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

The first openly gay person in the role has the delicate balancing act of cutting taxes and curbing deficits while putting ...

Bessent will now have the delicate balancing act of cutting taxes and curbing deficits while putting forward a plan on ...

Trump took his time before settling on Bessent as his nominee. He also mulled over billionaire investor John Paulson and Howard Lutnick, whom Trump tapped for commerce secretary. The treasury ...