Vietnam is ready to engage with the United States to discuss the new tariffs on steel imposed by Washington and to avoid ...

Despite its growing prosperity and ambition, the country still has to tread a careful line between larger regional and global ...

The peace treaty was signed. Prisoners of war were coming home. The last thing America needed was an international incident.

Foreign aid programs at risk of being cut by Trump and Musk represent a tiny fraction of overall federal spending.

How Long Has Janet Yellen Been Secretary of the Treasury? Janet Yellen served as Secretary of the Treasury from 2021 to 2025 and was replaced by Scott Bessent in January 2025. Who Was Secretary of ...

A billionaire investor and former adjunct professor at Yale, Bessent just became the ninth Yale graduate to hold the position and will succeed Janet Yellen GRD ’71, former President Joe Biden’s ...

The U.S. Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as the next secretary of the Treasury, becoming the chief ... Even his Democratic predecessor, Janet Yellen, highlighted his market experience before ...

Trump’s choice of anti-Cuba zealot Marco Rubio as secretary of state reinforces the perception that the Trump administration’s foreign policy will pay special attention to Latin America, and that ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to serve as President Donald Trump’s treasury secretary, giving him the delicate balancing act of ...

In addition, Bessent faces a mounting and record U.S. debt load. Before leaving office, former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned congressional leaders this month that Treasury would start ...

Bessent, a past supporter of Democrats who once worked for George Soros, has become an enthusiastic supporter of Trump.