Scott Bessent, the 62-year-old treasury secretary, has quickly become one of the president’s most effective communicators.

The Dow Jones advanced after Trump said he wouldn't fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell and on hopes of easing tensions over tariffs ...

The U.S. is focusing on tariff negotiations with 15 key trading partners, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Thursday ...

He is married to a former New York prosecutor with whom he has two children through surrogacy. In London, he socializes with ...

Scott Bessent influenced President Trump to pause sweeping tariffs amid market turmoil. Despite a temporary U-turn, uncertainty remains high as Wall Street braces for continued economic fallout and ...

In January 2025, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent ... 2011 and resides in Charleston, South Carolina. In 2015, Bessent told Yale Alumni Magazine ...

South Carolina real estate records show an odd transaction just as Bessent was taking office as Treasury Secretary.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration ... not weaker. A native of South Carolina, Bessent previously served as chief investment officer for George Soros and was ...

Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina ... Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced during a press conference in the Oval Office Thursday ...

Earlier, in a hastily arranged gaggle with reporters outside the White House, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent insisted that the market chaos caused by Trump's hefty tariffs was not the reason for the ...