Jan 16 (Reuters) - Scott Bessent, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Treasury Department ... "Look, the United States is not going to default on its debt if I'm confirmed.

The US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control ... both public safety and national security,” said the head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, principal ...

Trump's US Treasury Pick Bessent Says Extending Tax Cuts a Top Priority (Reuters) - Scott Bessent, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Treasury Department, on Thursday said that ...

US Senator Elizabeth Warren ... In the Jan. 12 open letter, Warren asked Treasury Secretary-designate Scott Bessent if the Treasury Department should have more power to sanction the crypto sector.

In one of her last acts as Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen says her agency will start taking “extraordinary measures,” or ...

NEW YORK, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The United States ... on the Treasury Secretary role to Bessent but was instead picked to lead Trump's trade and tariff strategy as head of the Commerce Department.

In December, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf visited Damascus, announcing the removal of a $10 million bounty on Sharaa’s head after meeting him.

"On the eve of our Great Country’s 250th Anniversary, he will help me usher in a new Golden Age for the United States ... to a letter Bessent sent last week to the Treasury Department.

Many of Trump's picks for top jobs in his next administration have not worked at the highest levels of government or in the private sector.

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