The Trump administration’s Treasury Department is “pushing as hard as we can” on cyber security, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during a policy event with Breitbart News.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent highlighted Wednesday how the Trump administration wants “America to be able to build again,” noting because of “a lot of the overreach in the environmental laws,” the United States had not been able to build.
The Chinese are “on their heels” because “the world is now with us,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during a policy discussion with Breitbart News on Wednesday.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during a Breitbart policy event on Wednesday that the Federal Reserve is suffering not from “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” but from “Tariff Derangement Syndrome.”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reacted to the substantial economic growth America experienced under President Donald Trump at a Breitbart News policy event, saying “ya ain’t seen nothing yet.”
Breitbart News hosts U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for a policy event on Wednesday, July 30.
MAIDENS, South Ayrshire, Scotland — U.S. President Donald Trump told Breitbart News exclusively Monday that Chinese president Xi Jinping has been clamoring for a meeting in-person with him soon, and that may happen as soon as sometime this year, either in China or at the White House in the United States.
Trade officials from the United States and China want to extend the current “tariff truce,” provided President Donald Trump approves.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he would put his money on the “United States of America” if he were still running a hedge fund.
Joe Lavorgna, senior counselor to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, told Breitbart News Daily that Bessent’s calm demeanor, credibility with financial markets, and ability to execute President Donald Trump’s economic policies have made the Treasury Department “the best working agency in government.”
Breitbart News is hosting a policy event with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, shortly after Republicans in Congress rallied to make President Donald Trump’s America First agenda a reality with the passage and subsequent signing of the “big, beautiful bill.”
One year after President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated at the infamous Butler, Pennsylvania, rally, Republican lawmakers and officials are crediting God with saving the president’s life.
The $27 billion surplus reported Friday by the Treasury Department stood in stark contrast to forecasts for a $50 billion deficit, representing one of the largest upside surprises in recent budget data.
Chinese vape companies that manufacture disposable e-cigarettes are on pace to avoid more than $2 billion in tariffs on these goods in 2025.
President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that his administration is close to finalizing a trade deal with India. India hedged its bets last week by notifying the World Trade Organization (WTO) that it could impose up to $724 million in retaliatory tariffs against American goods if a trade deal is not reached.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent took aim at former Harvard President Larry Summers, who also served as treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton, for politicizing the recent horrific flood in Texas.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Democrats who opposed Medicaid work requirements in President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” think “poor people are stupid.”
Indonesian officials said on Monday they will begin easing import restrictions and licensing requirements ahead of the July 9 deadline for U.S. tariff negotiations.
Mexico’s government is rushing to the aid of two Mexican-based banks and a brokerage firm that the U.S. Department of the Treasury accused of working with various cartels to launder money or helping them move money to China to pay for fentanyl precursors. Mexican officials questioned the validity of the Treasury Department’s sanctions, stating that the claims lack sufficient evidence to support the allegations.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has identified and sanctioned two Mexican banks and one brokerage firm over their alleged role in helping multiple cartels launder millions of dollars.
The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations issued a joint statement from their summit in Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday, supporting Israel’s right to self-defense and making it clear that “Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.”
President Donald Trump’s popular enforcement of migration law has been accompanied by a two percent gain in wages for blue-collar Americans, according to economic evidence touted by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Breitbart News that it is his “number one source” for news “every morning,” and the first thing he reads every day.
As speculation builds over who might eventually succeed Jerome H. Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he is not seeking the role and remains focused on his current post.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday, June 12.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, June 11.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended a key provision of the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill, saying it would stop foreign governments from siphoning hundreds of billions of dollars in tax revenue from U.S. companies.
LONDON — The United States and China have agreed to a new trade framework aimed at restoring a stalled truce and stabilizing key economic ties. The agreement, reached during two days of talks at Lancaster House in London, includes provisions on critical mineral exports, tariff levels, and Chinese student access to U.S. universities.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday, June 11.
Treasury Secretary Bessent left the trade talks, which now continue with the U.S. side led by Commerce Secretary Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Greer.
Trade negotiations on Tuesday have gone on for much longer than expected.
LONDON — High-level trade negotiations between the United States and China will continue into a second day on Tuesday, as both sides seek to ease tensions over technology exports and critical mineral shipments.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met with high-level Chinese officials in London on Monday to seek a resolution to the trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies.
LONDON — American and Chinese delegations arrived at Lancaster House in London on Monday morning to begin a new round of trade negotiations, with rare-earth minerals and advanced technology at the center of the talks. The meeting follows a phone conversation last week between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping that helped pave the way for the diplomatic thaw.
Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said Sunday that California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) was threatening “to commit criminal tax evasion,” quoting a story from Breitbart News that noted Newsom’s threat Friday.
On Monday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discussed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent rebuffing host Margaret Brennan on inflation Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dismissed the possibility of the United States defaulting on its debt.
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that there are a couple of “very large” trade deals that “are close” but talks with China “are a bit stalled.” And will require direct
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that he has sympathy for some members of the Senate who want more spending cuts, but the issue can’t be solved in a year and
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that President Donald Trump wanted to “open up China for business.”
