Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent downplayed on Thursday the negative impacts of President Donald Trump‘s tariffs as he said a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led ...

Three Senate Democrats criticized Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for what they call a “lack of candor” about what DOGE workers are doing with US payment systems. The senators, in a letter to ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stood by President Trump’s policy plans during a speech delivered to top economists on ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that his previous comments about a " detox period " for the U.S. economy did ...

President-elect Donald Trump nominated Scott Bessent as his choice ... Find out more about the personal life of Bessent, who, if confirmed by the Senate, would become the first openly gay ...

November 22, 2024 - President-elect Donald Trump announces Bessent as his pick to serve as the next secretary of the Department of the Treasury. January 27, 2025 - In a 68-29 vote, the Senate ...

Each week of the first 100 days of the new Trump administration, we will publish updates on key federal financial services regulatory and ...

(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., speaks at the Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing for Scott ...

Is the first openly gay Treasury secretary and the first openly LGBTQ Senate-confirmed Cabinet member in a Republican administration. After graduating from Yale, Bessent held positions at Brown ...