The gossip on Wall Street is that Bessent and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick had to tell Trump that the bond ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has stepped up his role on President Trump’s economic team, taking center stage on the ...

President Trump on Monday is meeting with executives from the retail giants Lowe's, Home Depot, Target and Walmart, according to a White House official, as business leaders rush to determine the ...

Minutes after President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on a tariff plan that triggered a stock market rout and global ...

The sweeping tariffs President Trump announced last week were a "negotiating strategy," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ...

The interim commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service was ousted Friday after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reportedly ...

Scott Bessent, the 62-year-old treasury secretary, has quickly become one of the president’s most effective communicators.

At times, Mr. Bessent elevated his voice when his predecessors confronted him about Mr. Trump’s approach. “He didn’t just smile,” Mr. Blumenthal recalled. “There he is — he has to ...

About 10 days ago, an increasingly confident Scott Bessent began telling Wall Street executives that he was on the verge of ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration is planning to boost U.S. manufacturing employment with policies meant to steer laid-off federal workers into factories. In an ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has stepped up his role on President Trump’s economic team, taking center stage on the president’s plans for tariffs. Bessent spearheaded the rollout of Trump ...