Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) arrived at this week’s House Republican retreat with hopes of uniting the fractious GOP ...

Bessent received a bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1984. After graduating, Bessent worked at Brown Brothers Harriman and Kynikos Associates. [5] In 1991, Bessent began working at Soros Fund ...

President Donald Trump said that he wants to impose across-the-board tariffs that are “much bigger” than 2.5 percent. This is ...

On Monday, senators voted 68 to 29 to confirm billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent as U.S. Treasury secretary, with ...

Billionaire financier Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Commerce Department, said Wednesday that he ...

DOJ didn't identify the fired employees, and it's not yet clear whether they'll challenge their terminations under civil service protection rules.

When a group of Senate Democrats held a press conference Tuesday to denounce President Trump’s pardon of Jan. 6 rioters, ...

Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager, will lead President Donald Trump 's financial agenda as treasury secretary.

The U.S. Senate voted Monday to confirm hedge fund manager and South Carolina native Scott Bessent as the 79th Secretary of ...

One of President Donald Trump’s early initiatives is already bearing fruit: Google Maps said Monday that it would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and Denali to Mount ...

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars and cause disruptions in health care research, education program ...

New mixed messages this week about President Donald Trump's implementation of tariffs are flummoxing markets and businesses ...