Scott Bessent was sworn in as Treasury Secretary on Tuesday, taking the helm of one of the government agencies most critical to President Donald Trump’s sweeping economic agenda.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent as President Donald Trump’s treasury secretary.

The Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary on Monday, elevating the hedge fund manager to the new administration’s top financial job as President Donald Trump forges ahead on an ambitious economic agenda.

Treasury nominee Bessent a shoo-in Trump’s foreign policy steps into unstable world Gaza truce back on track Inauguration Day primer President-elect Trump won the

Wall Street investor Scott Bessent was confirmed as the next Treasury secretary by the Senate on Monday. Bessent is a wealthy hedge fund manager who’s seen as a business-friendly choice. He was confirmed by a vote of 68 to 29, signaling a degree of bipartisan support for the new Treasury secretary.

The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to become the next Treasury secretary and enact the Trump administration's economic agenda of tax cuts and tariffs.

Netanyahu is set to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House next week, and the ceasefire is certain to be the focus of their conversation. If the swaps continue to go relatively smoothly, the two sides are supposed to enter negotiations over the agreement’s second phase no later than 16 days after the first began: this coming Saturday.

Bessent, 62, is a longtime hedge fund manager, Trump donor and adviser. He'll be the point person for Trump on a host of key economic issues.

Bessent received a bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1984. After graduating, Bessent worked at Brown Brothers Harriman and Kynikos Associates. [5] In 1991, Bessent began working at Soros Fund Management (SFM), where he was the firm's head of ...

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On Monday, senators voted 68 to 29 to confirm billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent as U.S. Treasury secretary, with 16 Democrats supporting the nomination. In a statement, Public Citizen called Bessent “an oligarch who spent a career serving rich clients,

Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager, will lead President Donald Trump 's financial agenda as treasury secretary. Bessent was confirmed in a 68-29 U.S. Senate vote on Monday and sworn in on Tuesday. It is his first time overseeing a sprawling organization or working in government, The New York Times reported .