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

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

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

Mr Bessent, a past supporter of Democrats who once worked for George Soros, has become an enthusiastic supporter of the ...

From his years working for George Soros to his role as a key economic advisor to Trump, Bessent has extensive if ...

(TNND) — The senate plans to vote on the confirmation of Scott Bessent as treasury secretary on Monday evening.

The Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary on Monday, elevating the hedge fund manager to the new ...

Newly minted Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is now the highest ranking openly LGBTQ official in American history. Bessent — who was nominated by President Donald Trump shortly after his election — ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to serve ... of Democrats who once worked for George Soros, has become an enthusiastic supporter of ...

After graduating, Bessent worked at Brown Brothers Harriman and Kynikos Associates. [5] In 1991, Bessent began working at Soros Fund Management (SFM), where he was the firm's head of European ...

Scott Horsley is NPR's Chief Economics Correspondent. He reports on ups and downs in the national economy as well as fault lines between booming and busting communities. Horsley spent a decade on ...