Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a Canadian ad featuring former President Ronald Reagan on tariffs was “the equivalent of election interference.”
Chinese state media ran a few victory laps on Sunday and Monday over news that U.S. and Chinese negotiators reached a provisional trade agreement after two days of talks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Argentine President Javier Milei thanked President Donald Trump on Monday for his support during the midterm elections, which concluded on Sunday with a surprisingly decisive win for Milei’s political party, Liberty Advances.
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said following negotiations, the 100% tariff President Trump threatened to impose on China was “effectively off the table.”
The US and China have finalized a deal to transfer majority ownership of the American version of TikTok to new owners, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed on Sunday.
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that he has reached a “substantial framework” in the trade talks between the United States and China.
Indian oil refiners were reportedly unhappy with Wednesday’s news that President Donald Trump imposed heavy sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil.
New York City mayoral candidate and state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani defended his proposal to make all city buses free during Wednesday night’s final mayoral debate, estimating the initiative would cost roughly $700 million annually and arguing it would ultimately benefit the city’s economy and environment.
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his administration is raising sanctions on Russia in a pressure campaign to bring a close to the Russia-Ukraine war.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday said that Democrats are aiming to reverse many of the hard-fight gains President Donald Trump has achieved by reining in President Joe Biden’s historic levels of deficit spending.
A Wall Street trustee group wants to kill a new $40 million investment fund that refuses to invest in companies who import H-1B visa workers for jobs that would otherwise go to American professionals.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday called for the Senate Democrats to end the government shutdown, saying it “may start costing the U.S. economy up to $15 billion a day.”
Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent said U.S. job growth has slowed down in part due to two million illegals being deported or self-deporting.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowed to “follow the money” of those funding domestic terrorist groups like the left-wing Antifa.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declared that the Trump administration “won’t negotiate” with China in response to stock market volatility, but because “we are doing what is best economically for the U.S.” after the Wall Street Journal reported otherwise.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is asking President Trump’s Treasury Department to investigate illegal aliens accessing the U.S. banking system.
Two Republican congressmen are planning to introduce legislation that would honor Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk by featuring Kirk’s image on thousands of silver dollar coins.
Trump’s critics insisted tariffs would be the spark that lit a global trade war. But the trade war never arrived.
The lender in two home loans made to Treasury Scott Bessent in 2007 knew they were not his primary residences.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) called on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to freeze the assets of billionaire Neville Roy Singham, citing allegations that the U.S. citizen living in China has funneled millions into extremist groups with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and foreign terrorist organizations.
For Beijing, the decisive moment came when Trump’s threat proved real. “If there hadn’t been a deal,” Bessent said, “then TikTok would’ve gone dark in 48 hours.”
President Donald Trump hinted that a deal has been reached regarding TikTok, the app called “a modern-day Trojan Horse” by the Chinese government, amid ongoing trade negotiations between the United States and China.
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he was “confident” the Trump administration will win in the Supreme Court over the president’s ability to implement tariffs.
A deep state Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official has been attacking President Donald Trump’s agenda after one of her colleagues was accused of targeting conservatives and ousted.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Breitbart News exclusively on Labor Day that President Donald Trump’s fulfilled “no tax on tips” campaign promise will significantly help American workers like the wait staff at the diner he visited on Monday.
A small group of foreign ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) regional bloc met on Monday morning for a “profound reflection” on the United States’ ongoing efforts to combat drug cartels in Caribbean international waters.
Ticketmaster is under fire again, this time by the FTC, which has accused the ticketing giant of turning a blind eye while scalpers gouge fans and then trying to twist President Trump’s ticket reform push into a scheme to grab even more power.
Wednesday on FBN’s “Mornings with Maria,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discussed the Trump administration’s firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook and its handling of the Federal Reserve in general.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, as acting commissioner of the IRS, could continue his mission to end the weaponization of the agency and unravel Biden-era policies.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent responded to a question on whether or not a trade deal with China is needed by stating that “China is, right now, the biggest revenue line
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that Russia could not wage war against Ukraine without China’s support but we haven’t put impactful secondary tariffs on China because “China had always been
Inflation and prices still reign as the top issue of importance for Americans, according to the latest weekly survey from the Economist/YouGov.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had his first meeting with the IRS as the Trump administration seeks to revamp the agency.
The USA Pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, set the stage for a trade deal that was agreed upon just days after it hosted a delegation of cabinet officials sent by President Donald Trump.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed that he would be pushing for a ban on “single-stock trading” for members of the United States Congress, noting that the “American people deserve better.”
Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad claimed on Monday that alleged “far-right forces” operating with the White House forced the cancellation of a meeting he had scheduled with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Aug. 7 (UPI) — The United States has blacklisted three high-ranking members and an associated rapper of the notorious Cartel del Noreste, as the Trump administration targets drug trafficking organizations amid it immigration crackdown.
The Fed needs someone at the helm who understands how growth happens, where policy fails, and why incentives matter more than slogans. That’s Scott Bessent.
Donald Trump’s advisers are divided over how to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Federal Reserve Board, with some pushing for a short‑term appointee and others urging the president to seat a credible successor to Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
Democrats are now attacking Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent because the Trump administration created a program that progressive Democrats tried (and failed) to enact themselves.