Donald Trump has surrounded himself with fellow billionaires, like Elon Musk and Howard Lutnick, as he prepares for his ...

The United States has imposed sanctions on an additional 21 allies of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, accusing them of ...

The cartel allegedly uses fishing boats to smuggle drugs and migrants — and catch tons of red snapper, a commercially ...

On the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump promised to abolish the U.S. Department of Education. He made the same ...

When President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate the hedge-fund manager Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary ...

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

President-elect announced nominations to lead several departments and agencies as he continues to staff his next ...

Investors seemed to signal their approval for Scott Bessent as a safe choice to implement the president-elect’s economic ...

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

The House passed a bill Thursday that would empower the Treasury Department to eliminate the tax-exempt status of any ...

Bessent, if confirmed, would be the first out member of the LGBTQ+ community to lead the department. His nomination still ...

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