suskind—and you know what that means! Hot gossip. Hot political gossip.

Looking across the vast debt ceiling hellscape today, it appears that Speaker John Boehner will finally, finally get House Republicans to pass his two-tiered debt limit hike by tossing in modest balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution. Let's just say that that doesn't improve the chances of getting…

Who's the last remaining initial member of President Obama's core economic team? The one people really don't like, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner. But this job and his term as president of the New York Fed immediately proceeding it are exhausting him. It's backbreaking work, hoisting that money-launching cannon aimed…

Poor Treasury secretary Tim Geithner. The lifetime government official has never worked for evil Goldman Sachs, but no one will believe him. Will he ever be able to shed this Goldman taint?

The new financial reform bill will create a consumer protection agency, the brainchild of professor and TARP overseer Elizabeth Warren, Washington's toughest regulatory voice. She should obviously be its first director! But what if she's "too tough" on banks?

[Flawless Secretary of State Hillary Clinton inadvertently intercepts Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan when they try to shake hands today in Beijing. Image via Getty]

While visiting China, esteemed Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner sunk a three-pointer playing with Beijing's Renmin University's team, providing a great opportunity for news anchors to joke about how Asians are too short to be good at this sport, anyway.

[John Kerry gets ready to hear Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testify about the Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee, the recovery of TARP funds, and other hugely exciting economic matters at a Senate Finance Committee hearing in Washington today. Image via Getty]

Hundreds of celebrities, journalists, and politicos will descend on D.C. tomorrow night to attend the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. Who will be on hand? A long list of the people planning to walk the C-SPAN red carpet below.

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner got the pounding he was most certainly expecting when he headed to Capitol Hill today to answer questions about the bailout of AIG. If you missed it because you spent the entire afternoon discussing that new unfortunately-named oversized iPhone that Apple introduced today, you can watch…

A few weeks ago there was an op-ed in the New York Times saying that the key to unravelling any skulduggery that went on during the bailout of AIG is their emails and records. Now they'll get opened!

Last year, the incoming Barack Obama administration promised to be... a whole bunch of "hotties" who would impress us with their stylish dress as they solved all our problems. Many of these hotties just had a bad year.

Is Jamie Dimon in line to replace Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner? That's that the Post suggests today, pointing to increased chatter in political circles that the JPMorgan Chase chief would make a "good fit," and Dimon's own efforts to build a higher profile in Washington in recent weeks. One thing that's for sure: …

Thanks to Bloomberg News, we now have a good idea how much of that $13 billion pass-through bailout Goldman Sachs got from AIG last year was pure taxpayer-financed gravy: $5.2 billion, courtesy Tim Geithner.

President Obama now has a backup plan in the event he decides to kick Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to the curb. 50 Cent has graciously stepped forward and offered to help the president run the U.S. economy. If President Obama needs him, of course.

On The Daily Show last week, John Oliver explored the difficulty Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is having selling his house. It was funny! But was it true? Geithner or his broker might have been lying a little bit! [UPDATE: Corrected.]

You probably thought Lydia Hearst spent her days and nights flitting from party to party and posing nude for European magazines, didn't you? Well, it turns out the oft-nude publishing heiress is pretty up to speed on economic matters as well. Hearst, who appears on the cover of the new issue of Social Life magazine,…

Did you miss Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner testifying today before members of the Senate Banking Committee? You can read about all the excitement here, but today was actually supposed to be a double-header for Geithner: He was scheduled to head over the House afterwards to testify before the Financial Services…

You probably assumed the job of Treasury Secretary came with half a dozen manservants. It doesn't, apparently. Tim Geithner was in New York City today to appear on a panel moderated by Time managing editor, Richard Stengel. Before the event kicked off, though, Geithner was spotted at the Starbucks downstairs. Buying…