Scott Bessent’s former colleagues and rivals see the prospective Treasury secretary as a thoughtful choice with a broad ...

US stocks rose Monday, with the Dow finishing at a fresh record as markets greeted Donald Trump's pick for treasury secretary ...

Hedge fund executive Bessent will be Trump’s primary conduit to Wall Street investors who are skeptical of the ...

Donald Trump’s lawyers are exploring whether the longtime aide sought to gain financially from his influence with the ...

The personnel drama spotlights the unusual and often-disorganized cast of characters around Trump who contributed to the ...

Bessent is married to his husband, John Freeman. Freeman is a former New York City prosecutor. Bessent and his husband, ...

Boosting energy production is easier said than done, and the effect on the government deficit isn’t clear either.

The president-elect’s market-friendly appointments to Treasury and other agencies brought relief to investors. The trade ...

Trump's nominee to run the Treasury faces a tall order—dealing with mounting debt, implementing an aggressive tariff regime, ...

Bessent (pictured), who campaigned for Trump's election and was a donor to his campaign, has expertise on making the right ...

While President-elect Donald Trump has announced most of his major nominations, we’re only beginning to learn about the knife ...

The Treasury and Labor officials will work with HHS officials on everything from drug costs to surprise billing.