This article was updated to correct Sen. Ron Wyden’s (D-Ore.) role on the Senate Finance Committee The Senate Finance ...

Treasury Secretary designee Scott Bessent’s nomination advanced past ... litigation he is facing involving his method of skirting Medicare taxes on income he amassed from the Key Square Group.

The Senate Finance Committee voted 16-11 to advance Bessent’s nomination, clearing the way for a Senate floor vote in the coming days. Two Democrats — Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Maggie Hassan ...

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo on Wednesday said he is hoping a full Senate confirmation vote for U.S.

The U.S. Senate today confirmed Scott Bessent to be President Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary, giving the billionaire hedge fund manager a central role in shaping the new administration’s policy ...

Medicare, and veterans health care to give tax breaks to giant corporations and billionaires like [Elon] Musk.” Read the memo Over the years, “other presidents who held refugees on the base ...

President-elect Donald Trump (R) announced South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (R) as his nominee for secretary of homeland security on November 12, 2024. This presidential appointment requires Senate ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to serve ... by failing to pay nearly $1 million in Medicare taxes related to his limited partnership ...