Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump’s pick as Treasury secretary, owns North Dakota farmland on which he earns between $100,000 and $1 million per year, but plans to divest himself of it if he is confirmed,

The Senate Finance Committee was scheduled to meet Jan. 22, 2025, to vote on the nomination of Scott Bessent, President Biden’s nominee to be Treasury secretary.The vote is scheduled at 10:15 a.m. in Room

Donald Trump's second administration features highly wealthy individuals in key cabinet roles, including Elon Musk leading the Department of Government Efficiency. Other appointees are Doug Burgum for Interior,

The Senate confirmed on Monday Scott ... "Mr. Bessent rose from challenging economic circumstances to a career in the world of finance," GOP Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota ...

Wall Street investor Scott Bessent was confirmed as the next Treasury secretary by the Senate on Monday. Bessent is a wealthy hedge fund manager who's seen as a business-friendly choice. He was confirmed by a vote of 68 to 29, signaling a degree of bipartisan support for the new Treasury secretary.

Bessent received a bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1984. After graduating, Bessent worked at Brown Brothers Harriman and Kynikos Associates. [5] In 1991, Bessent began working at Soros Fund Management (SFM), where he was the firm's head of ...

The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency.

President Trump's nominees for top posts in his administration are gearing up for their Senate confirmation hearings, which kicked off earlier this month.

New US President’s administration begins work after inauguration while cabinet nominees require Senate confirmation

The Senate confirmed Bessent, a hedge fund billionaire ... Trump announced that Burgum, the governor of North Dakota, would be the next secretary of the Interior Department, saying that ...

The US Senate is widely expected to confirm billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary Monday, putting him at the forefront of implementing Donald Trump's economic agenda -- which is already sparking global jitters. Bessent ...

Kennedy once again betrays his ignorance about Medicaid. “The premiums are too high, the deductibles are too high, and everybody’s getting sicker,” he said. But Medicaid has no premiums or ...