Nov. 22 (UPI) --President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced hedge fund manager Scott Bessent as his choice for treasury secretary and first-term official Russell Vought to head the Office of ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent pulled out of a Wednesday lunch event with the Republican Study Committee, the largest conservative caucus in Congress. Members of the caucus learned on their way ...

The vice president and budget director are viewed internally as open to the idea, but some conservatives warn of “Bernie ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the then-acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), emailed staff on February 3 ...

Our show began with Jon and Evan chronicling the initiatives beginning on February 3 by CFPB Acting Directors Scott Bessent, Russell Vought and DOGE to shut down or at least minimize the CFPB.

Scott Bessent speaks to the press outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 9, 2025. When hedge-fund billionaire Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent was nominated last fall ...

In November 2024, Donald Trump nominated Scott Bessent as his pick for Secretary of the Treasury. In his announcement, Trump praised Bessent—a financial advisor and major donor to his 2024 ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he was optimistic that President Trump could strike trade deals with U.S. allies and later turn attention toward addressing China’s export-centric economic ...

Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent weighed in on America’s tariff negotiations with other countries during a late Monday afternoon appearance on "Kudlow." President Donald Trump unveiled new tariffs on ...