Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent got support even from two Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee. CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Democratic critics raged against Bessent’s ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, is calling for Congress to make President Donald Trump's tax cuts permanent. (Chris ...

Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager, was confirmed as treasury secretary.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Scott Bessent, a billionaire investor, was confirmed by the Senate in a ...

REUTERS “Scott Bessent has a clear vision to reignite America ... and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) as well as every Republican on the panel. Getty Images Senate Finance Committee ranking member ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has a new plan in the fight to bring down historically high interest rates, and it’s got ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Donald Trump is not asking the Federal Reserve to lower its short-term interest rates, ...

On January 31, 2025, the CFPB announced President Donal Trump had appointed Scott Bessent as Acting Director of the CFPB. In a brief ...

(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell writes that Scott Bessent “is using all the budget high jinks at his disposal to produce a pseudoscientific ...

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(MarketWatch photo illustration/Getty Images, iStockphoto) President-elect Donald Trump’s decision in late November to have his Treasury pick be Scott Bessent — the founder and chief executive ...

President Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent confers with ... 2021 (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) Bessent also said that he will work with ...

The Trump administration has suggested to Ukraine that the United States be granted 50% ownership of the country’s rare earth minerals, and signaled an openness to deploying American troops there to ...