President Trump said in a social-media post that the war must end soon.

Tariff threats switched on and off, Bessent laser focussed on the 10yr yield, and next up is payrolls. We saw tightening ...

Driving the news: Elon Musk, who's heading the Trump administration's DOGE team that's tasked with cutting waste and saving money, has accused USAID of being corrupt, wasteful and said they had to ...

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Scott Bessent ’84, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Treasury secretary, was confirmed by the Senate on Monday in a 68-29 vote. A billionaire investor and former adjunct professor at Yale, Bessent ...

On Monday, the Senate voted to confirm Scott Bessent as President Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Bessent now takes on the tasks of helping to develop the new ...

The US Senate on Monday confirmed Scott Bessent as US President Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary, giving the billionaire hedge fund manager a central role in shaping the new administration’s ...

Bessent’s husband, former New York City prosecutor John Freeman, attended his confirmation hearing this month with their two children. “The ultimate civics lesson,” Bessent quipped in his ...

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The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to serve as President Donald Trump's treasury secretary, giving him the delicate balancing act of cutting taxes and curbing ...