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Trump Nominates Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Scott Bessent to head up the Department of the Treasury on Friday. "I am most pleased to nominate Scott Bessent to serve as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury of the United States,
Trump nominates Scott Bessent as treasury secretary; picks Russ Vought to lead budget office
President-elect Trump nominated Scott Bessent, the founder and CEO of global macro investment firm Key Square Group, for treasury secretary.
Trump Taps Wall Street Vet Scott Bessent to Run the Treasury Department
President-elect Donald Trump chose Scott Bessent to lead the Treasury Department late Friday evening. “I am most pleased to nominate Scott Bessent to serve as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury of the United States,
Trump names billionaire Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary pick
President-elect Donald Trump named billionaire Scott Bessent as his pick to serve as the next secretary of the Department of the Treasury.
Trump picks Scott Bessent for treasury as he announces flurry of cabinet picks
President-elect announced nominations to lead several departments and agencies as he continues to staff his next administration
Trump picks Scott Bessent to serve as treasury secretary
If confirmed, Bessent will be tasked with implementing any tax cuts a Republican-controlled Congress may pursue.
Trump's pick for Treasury secretary shows there's a limit to Elon Musk's influence
Trump ally Elon Musk publicly threw his weight behind Howard Lutnick for Treasury secretary. Trump went with Scott Bessent instead.
Hedge fund manager Scott Bessent is Trump's pick for treasury secretary
Trump's Trials is now Trump's Terms. Each episode, host Scott Detrow curates NPR coverage of the incoming Trump administration.This episode: President-elect Trump plans to nominate hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to serve as Treasury Secretary.
Trump chooses Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary
Fox News' Bryan Llenas reports the latest on Trump's Cabinet picks from West Palm Beach, Florida.
Who is Trump's treasury secretary pick, Scott Bessent?
Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager who has helped fundraise for Donald Trump, is the president-elect's choice to lead the Treasury Department.
Dollar Tumbles with Bond Yields as Trump Nominates Bessent as Treasury Secretary
The dollar tumbled Monday after President-elect Trump picked Scott Bessent as the new US Treasury Secretary. Bessent is seen as a fiscal hawk and favors less government spending and more gradual tariffs,
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Gay MSNBC host admits Trump’s Treasury pick has him ‘conflicted’
MSNBC anchor Jonathan Capehart admitted he felt “conflicted” over one of President-elect Donald Trump’s latest Cabinet picks. Trump’s nominee to lead the Treasury Department is hedge fund […] ...
US says a drug cartel is behind the longstanding problem of illegal fishing in the Gulf of Mexico
For years, U.S. authorities and fishermen have complained about illegal fishing for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico, and ...
Trump picks SC native to lead US Treasury department. The choice had seemed anything but certain.
Billionaire hedge fund manager and SC native Scott Bessent has been nominated by incoming president Donald Trump to lead the ...
Republican Bill To End The Department Of Education Introduced
A Republican congressman has introduced a bill to eliminate the Department of Education, which was one of President-Elect ...
House passes bill that would allow Treasury to target nonprofits it deems to support terrorism
The U.S. House passed legislation that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status ...
He Helped ‘Break’ the Bank of England. Now He May Run the U.S. Treasury.
Scott Bessent’s former colleagues and rivals see the prospective Treasury secretary as a thoughtful choice with a broad ...
Janet Yellen resigned as treasury secretary as of Nov. 24? Not true | Fact check
A day after the claim was shared, Yellen posted to her government-verified X account about the unveiling of a portrait of ...
The U.S. national debt has reached $36T. Will the DOGE help fix it?
The United States is closing out the year with a lot of red ink as the national debt surpassed $36T for the first time.