South Carolina real estate records show an odd transaction just as Bessent was taking office as Treasury Secretary.

Scott Bessent, the 62-year-old treasury secretary, has quickly become one of the president’s most effective communicators.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that rising yields on U.S. Treasurys are a result of normal deleveraging rather than a ...

Minutes after President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on a tariff plan that triggered a stock market rout and global ...

Scott Bessent speaks to the press outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 9, 2025. When hedge-fund billionaire Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent was nominated last fall ...

Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent weighed in on America’s tariff negotiations with other countries during a late Monday afternoon appearance on "Kudlow." President Donald Trump unveiled new tariffs on ...

Victoria Guida is an economics correspondent at POLITICO and author of Capital Letter, a reported column that probes policies shaping the American economy and is closely read by policymakers and ...

US President Donald Trump has slapped comprehensive tariffs on 185 countries worldwide, but not on Russia and Belarus. Why is ...

Madrid must spend more on defense to meet its NATO obligations, United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told his Spanish counterpart in pointed comments Tuesday. Bessent met with Spanish ...