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

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

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

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Scott Bessent will lead President Donald Trump's ... set to be imposed on imports from Mexico and Canada beginning Saturday. Bessent has expressed a less aggressive approach to tariffs than ...

The U.S. Senate has confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent as President Donald Trump’s treasury secretary ...

NEWS ANALYSIS. The Republican president's promises, such as tax cuts and tariff hikes, are likely to fuel inflation. This ...

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump’s tariff plans are largely aimed at bringing manufacturing back to the United States, ...

REUTERS “Scott Bessent has a clear vision to reignite America ... including 10% import taxes on China as well as up to 25% on Mexico and Canada. “China is in a severe recession,” he ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has come to a screeching halt under its new acting head, Scott Bessent.