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 ...

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

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

With the national debt above $36 trillion, newly-confirmed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowed to rein in government ...

Scott Bessent confirmed as treasury secretary - a historic appointment that brings bipartisan support and expertise in tax ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned congressional leaders that Treasury would start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from ...