In 1992, Bessent helped Soros pull off the firm’s greatest trade: shorting the British pound. The British government was part ...

Scott Bessent’s former colleagues and rivals see the prospective Treasury secretary as a thoughtful choice with a broad ...

Donald Trump’s campaign pledged to be a champion for working class Americans. His incoming administration is stuffed with ...

Boosting energy production is easier said than done, and the effect on the government deficit isn’t clear either.

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury Secretary operates a hedge fund that reaped a massive windfall two years ago ...

The president-elect’s market-friendly appointments to Treasury and other agencies brought relief to investors. The trade ...

Bessent is married to his husband, John Freeman. Freeman is a former New York City prosecutor. Bessent and his husband, ...

While President-elect Donald Trump has announced most of his major nominations, we’re only beginning to learn about the knife ...

Trump's nominee to run the Treasury faces a tall order—dealing with mounting debt, implementing an aggressive tariff regime, ...

A top aide to Donald Trump has been accused of asking Cabinet hopefuls for $100,000 in exchange for promotions.

Bessent (pictured), who campaigned for Trump's election and was a donor to his campaign, has expertise on making the right ...