On the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump promised to abolish the U.S. Department of Education. He made the same ...

The cartel allegedly uses fishing boats to smuggle drugs and migrants — and catch tons of red snapper, a commercially ...

The United States has imposed sanctions on an additional 21 allies of President Nicolás Maduro, accusing them of supporting ...

When President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate the hedge-fund manager Scott Bessent as his Treasury secretary ...

President-elect Trump nominated Scott Bessent, the founder and CEO of global macro investment firm Key Square Group, for ...

President-elect announced nominations to lead several departments and agencies as he continues to staff his next ...

If confirmed, Bessent will be tasked with implementing any tax cuts a Republican-controlled Congress may pursue.

Scott Bessent, who prevailed after an intense lobbying effort by his allies, emerged over the past year as a trusted Trump ...

Investors seemed to signal their approval for Scott Bessent as a safe choice to implement the president-elect’s economic ...

Trump ally Elon Musk publicly threw his weight behind Howard Lutnick for Treasury secretary. Trump went with Scott Bessent ...

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

Alex Wong was named as principal deputy national security adviser, while Sebastian Gorka will serve as senior director for ...