Treasury weighs $250 bill featuring President Trump (opens in new tab)

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed that the Treasury Department had taken preparatory steps for a proposed $250 bill featuring President Trump, but said Congress would have to change federal law before Treasury could print such a note. The proposal is tied to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and follows legislation introduced by Republican Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina to require a Trump portrait on the denomination. Current U.S. law bars living people from...