The president-elect’s market-friendly appointments to Treasury and other agencies brought relief to investors. The trade ...

Boosting energy production is easier said than done, and the effect on the government deficit isn’t clear either.

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

Bessent is married to his husband, John Freeman. Freeman is a former New York City prosecutor. Bessent and his husband, ...

Bessent (pictured), who campaigned for Trump's election and was a donor to his campaign, has expertise on making the right ...

While President-elect Donald Trump has announced most of his major nominations, we’re only beginning to learn about the knife ...

Trump's nominee to run the Treasury faces a tall order—dealing with mounting debt, implementing an aggressive tariff regime, ...

Donald Trump’s lawyers are exploring whether the longtime aide sought to gain financially from his influence with the ...

Trump's promise to impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico mimics his old strategy of using tariff threats ...

A top aide to Donald Trump has been accused of asking Cabinet hopefuls for $100,000 in exchange for promotions.

These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates are down slightly as markets weigh the impact of Trump's pick ...

Hedge fund manager Scott Bessent, named by Donald Trump on Friday as his nominee for Treasury Secretary, has a clear mandate ...