President-elect Donald Trump chose Scott Bessent to lead the Treasury Department late Friday evening. “I am most pleased to ...

U.S. stocks are hanging near their records on Tuesday as Wall Street takes Donald Trump’s latest talk about tariffs in stride ...

After a messy, public competition between hopefuls, President-elect Donald Trump nominated hedge fund manager Scott Bessent ...

Bessent, the 62-year-old founder of Key Square Group, has repeatedly backed the president-elect’s pro-tariff stance in a ...

U.S. stocks rose to records after Donald Trump’s latest talk about tariffs created only some ripples on Wall Street ...

Scott Bessent, who prevailed after an intense lobbying effort by his allies, emerged over the past year as a trusted Trump ...

President-elect Donald Trump named billionaire Scott Bessent as his pick to serve as the next secretary of the Department of ...

Bessent spent his career in finance and gives Wall Street an advocate for tax reform and deregulation. Some call his ...

Trump ally Elon Musk publicly threw his weight behind Howard Lutnick for Treasury secretary. Trump went with Scott Bessent ...

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

The longtime hedge fund manager said he is focused on making Trump’s 2017 tax cuts permanent, as well as eliminating taxes on ...

"I am most pleased to nominate Scott Bessent to serve as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury of the United States," Trump said ...