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

Bessent, 62, is a longtime hedge fund manager, Trump donor and adviser. He'll be the point person for Trump on a host of key ...

Photo: Christian Monterrosa/AFP/Getty Images President-elect Trump’s nominee for Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has a numerically neat formula to describe the objectives he believes the new ...

While both equity and treasury investors have long loved the prospect of the president-elect putting Bessent in charge of financing our $36 trillion national debt, Bessent exceeded expectations at ...

Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump’s Treasury secretary nominee, said Thursday that he would not support raising the minimum wage. Bessent, if confirmed, would not have the authority to raise ...

Trump Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent on Thursday said he does not support raising the federal minimum wage. “I believe that the minimum wage is more of a statewide and regional issue ...

By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington Scott Bessent, the billionaire hedge fund manager whom President-elect Donald J. Trump picked to be his Treasury secretary, plans to divest from dozens ...

Maintaining the dollar as the world’s reserve asset is critical to US economic health and the nation’s future, Scott Bessent, Donald Trump’s nominee for Treasury secretary, will tell a ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Scott Bessent, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Treasury Department, on Wednesday vowed to ensure that the dollar remains the world's reserve ...