When Donald Trump announced Friday that hedge fund manager Scott Bessent was his pick for Treasury secretary, there was a ...

If confirmed, Bessent would runn the department that manages the nation's finances as well as its tax agency, the Internal ...

Business leaders say they are relieved ­President-elect Donald Trump made a safe choice to lead the Department of Treasury ...

Jonathan Capehart is a Washington Post opinion writer who moonlights as host of “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart” on ...

Bessent was once described as the "protege" of billionaire George Soros, who he worked for over the course of decades.

Bessent, the 62-year-old founder of Key Square Group, has repeatedly backed the president-elect’s pro-tariff stance in a ...

The hedge fund investor predicted last year that President-elect Donald J. Trump’s political fortunes were on the rise.

Donald Trump is closing out the week with another batch of Cabinet nominations Friday. The president-elect has picked former ...

Scott Bessent, the founder of the Connecticut-based hedge fund Key Square Group, had been making a full-court press for the ...

Bessent's nomination as Treasury Secretary has garnered attention due to his history with businessman George Soros.

Bessent spent his career in finance and gives Wall Street an advocate for tax reform and deregulation. Some call his ...

Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction and deregulation, is a past supporter of Democrats who has become an enthusiastic ...