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

President Trump on Monday evening released a lengthy memo on an “America First” trade policy calling for a series of reviews of policies over the coming months. In the memo, Trump said an America ...

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

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

President Donald Trump will be sworn back into office, the culmination of a comeback that seemed impossible just a few short ...

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

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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 ...

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