Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team sought access to the government’s vast payment system, part of its bid to choke off federal ...

The U.S. Senate has confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent as President Donald Trump’s treasury secretary.

David Lebryk, a top Treasury Department nonpolitical career official, retired Friday after clashing with Elon Musk allies over government payment systems, a source familiar with the ...

Scott Bessent will lead President Donald Trump's financial agenda as treasury secretary. Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund ...

The first openly gay person in the role has the delicate balancing act of cutting taxes and curbing deficits while putting ...

Paulson is the head of the Paulson & Co. family office, and is famous for shorting the subprime ... consideration as a potential nominee for Treasury secretary by President-elect Donald Trump.

Trump Treasury Secretary Pick Scott Bessent once worked with George Soros, placing trades that bet against the pound, profiting more than $1 billion when the pound fell in value.

President-elect Trump's treasury secretary nominee told senators during his confirmation hearing on Thursday that he will look to crack down on tax cheats, whether they're wealthy or not.

Billionaire and Trump backer Elon Musk endorsed Lutnick for Treasury secretary. A source familiar with the selection process said that it's a free for all for Treasury secretary and that there's ...

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Scott Bessent, a hedge fund manager and his longtime economic advisor, for the position of Treasury Secretary. If confirmed, Bessent, who is married to ...

Bessent, a hedge fund manager, becomes the nation’s 79th Treasury secretary. He will lead President Trump’s economic agenda.

The Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary on Monday, elevating the hedge fund manager to the new administration’s top financial job as President Donald Trump forges ahead on an ...