On January 31, 2025, the CFPB announced President Donald Trump had appointed Scott Bessent as Acting Director of the CFPB. In ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unpacks the power tariffs have in world negotiations on 'Kudlow.' Trump signs 'No Men in Women's Sports' executive order ...

The Trump-Musk ransacking of the federal government must stop. The courts offer one important way to apply the brake, says an administrative law scholar. The Washington Monthly is an independent voice ...

The secretary replaces Rohit Chopra, who had aggressively sought to expand the bureau’s authority over banks and other ...

Scott Bessent, the Treasury Secretary, has been tapped by President Trump to be acting director of the Consumer Financial ...

Bessent has said the U.S. faces economic calamity if Congress does not renew key provisions of Trump’s Tax Cuts and Job Act ...

Scott Bessent arrives for a meeting with Sen ... I wouldn’t have believed you.” Surrogacy and same-sex marriage have both come under significant attack in the US recently. The previous Trump ...

Three Republicans voted with every Democrat against Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, forcing Vance to step in ...

Treasury Secretary designee Scott Bessent’s nomination advanced past a key Senate committee Tuesday, teeing up his likely confirmation with a full floor vote in the coming days. The Senate ...

Scott Bessent, President Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary, won bipartisan support Tuesday as his nomination cleared a Senate committee. The Senate Finance Committee voted 16-11 to ...

Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent did a capable job during his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday, judging by the weakness of the Democratic talking points afterward. One of those ...

Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump 's nominee to lead the Treasury, is set to make history as the nation's ...