Trump transition live updates: Doug Burgum, Scott Bessent, other Cabinet picks face Senate questions
Latest news and live updates as the Trump administration prepares for office next week. Follow live as Senate confirmation hearings continue for attorney general pick Pam Bondi.
Scott Bessent: China Builds 100 Coal Plants Per Year, "That Is Not A Clean Energy Race, That Is An Energy Race"
Donald Trump's nominee for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Sen. Ron Wyden why it is goofy to claim the U.S. is in an "arms race with China for clean energy." SCOTT BESSENT: Senator Wyden, just ...
Scott Bessent: Federal Reserve 'of course' should be independent of the President
I Asked 4 Chefs for the Best Fast Food Burger and 2 Chains Dominated ...
Bessent: Carbon Tariffs Could Be Part of an Overall Tariff Program
Scott Bessent, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of treasury, looks on as he sits near his son Cole ...
Bessent: China Will Cut Prices In Response To Tariffs So They Can Continue To "Export Their Way Out Of Economic Malaise"
Scott Bessent told Sen. Ron Wyden, during his confirmation hearing to serve as Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary, he believes ...
Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq waver amid earnings rush, Bessent confirmation hearing
Retail sales rose 0.4% in December. Economists had expected a 0.6% rise in spending, according to Bloomberg data. Meanwhile, ...
Scott Bessent: We have a spending problem in the U.S., not a revenue problem
Trump Treasury Secretary pick Scott Bessent testifies during his Senate confirmation hearing.
Bessent: Three Reasons To Use Tariffs; Remedy Unfair Trade, Raise Revenue, Influence Negotiations
Donald Trump's nominee for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discussed three ways the U.S. could use tariffs during his confirmation hearing Thursday: BESSENT: The American people should think about ...