The U.S. Senate voted Monday to confirm hedge fund manager and South Carolina native Scott Bessent as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury.

From his years working for George Soros to his role as a key economic advisor to Trump, Bessent has extensive if contradictory Wall Street experience.

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.

Britain's Labour government will back plans for a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport, finance minister Rachel Reeves announced on Wednesday, saying the project could create over 100,000 jobs in the economy.

Former hedge fund manager Scott Bessent was confirmed yesterday in the Senate as the new Treasury Secretary. The 62-year-old Tr*mp nominee becomes the first out-gay man to hold the position. He’s also the highest-ranking LGBTQ+ official in US history. The Treasury Secretary is fifth-in-line to the Presidency.

Bessent, a Wall Street veteran who grew up in South Carolina, has praised the Republican president’s plans to slash taxes and impose tariffs while calling for measures to protect supply chains and the

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) voted in the Senate to confirmed South Carolina native Scott Bessent as the next Secretary of the U.S. Department of T

The U.S. Senate on Monday voted 68-29 to confirm Scott Bessent, the South Carolina-born billionaire investor on Wall Street, as the nation's new Treasury secretary.

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 .

A man was arrested on weapons charges after he visited the U.S. Capitol on Monday and told police that he wanted to kill top Republicans.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars and cause disruptions in health care research, education programs and other initiatives.