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Trump, Scott Bessent and Treasury Secretary

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Trump's pick for Treasury Secretary is Scott Bessent. Here's what to know

Trump's promised tax cuts, and their potential consequences for the U.S. economy, took center stage at Bessent's confirmation hearing.

Trump’s Treasury pick Bessent says US must keep oversight of Treasuries

The United States should keep oversight of potential problems in the U.S. bond market, President-elect Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary pick Scott Bessent told Congress on Thursday, referring to Wall Street billionaire Howard Lutnick's plan to clear Treasury futures through a UK firm.

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 2d

Treasury Secretary Pick Scott Bessent Says Trump Could Bring ‘New Economic Golden Age’

Scott Bessent defended tariffs and argued for tax-cut extensions during his confirmation hearing as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary in the Senate Finance Committee. No Democrats committed to support him on Thursday,

US Treasury to launch measures to avoid debt limit breach

US Treasury to launch measures to avoid debt limit breach on Tuesday

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the government will reach its statutory borrowing limit on Tuesday and begin employing "extraordinary measures" to keep from breaching the cap and risking a potential catastrophic default.

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

Yellen says Treasury will use ‘extraordinary measures’ on Jan. 21 to prevent hitting debt ceiling

In one of her last acts as Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen says her agency will start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling,

POLITICO on MSN · 1d

Treasury to begin ‘extraordinary measures’ as US approaches debt cliff

The breach of the debt ceiling officially starts the clock on how long Trump and Congress will have to act to avoid a financially catastrophic default.

U.S. Treasury Secretary discloses up to $500,000 in BTC ETFs

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, owns up to $500,000 worth of Bitcoin spot ETFs.

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Treasury will begin steps to avoid debt default as Trump takes office

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the U.S. government’s fiscal health is bleak, with debt and deficits ...

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Job of homeland security secretary is to adapt almost continuously to pressures from the department, the public and the world at large

The Department of Homeland Security’s massive bureaucracy has many critical national security functions and spends billions ...

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What are common skills of Secretary of the Treasury?

The Secretary of the Treasury must possess a broad range of skills to effectively navigate the complexities of managing a ...

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Bernie Sanders Has to Ask Three Times If Trump’s Billionaire Treasury Secretary Nominee Agrees The U.S. Is An Oligarchy

"Do you think that when so few people have so much wealth and so much economic and political power, that is an oligarchic ...

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US to hit debt ceiling Tuesday, starting Congress’ countdown clock

The nation will hit its roughly $36 trillion debt limit on Tuesday, when the Treasury Department will start taking ...

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