"I will be 100% on board with taking sanctions up," Treasury Secretary-pick Scott Bessent told lawmakers on Thursday.

The Senate intensifies confirmation hearings for Trump’s Cabinet picks, with Scott Bessent, Doug Burgum, and Lee Zeldin defending their qualifications. Meanwhile, Pam Bondi faces further scrutiny in a ...

Four days away from inauguration, the Senate is moving quickly with confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s ...

Each Cabinet-level nominee must go through a public hearing in the relevant Senate committee and then be confirmed by the ...

Countries around the world are bracing for an economic bruising starting Monday. And few have more at stake than Canada, as Trump threatens imminent trade actions. Here are the laws he might apply, ...

The relationship between Mr. Trump and the vice president from his first term was irreparably broken in 2021, when Mr. Pence ...

During the confirmation hearing for Scott Bessent in the Senate this week, Senator Elizabeth Warrant blasted nominee to be Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over the Trump Administration's proposed Tax ...

Economic team to include billionaires Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, oil executive Chris Wright to make tariff threats, ...

When it comes to Senate bloviating, Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse is among the worst of a bad company. A political party that ...

The US Treasury Department will start taking "extraordinary measures" next week to avoid risking a default on government debt, Secretary Janet Yellen said. | TAG24 ...

In one of her last acts as Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen says her agency will start taking “extraordinary measures,” or ...

Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell has some unkind words for the economic plan being pitched by Scott Bessent, who ...