Scott Bessent's wise comments on tariffs, taxes, spending, and debt calmed investors and sent markets soaring.

Scott Bessent, Trump's pick to be Treasury Secretary was pressed on Trump's tax agenda during his Senate confirmation hearing ...

The Congressional Budget Office on Friday forecast a $1.865 trillion U.S. budget deficit for fiscal 2025, largely flat with ...

Trump's pick for Treasury secretary says letting the 2017 tax expire would unleash a $4 trillion tax hike that could crush the U.S. economy.

Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell has some unkind words for the economic plan being pitched by Scott Bessent, who ...

Bessent said he believed Trump's presidency would help "unleash a new economic golden age," which could include more jobs and ...

Trump’s second term agenda includes cutting ‘slackers’ from federal workforce, former OMB official says ...

The second Trump presidency is being shaped by corporate interests, with tech magnates like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos leading ...

Secretary of the Treasury nominee Scott Bessent told Democratic Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden that America is not engaged in a ...

The U.S. national debt is projected to surge by $23.9 trillion over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump’s pick as Treasury secretary, owns North Dakota farmland on which he earns between $100,000 and $1 million per year, but plans to divest himself of it if he is ...

Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent outlined a three-pronged approach to tariffs during his Senate testimony this week, ...