Bessent, a hedge fund manager, becomes the nation’s 79th Treasury secretary. He will lead President Trump’s economic agenda.

The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to become the next Treasury secretary and enact the ...

Hedge fund manager Scott Bessent — who has vowed to crack down on off-the-rails federal spending and help avert a “crushing ...

The first openly gay person in the role has the delicate balancing act of cutting taxes and curbing deficits while putting ...

Billionaire financier Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Commerce Department, said Wednesday that he ...

Scott Bessent tried to polish the president’s big economic policy turd at his confirmation hearing. It’s still a turd.

President Donald Trump has been talking about tariffs for so long that it feels like we know exactly what’s coming. But we ...

Billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent won Senate approval Monday to become US Treasury secretary, placing him at the ...

The White House says that US President Donald Trump is still thinking about imposing tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico ...

A brief standoff with Colombia holds important lessons for how future trade conflicts might unfold in the new Trump ...

Macomb, Detroit, Michigan It was an exhilarating experience to watch the live telecast of Scott Bessent’s over four-hour ...

Upon returning to office, U.S. President Donald Trump has launched numerous tariff threats. They range from broad ones - a ...