Robert Lighthizer, the former U.S. Trade Representative, lost his bid to rejoin the White House, but he still believes the ...

Scott Bessent's critic in Catherine Rampell is too pessimistic, while Bessent is arguably not optimistic enough.

The Senate has confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving President Donald Trump the first member of his Cabinet.

The Senate Finance Committee voted to approve President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Treasury Department, hedge fund ...

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday voted to send the nomination of billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent as ...

President Trump is tapping a number of officials to serve as acting department heads as he waits for the Senate to confirm ...

Trump seeks sharp reductions in federal spending, deeper tax cuts, seemingly universal tariffs and sweeping deregulation.

The national debt is slated to rise by $23.9 trillion over the next decade, a sum that does not include trillions of dollars ...

Scott Bessent, in his Senate hearing for Treasury, called extension of 2017 tax cuts the "single most important economic ...

Scott Bessent summarized the incoming administration’s perspective perfectly: Yes to tax breaks for the wealthy, no to ...

Trump's picks fit into three groups: the fortifiers (the good), the detractors (the bad), and the mercurial influencers who ...