The Senate Finance Committee holds a confirmation hearing for Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for the U.S.
Scott Bessent, Donald Trump's pick for Treasury Secretary, stressed the importance of tax cuts for the wealthy during his ...
Mr. Bessent called the extension of the 2017 Trump tax cuts ‘the single most important economic issue of the day.’ ...
The Senate Finance Committee voted 16-11 to advance Bessent’s nomination, clearing the way for a Senate floor vote in the coming days. Two Democrats — Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Maggie Hassan ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to serve ... by failing to pay nearly $1 million in Medicare taxes related to his limited partnership ...
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions ...
The longer the Direct File tax-prep program sticks around, the harder it is to end it, critics worry . It was soon after the start of Scott Bessent's confirmat ...
To keep spending cuts feasibly modest, program by program, savings must be found in many different areas: Social Security, Medicare ... deficits by 2034. Scott Bessent, President Donald Trump ...