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Several of the appointed employees previously served in policy adviser and communications roles during the first Trump administration.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Treasury Department Secretary Scott Bessent said negotiations over the state and local tax ...

Newsom called the bills the “most consequential housing reform that we’ve seen in modern history in the state of California.” ...

A replacement for Fed Chair Jerome Powell is on the way, and it’s coming sooner than expected. Scott Bessent, speaking in an interview with Bloomberg, said ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills into law Monday that will reform the California Environmental Quality Act, or ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has offered new insights into the Trump administration's trade negotiations with China.

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

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent grimly warned that the US would be flirting with a possible financial crisis if Congress fails to pass President Trump's marquee One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent responded to a question on whether he was willing to replace Jerome Powell as Federal ...

The framework emerged late Tuesday in London after intense talks involving U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has informed lawmakers that the debt issuance suspension period has been extended to July 24 ...