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 ...

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 has confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent as President Donald Trump’s treasury secretary ...

For any repeat of the dramatic 1985 "Plaza Accord" between the U.S. and its main allies to weaken a then-stratospheric dollar ...

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

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

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

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

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

President Donald Trump’s tariff plans are the great unknown in the global economy right now - and it’s partly because his team is still trying to figure out what to do.