While some of Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks could be perceived as archloyalists, others reflect the electoral reality that the ...

The second Trump administration has tapped Steve Witkoff, Howard Lutnick, Charles Kushner and Scott Turner to serve in ...

Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for treasury secretary, threats of Day 1 tariffs on trading partners, and ...

Asked to comment on Trump's economic picks, Trump-Vance transition spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said in a statement: "The American people re-elected President Trump by a resounding margin giving him a ...

Still, Trump's nomination of Scott Bessent to the top Treasury post raised hopes that tariffs will be more measured. And with ...

Bessent’s reputation is that he is a “fiscal hawk,” and his stated goal is to cut the federal budget deficit roughly in half ...

The president-elect cares about financial markets, our columnist says. That gives investors a restraint on his decisions, ...

Government spending cuts and Elon Musk's DOGE initiative face challenges. See why cash-rich AI stocks and 1 ETF may be a ...

Centrally planned economies always fail. This was the case made by renowned hedge fund manager and future Donald Trump treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent in a June speech to the Manhattan ...

More:Trump wants more tariffs. What that means for US manufacturers. Nagel, speaking in Tokyo, said the tariffs promised by Trump would upend international trade but he was "not overly" worried ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s economic team is led by conventional experts, who may moderate his trade policy.

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