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 ...

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

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his ...

President-elect Trump nominated Scott Bessent, the founder and CEO of global macro investment firm Key Square Group, for ...

If confirmed, Bessent will be tasked with implementing any tax cuts a Republican-controlled Congress may pursue.