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Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, informed President Obama on Monday that he is resigning from his position, effective March 30.

As the controversial federal bailout program TARP comes to a close this week, we take a look at where all that money went and how it's being paid back

President Obama is expected to announce Tuesday that he wants Congress to redirect $200 billion of Wall Street bailout funds toward job creation measures, White House officials told CNN.

A report from the TARP Inspector General Neal Barofsky suggests we overpaid a good deal to rescue AIG. Senior editor Paddy Hirsch talks with Kai Ryssdal about Treasury Secretary Geithner's role in the bailout of AIG.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Tuesday he expects a wave of banks to soon return government bailout money to taxpayers.

A watchdog report on TARP says top officials weren't leveling with the public about the health of big banks when they pitched their bailout plan last year.

But what would have been the alternative? Steve Henn reports.

The Obama administration pledged unprecedented transparency in its accounting of the $700 billion bank and auto bailouts (TARP) and the $787.2 billion Recovery Act.

A lot of information has been made public but there are some key details where the transparency falls far short.

With the stress tests behind them, banking regulators now face the potentially thornier issue of deciding which banks, if any, should be allowed to repay government funds.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will announce on Monday new plans to cope with the financial crisis and how the remaining bailout funds from TARP will be distributed.

John Dimsdale offers a preview of what to expect.

New Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is trying to rein in TARP with rules that limit the power of lobbyists and ensure more oversight for the billions of dollars being handed out.

Will Geithner's new rules make it clearer where our tax money is going? Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.