Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's toughest negotiating partner is Congress, and the contest is his race to finance the ...

Birmingham, grilled Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the implications of President Donald Trump’s tax cut legislation on ...

Plaskett took note of how Bessent was interrupting other members of Congress during the hearing and reminded him on how manners work.

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said on Friday he had not specifically discussed Japan's $1 trillion-plus holdings of U.S. Treasury securities during past meetings with U.S. Treasury ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday declined to give clarity on the timeline for U.S. tariffs on China. In May, the U.S. and China agreed to a 90-day pause on sky-high tariffs, giving them ...

Democrat Virgin Islands Delegate Stacey Plaskett took to X Wednesday afternoon, in a graphic and misspelled post, to respond ...

Scott Bessent told lawmakers he has no knowledge of DOGE access to the tax agency’s Integrated Data Retrieval System.

Democratic Del. Stacey Plaskett and Treasury Secretary Bessent clash at congressional hearing over economic data presentation ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday to pitch President Donald Trump's 2026 budget. The hearing grew heated when Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) began asking ...

Sec. Scott Bessent was screamed at by Sen. Michael Bennett (D-CO) in an exchange over the deficit, prompting Bessent to complain about the "decibels." ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent insisted Thursday that tariff are not taxes, defying the widely accepted economic and financial definition of President Trump’s top trade tool. In an ...

Scott Bessent couldn't help but laugh at Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) crack about finding herself in agreement with former ...