WASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department is no longer planning to put anti-slavery crusader Harriet Tubman on a $20 bill, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
FILE PHOTO: Capitol Hill staff member places signs before a news conference by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) on Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin's decision to indefinitely delay putting famous abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the new $20 bill, on the steps of the Treasury Department in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Scott Bessent, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, delivers remarks on the day U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at the Faith & Freedom Coalition "Road to Majority" Conference, Washington D.C., U.S., June 26, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Capitol Hill staff member places signs before a news conference by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) on Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin's decision to indefinitely delay putting famous abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the new $20 bill, on the steps of the Treasury Department in Washington, U.S., June 27, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Scott Bessent, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, delivers remarks on the day U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at the Faith & Freedom Coalition "Road to Majority" Conference, Washington D.C., U.S., June 26, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo