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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 will lead President Donald Trump's financial agenda as treasury secretary. Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager, was confirmed in a 68 to 29 U.S. Senate vote on Monday and sworn in on Tuesday.

Read about the Senate confirmation of hedge fund manager Scott Bessent as secretary of the Department of the Treasury.

The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Scott Bessent, President Trump’s pick for Treasury Secretary, in a rare bipartisan vote of 68-29.

The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Scott Bessent to become U.S. Treasury secretary, clearing the confirmation with a 68-29 vote.

Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Treasury secretary, will step into the spotlight this week, with the Senate Finance Committee scheduled to start his confirmation ...

The Senate is set to churn through more of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees this week, with a handful of his controversial picks set to field questions during their confirmation hearings. Tulsi

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 ...

Ryan English, 24, was carrying makeshift explosives and knives near the U.S. Capitol building on Monday, police charge in court papers.

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