Amid the hue and cry over President Donald Trump’s picks to be the secretaries of defense and health and human services, South Carolina native Scott Bessent coasted to his Senate confirmation as ...

MORNING HEADLINES | The U.S. Senate on Monday voted 68-29 to confirm Scott Bessent, the South Carolina-born billionaire investor on Wall Street, as the nation’s new Treasury secretary.

The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to serve ... him the nation's 79th treasury secretary. The South Carolina resident will be the first openly gay individual ...

The Senate voted on Saturday to advance Scott Bessent’s nomination ... economic issue of the day," Bessent, a hedge fund billionaire from South Carolina, told lawmakers. "If we do not renew ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to ... him the nation's 79th treasury secretary. The South Carolina resident will be the first openly gay ...

Washington — The Senate voted to confirm Scott Bessent as treasury secretary ... to the committee that he was born and raised in South Carolina's lowcountry, where he said his family struggled ...

Billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent won Senate approval Monday ... Bessent, a Wall Street veteran who was born and raised in South Carolina, has defended the Republican president's ...

Bessent, a past supporter of Democrats who once worked for George Soros, has become an enthusiastic supporter of Trump.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to ... the nation’s 79th treasury secretary. The South Carolina resident will be the first openly ...