How Scott Bessent Won the ‘Knife Fight’ to Be Trump’s Treasury Secretary
The longtime investor and his allies launched a public-relations campaign to cement his front-runner status.
Inside the bitter fight to become Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary
Last Saturday, the billionaire entrepreneur and Donald Trump confidant Elon Musk said the Wall Street investor’s appointment as Treasury secretary would amount to “business-as-usual”. After Musk’s tweet on X,
Trump considers Warsh for Treasury Secretary and later Fed chairman, WSJ reports
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump floated the idea of appointing Kevin Warsh as Treasury Secretary on the understanding that he could later be Federal Reserve chair, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday,
Trump Picks Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary
The president-elect has selected the hedge-fund manager to lead the Treasury, elevating one of his most vocal supporters in the finance world.
Trump chooses Bessent for treasury secretary, Vought for budget director
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced hedge fund manager Scott Bessent as his choice for treasury secretary and first-term official Russell Vought to head the Office of Management and Budget.
Trump chooses Bessent to be Treasury secretary and Vought as top budget official
President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he'll nominate former George Soros money manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary. Trump also said he would nominate Russel Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget,
Trump nominates Bessent to lead US Treasury in flurry of announcements
On the campaign trail, he told voters that Trump would usher in a "new golden age with de-regulation, low-cost energy, [and] low taxes". If Bessent is confirmed by the Senate, he would almost immediately be plunged into the fight in Washington over extending the tax cuts from Trump's first term.
Trump expected to pick Bessent to be US treasury secretary, sources say
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to pick prominent investor Scott Bessent to take on the role of U.S. Treasury secretary, sources told Reuters on Friday, putting him at the helm of a cabinet position with vast influence over economic,
Trump’s Labor Choice: Unions Over Workers
DeRemer, a teachers union favorite, to be his Labor Secretary.
Trump expected to tap loyalist Rollins for USDA chief in surprise pick
Rollins, who grew up on a farm, is a surprise pick for the role, with less experience in agriculture policy than those on the president-elect's shortlist.