A 25-year-old associate of Elon Musk and former Treasury Department employee was "mistakenly" given the ability to make changes to a sensitive federal payment system, officials with the Bureau of the ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has a new plan in the fight to bring down historically high interest rates, and it’s got nothing to do with the Federal Reserve. Bessent, in two interviews this ...

Can he do that? It’s not clear. But President Trump is right when he says that pennies “literally cost us more than 2 cents.” ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will serve as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the agency announced on Monday. "I look forward to working with the CFPB to ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appears for an interview with FOX Business Network's Larry Kudlow on Wednesday in Washington. (AP Photo/Moriah Ratner) · ASSOCIATED PRESS In fact, Trump himself ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Donald Trump is looking for longer-term interest rates to fall. Bessent said in an interview Thursday that Trump's policies should influence those ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday demanding to know what access Elon Musk was given to the federal payments system and what safeguards ...

WASHINGTON — In what appears to be yet another move to consolidate parts of the federal government, President Donald Trump has appointed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the acting director of the ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Bloomberg Podcasts on Thursday that he and Elon Musk were "completely aligned" when it came to waste. "Elon and I are completely aligned in terms of cutting ...

Scott Bessent testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Jan. 16.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday signaled that the White House wants Trump's tax cut package from 2017 to be extended permanently before their expiration this year, rather than a ...