Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Secretary of the Treasury, appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington.

Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Treasury Department, plans to tell senators during his confirmation hearing the next four years will present an opportunity for an “economic

Financial disclosure forms show hundreds of millions of assets including property in the Bahamas and investments in Bitcoin and bets against China’s currency.

Bessent told lawmakers that President-elect Donald Trump has an opportunity to unleash 'a new economic golden age'

Mr. Bessent called the extension of the 2017 Trump tax cuts ‘the single most important economic issue of the day.’

Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent sparred with the Senate Finance Committee over the future direction of fiscal policy in the Trump administration that will be trying to tackle major tax legislation.

Scott Bessent, tapped by Donald Trump to be treasury secretary, faced sharp questions from Democrats and Republicans on tax policy, tariffs, China, Russia sanctions and the IRS.

Markets will be monitoring Scott Bessent's Thursday sitdown with the Senate for insights on the early mixed signals about Trumponomics 2.0.

Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent defended President-elect Donald Trump’s economic strategy in a Senate hearing today. Bessent, a longtime hedge fund manager who once worked for Democratic donor George Soros,

Scott Bessent wasn’t a familiar name in Republican political circles before Donald Trump nominated him to be Treasury secretary. “You know Scott Bessent?” Trump asked his guests from the stage of a reception this month at Mar-a-Lago.