The first openly gay person in the role has the delicate balancing act of cutting taxes and curbing deficits while putting ...

The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Scott Bessent to be President Donald Trump's Treasury secretary, giving the billionaire ...

Bessent, a hedge fund manager, becomes the nation’s 79th Treasury secretary. He will lead President Trump’s economic agenda.

The Senate passed a cloture vote on whether to hold a final confirmation vote for Sean Duffy, Trump's nominee to head the ...

The Senate voted 68 to 29 to confirm Mr. Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager, as the next Treasury secretary.

Pete Hegseth was narrowly confirmed as defense secretary amid swirling questions about his competence and character, and ...

GOP lawmakers in Idaho are pushing to end same-sex marriage by sending a letter to the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to ...

The US Senate confirmed Scott Bessent as the next secretary of the Treasury, becoming the chief economic spokesman for ...

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) responded to criticism he has received since meeting with President Donald Trump in ...

President Donald Trump’s push to have Egypt and Jordan take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees from besieged Gaza has ...

Pete Hegseth was sworn in to lead the Department of Defense on Saturday, after a narrow vote in the Senate. The vote on ...

In one of President Trump's first executive actions, he pardoned roughly 1,500 people charged​ in connection to the Jan. 6, ...