New Delhi, May 29 -- Officials in President Donald Trump's administration have pushed the office responsible for printing US currency to create a $250 bill featuring Trump's portrait. This move would mark the first time in more than 150 years that a living person has appeared on US currency.

Since last year, two political appointees at the US Treasury Department, Treasurer Brandon Beach and his senior adviser, Mike Brown, have repeatedly urged staff at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to prepare samples of the note, The Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing employees who said the move raises concerns because federal law allows only deceased people to appear on bills.

As part of the ongoing effort, Beach provided the agency's ...