Scott Bessent became the 79th Secretary of the Treasury of the United States on January 28, 2025 serving under President Donald Trump. Prior, Bessent was Chief Investment Officer for Soros Fund ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) shakes hands with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise at the tariff announcement Wednesday. (Jim LoScalzo- Pool via CNP/Zuma Press) Treasury Secretary Scott ...

At a White House press briefing, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent touted President Trump's tax and economic plans.

Bessent’s comments come after Vice President JD Vance met last week with India’s prime minister Narendra Modi.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that the economic uncertainty upending global financial markets is a tool ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent following the tariff announcement in the Rose Garden Wednesday. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Bloomberg News) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent encouraged trading partners not to ...

A new letter to Scott Bessent accuses President Donald Trump of usurping the authority of Congress and U.S. courts since ...

Once sidelined, President Trump’s counselor Peter Navarro has returned to Washington and quickly upended the global trading ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained to President Trump that the acting commissioner had been installed without his ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said that China couldn’t sell U.S. Treasuries to destabilize the financial markets, as it would affect their economy by weakening their currency. What ...

But Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent faces an especially tenuous version of this balancing act. He is both the face of the unpredictable Trump administration’s economic agenda, and America’s ...

He is married to a former New York prosecutor with whom he has two children through surrogacy. In London, he socializes with high society and has been close friends with King Charles III and Queen ...