Today, about 68.5 million Americans receive Social Security benefits; for many, these monthly checks represent a major share ...

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 ...

"In the coming weeks and months, we will pass the largest tax cuts in American history," Trump said on Tuesday.

As one of Donald Trump’s cabinet picks, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent has made headlines. As a billionaire with deep roots in the finance world, many are curious about his career ...

With the president’s tariff pause doing little to quell panic in the markets, his man at the Treasury has been put in an essentially impossible position. His fate is an increasingly open question ...

In November 2024, Donald Trump nominated Scott Bessent as his pick for Secretary of the Treasury. In his announcement, Trump praised Bessent—a financial advisor and major donor to his 2024 ...

Victoria Guida is an economics correspondent at POLITICO and author of Capital Letter, a reported column that probes policies shaping the American economy and is closely read by policymakers and ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday said he believes the Trump administration could strike a deal with China.

“Access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American dream,” Bessent said during a speech at the Economic Club of New ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spoke Wednesday at an Institute of International Finance event in Washington, D.C.

Scott Bessent said on television that most people kept 401(k) money in a 60% stock fund. It’s not quite that simple. By Ron Lieber Trump administration officials made the rounds this weekend to ...