Scott Bessent became the 79th Secretary of the Treasury of the United States on January 28, 2025 serving under President Donald Trump. Prior, Bessent was Chief Investment Officer for Soros Fund ...

President Donald Trump says "anybody" but Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell should head the central bank. Could that even include Treasury Secretary Scott Bessett - and would he be able to wear both ...

The Treasury secretary is breaking with tradition in publicly assailing the central bank’s policies as President Trump looks ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will skip a Group of 20 finance officials meeting in South Africa next week, sources ...

Donald Trump's top trade negotiators have added more time to the clock after the White House failed to reach its 90 deals in ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is stepping up pressure on trading partners to quickly make new deals before a ...

President Donald Trump unveiled his most sweeping volley of tariffs yet — holding up large charts from the White House Rose ...

The 90-day truce that has kept most of President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” import taxes at bay expires on Wednesday, and ...

Steep tariff rates are set to go back into effect after a 90-day pause on the April 2 rates that rocked the stock market.

Elon Musk said he’s carrying out his threat to form a new political party after his fissure with President Donald Trump, ...

Scott Bessent, the founder of the Connecticut-based hedge fund Key Square Group, had been making a full-court press for the post.