In 1992, Bessent helped Soros pull off the firm’s greatest trade: shorting the British pound. The British government was part ...

Donald Trump’s campaign pledged to be a champion for working class Americans. His incoming administration is stuffed with ...

Scott Bessent’s former colleagues and rivals see the prospective Treasury secretary as a thoughtful choice with a broad ...

Donald Trump’s lawyers are exploring whether the longtime aide sought to gain financially from his influence with the ...

The personnel drama spotlights the unusual and often-disorganized cast of characters around Trump who contributed to the ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury Secretary operates a hedge fund that reaped a massive windfall two years ago ...

President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of George Soros protege Scott Bessent to lead the Treasury illustrates the right's ...

The president-elect’s market-friendly appointments to Treasury and other agencies brought relief to investors. The trade ...

Boosting energy production is easier said than done, and the effect on the government deficit isn’t clear either.

Trump's nominee to run the Treasury faces a tall order—dealing with mounting debt, implementing an aggressive tariff regime, ...

Bessent (pictured), who campaigned for Trump's election and was a donor to his campaign, has expertise on making the right ...

While President-elect Donald Trump has announced most of his major nominations, we’re only beginning to learn about the knife ...