President Donald Trump made a rare appearance Tuesday with Elon Musk in the Oval Office before signing an executive order to ...

Democrats pushed back against Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency as it turns its attention to the Education ...

The Trump administration plans to retain only about 290 of the more than 10,000 employees worldwide at the U.S. Agency for ...

Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. The House was in recess this week. Both it and the Senate are scheduled for legislative ...

LGBTQ groups overall are pleased to have the first gay U.S. Treasury secretary. But that doesn't mean they had uniform ...

The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent, of South Carolina, on Monday to serve as President Donald Trump ...

Scott Bessent will lead President Donald Trump's financial agenda as treasury secretary. Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager, was confirmed in a 68 to 29 U.S. Senate vote on Monday and sworn ...

“Scott Bessent brings a wealth of private-sector experience in the economy and markets to his new role, as well as a concern for the needs of working Americans,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S ...

Scott Bessent was sworn in as Treasury Secretary on Tuesday, taking the helm of one of the government agencies most critical to President Donald Trump’s sweeping economic agenda. Bessent ...

Newly minted Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is now the highest ranking openly LGBTQ official in American history. Bessent — who was nominated by President Donald Trump shortly after his election — ...