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

Scott Bessent will lead President Donald Trump 's financial agenda as treasury secretary. Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund ...

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo on Wednesday said he is hoping a full Senate confirmation vote for U.S.

The Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as treasury secretary, filling a key role in President Donald Trump's Cabinet with Bessent ...

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he personally vetted a senior Treasury employee on Elon Musk’s government efficiency team who has read-only access to federal payment data, and that there’s ...

Scott Bessent, the CEO of Key Square Group who ... If confirmed, Bessent would lead the Treasury Department, of which the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is a subagency. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., ...

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

The U.S. Senate confirms Scott Bessent as treasury secretary under President Trump, facing challenges on tax policy, tariff ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Treasury nominee Scott Bessent on Thursday faced sharp ... Russia sanctions and the future of an Internal Revenue Service tax filing system that Republicans have called to ...

Scott Bessent, tapped by Donald Trump to be treasury secretary, faced sharp questions from Democrats and Republicans on tax policy, tariffs, China, Russia sanctions and the IRS.